Boston Red Sox lead MLB in errors — again; ‘There’s a lot of bad right now’

Angels 4, Red Sox 3: The Ship Is on Fire and There Aren’t Enough Lifeboats
By [Your Name], June 4, 2025

The Boston Red Sox dropped another heartbreaker Tuesday night, falling 4-3 to the Los Angeles Angels in a game that was less about the final score and more about the smoldering wreckage it represents.

Let’s not sugarcoat it: the Red Sox are in a tailspin. This was their fifth straight loss, their 10th in the last 13 games, and perhaps the most emblematic of where things stand — adrift in the middle of the AL East standings, engines sputtering, and lifeboats already full.

A Familiar Script

The game itself followed a now-familiar script: a competent but unspectacular outing from the starting pitcher (Kutter Crawford gave five decent innings), an offense that showed brief flashes but failed to capitalize in key moments, and a bullpen that couldn’t slam the door when it mattered most.

The Sox jumped out early with a 2-0 lead in the second inning, thanks to a rare moment of timely hitting by Enmanuel Valdez. But the Angels chipped away — one run in the fourth, another in the sixth, and two more in the eighth, including a go-ahead double by Logan O’Hoppe that sucked the air out of the visitors’ dugout.

Boston managed to scratch one back in the ninth, but with two runners on and just one out, Trevor Story grounded into a game-ending double play. Fitting.

The Numbers Don’t Lie

At this point, it’s not just the loss — it’s the pattern. Boston is now 3-14 in one-run games. The bullpen has blown 11 saves, the most in the American League. The team is dead last in batting average with runners in scoring position. And despite early season promise, the lineup looks like it’s in desperate need of both health and help.

Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow has preached patience and process. But the team’s inability to execute the basics — cutoffs, baserunning, late-inning defense — is turning that message into white noise for a fan base that’s seen this movie before. And it doesn’t end well.

A Roster in Flux

Injuries haven’t helped. Triston Casas remains out. Masataka Yoshida is still nursing a wrist issue. And Rafael Devers, the lone reliable bat, can’t carry the load alone. The rotation, once a source of cautious optimism, now looks overexposed with no depth to reinforce it. And the bullpen? More a daily coin flip than a reliable weapon.

It feels like management built a roster to “hang around the .500 mark and hope,” and now that hope is being tested — badly.

What Now?

There’s no cavalry coming. The trade deadline is still two months away, and barring a miracle turnaround, Boston may be sellers rather than buyers.

There’s young talent in the system — Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer, Kyle Teel — but they’re not saving this season. And calling them up prematurely risks doing more harm than good.

The Red Sox aren’t just losing games — they’re losing direction. This was a winnable contest against a sub-.500 team, and they let it slip through their fingers. Again.

The Bottom Line

The ship is on fire. And there aren’t enough lifeboats.

Unless the front office changes course quickly — either by making aggressive roster decisions or at least acknowledging the mess — this season may be remembered less for what was built and more for what was allowed to sink.

Because right now, this isn’t just a rough stretch. It’s something worse: a team adrift, and a fan base losing faith that anyone knows how to steer.

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