Craig Breslow Remains Optimistic About Red Sox Despite MLB’s Worst Start originally appeared on NESN.
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The Boston Red Sox have not started the 2026 season as hoped. They’ve lost three straight series to begin the season, sliding to a 2-7 record.
Not only is that the worst record in MLB, but it’s also tied for the worst nine-game start in franchise history.
The Red Sox have struggled in all facets of the game: hitting, pitching, defense and baserunning. They’ve also battled a tough schedule, facing three teams that had winning records last year.
Despite Boston’s historically slow start, Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow remains optimistic and confident that the team will turn things around.
Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow on the team’s slow start to the season
“We still feel very, very strongly about this team … we have a bunch of good players who are not performing up to their potential.” pic.twitter.com/9VH8fQ2YJw
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“We still believe very, very strongly in this team,” Breslow said during his appearance on Sunday’s NESN broadcast. “Your rational brain says baseball needs to be evaluated over the long-term. Eight games in is not the time you want to draw conclusions, but your heart says, ‘How do we help the group? What do we need to do? What are we missing? How do we turn this thing around?’
“But we have a bunch of good players who are not performing up to their potential right now, and that’s going to turn.”
Breslow’s prediction did not immediately come true, as Boston went on to lose against the San Diego Padres, 8-6, on a gloomy Easter Sunday at Fenway Park.
He’s right that many of the team’s newcomers have not performed as hoped. Willson Contreras, Caleb Durbin, Ranger Suarez and Johan Oviedo have all been disappointments thus far.
The Red Sox have shown signs of getting back on track, though. Their offense had its best series yet against the Padres, while their pitching staff had its best two-game stretch of the season as well.
That bodes well for Boston’s upcoming series against the red-hot Milwaukee Brewers, who enter Monday’s series opener with the best record in baseball at 7-2.
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