Three Dreadful Facts About the 2019 Boston Red Sox

BOSTON, MA. - APRIL 15: Dustin Pedroia #15 of the Boston Red Sox reacts after flying out during the third inning of the MLB game against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park on April 15, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Matt Stone/Digital First Media/Boston Herald via Getty Images) /

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The Boston Red Sox are having their worst start to a season since 1996. Here are three facts to support why the team is struggling so bad.

Typically, when a team struggles so badly out of the gate, their fanbase tends to find a scapegoat. Someone to blame for all the team’s woes and misfortunes. Unfortunately, for the Boston Red Sox, in the words of Chris Sale, the entire team just “flat out stinks” right now.

To begin, let’s put the team’s record in context a little bit. At 6-13, this is the worst start to a season for the Red Sox since 1996. That season, the Sox started off 4-15

In all of 2018, never did the Sox have a stretch as bad as the one they currently are currently in. And even though there are plenty of games yet to be played, at 7-games below .500, the Sox are putting themselves in a hole that may soon be to steep to climb out of.

Most baseball fans can agree that a playoff team needs to win at least 90 games in the regular season. To achieve this, the Sox will have to go 84-59 for the remainder of the 2019 season. That’s a W-L% of .587.

In the AL East, even that may not even be enough. Just ask the 2018 Tampa Bay Rays.

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