Ep 446: Will Red Sox fans boo Rafael Devers on Friday? Plus thoughts on the Arizona series, Willson Contreras' fan altercation & more

First, let's talk about the last couple of days.

Um, Wednesday at Fenway was, I don't know, one of the, um, kind of better, more entertaining games, sloppy in some ways, of the year.

Mm-hmm.

And against the Diamondbacks, Red Sox lose 7-6.

Jiovanni Moran loses the plate.

In extra innings, that comes back and bites you.

But I think you can look at it and say, all right, they took two of three from a pretty good Arizona team.

The bats came alive.

Uh, they did what they needed to do, and they won the series.

And, you know, uh, a sweep would've been a bonus, but it is what it is.

Yeah.

Uh, they at least kind of stopped the bleeding on lost series.

Uh, having lost three in a row leading up to that, they finally, uh, win one and kind of turn things around.

Uh, and you're right, Arizona's a playoff caliber team.

I think as we do this, they're a game or so out of the wild card in the National League, but a competitive team, and a good opportunity for the Red Sox to reverse field and start playing a little better at home.

And in general, home and away they could use a series win.

Yep.

And obviously as we've talked about, this is a patch in the schedule where it gets, at least on paper, easier.

The Giants, uh, this weekend are a team that has been one of the worst in baseball all year despite a very talented roster.

Then the Marlins, which started off okay and, um, are now, uh, not.

And so we'll see that-

Went into their own lull

... over the next three days.

Yeah.

Uh, a tough challenge though tonight with the Red Sox, with Logan Webb.

First, let's talk about the last couple of days.

Um, Wednesday at Fenway was, I don't know, one of the, um, kind of better, more entertaining games, sloppy in some ways, of the year.

Mm-hmm.

And against the Diamondbacks, Red Sox lose 7-6.

Jiovanni Moran loses the plate.

In extra innings, that comes back and bites you.

But I think you can look at it and say, all right, they took two of three from a pretty good Arizona team.

The bats came alive.

Uh, they did what they needed to do, and they won the series.

And, you know, uh, a sweep would've been a bonus, but it is what it is.

Yeah.

Uh, they at least kind of stopped the bleeding on lost series.

Uh, having lost three in a row leading up to that, they finally, uh, win one and kind of turn things around.

Uh, and you're right, Arizona's a playoff caliber team.

I think as we do this, they're a game or so out of the wild card in the National League, but a competitive team, and a good opportunity for the Red Sox to reverse field and start playing a little better at home.

And in general, home and away they could use a series win.

Yep.

And obviously as we've talked about, this is a patch in the schedule where it gets, at least on paper, easier.

The Giants, uh, this weekend are a team that has been one of the worst in baseball all year despite a very talented roster.

Then the Marlins, which started off okay and, um, are now, uh, not.

And so we'll see that-

Went into their own lull

... over the next three days.

Yeah.

Uh, a tough challenge though tonight with the Red Sox, with Logan Webb.