The Boston Red Sox have bounced back from a disappointing 2022 season to being one of the best teams in baseball so far in 2023. Here are five reasons why.
It has been a roller coaster past couple of seasons for the Boston Red Sox. They went from being two games, and one questionable ball call by Laz Diaz, away from the World Series in 2021 to a 78-84 last place team in 2022. After the departure of Xander Bogaerts to free agency this offseason, many expected the Red Sox to do even worse in 2023. However, that has not been the case thus far.
The Red Sox have gotten off to a hot start to the 2023 season at 21-15 punctuated by an eight-game winning streak that came to an end at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday. They also have won six out of their last seven series and have the fifth-best record in the American League and the seventh-best record in all of baseball. Unfortunately for them, because they play in the American League East, they currently sit fourth in their division. If they played in the AL West, they would be in second place right now. If they played in the American League Central, they would be in first place. Still, this is a better start than many had anticipated and were the postseason to begin today the Red Sox would be in.
Today, we’ll talk about five reasons why the Red Sox have been able to turn it around this season.