Emmanuel Barbari

And they have a very close relationship.

And Ortiz made a point to say that John Henry cares.

And there was a report the other day coming out of Boston that says that John Henry has been around the team a lot more this year.

And he's taken a lot of heat also in Liverpool for some of the decisions that's been made.

So I feel like we're at a really, a bit of a crossroads right now in Boston, just in terms of ownership, front office.

the messaging that's coming out.

The last couple of years, Sam Kennedy has also routinely spoken about how the team is at the point where they want to spend now and be the old Red Sox, and they haven't done it.

So it's just...

Things just seem so fractured right now, and you can understand why the fan base doesn't have a lot of faith in the messaging coming from this team.

just i when i look at the two offenses right now i'm taking the under and and any runs scored um bennett bennett is actually taking the place of brian baio in the rotation uh another negative story coming out of boston is that yeah uh so brian baio they needed an opener for him for the majority of his starts because he was getting shelled in the first inning uh they didn't use an opener he got shelled uh they made the decision to send him down uh

That's another thing that's kind of going a bit under the radar is just how many of the homegrown players or how many of the returning players that the Red Sox have had who have been underwhelming this year.

There's not a lot of good storylines other than Peyton Tolley, as you mentioned.

Tolley's been really good.

He's probably been one of their most consistent starters.

He's a lot of fun, a huge personality on the mound.

So excited to see him pitch.

But yeah, overall, I think it's going to be a story of the offenses.

The Blue Jays have...

We all know how poor the Blue Jays have been scoring runs this year.

Well, the Red Sox offense has been actually worse than the Blue Jays.