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AL East · 2026 season · Lost 2-0 to NYY

The story so far

Lost 2-0 to NYY

Red Sox fans celebrated a playoff clinch that seemed impossible at 14 games under .500 in May, while fretting over a lineup that couldn't hit with runners on. A Wild Card sweep pushed misery to 90, though many vowed never to forget this team.

From Reddit fan threads · through Sep 28–Oct 4 · 0-2

Season misery
58Uneasy
Worst week
90Sep 28–Oct 4
Best week
16Jul 13–19
Mar 23–29: misery 65 (Miserable) · 1-2Mar 30–Apr 5: misery 78 (Miserable) · 1-5Apr 6–12: misery 68 (Miserable) · 4-2Apr 13–19: misery 88 (Despair) · 2-4Apr 20–26: misery 84 (Despair) · 3-4Apr 27–May 3: misery 62 (Uneasy) · 2-4May 4–10: misery 48 (Meh) · 4-2May 11–17: misery 80 (Despair) · 2-4May 18–24: misery 64 (Uneasy) · 3-3May 25–31: misery 67 (Miserable) · 3-3Jun 1–7: misery 64 (Uneasy) · 2-3Jun 8–14: misery 63 (Uneasy) · 2-4Jun 15–21: misery 76 (Miserable) · 2-4Jun 22–28: misery 64 (Uneasy) · 5-2Jun 29–Jul 5: misery 66 (Miserable) · 4-2Jul 6–12: misery 36 (Content) · 6-0Jul 13–19: misery 16 (Euphoric) · 4-0Jul 20–26: misery 31 (Content) · 4-2Jul 27–Aug 2: misery 35 (Content) · 6-1Aug 3–9: misery 33 (Content) · 4-2Aug 10–16: misery 50 (Meh) · 2-5Aug 17–23: misery 39 (Content) · 5-1Aug 24–30: misery 47 (Meh) · 3-4Aug 31–Sep 6: misery 31 (Content) · 5-2Sep 7–13: misery 38 (Content) · 3-3Sep 14–20: misery 72 (Miserable) · 2-4Sep 21–27: misery 61 (Uneasy) · 3-3Sep 28–Oct 4: misery 90 (Despair) · 0-23/234/205/186/157/138/109/710/5
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long

  • Fans fretted every week about a lineup that scored one run in back-to-back Rays losses and went 5-for-61 with RISP, then managed two runs in two postseason games against Schlittler and Fried.

    Sep 14–20 ›Sep 21–27 ›Sep 28–Oct 4 ›
Built late
Came and went

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. —Oct 26–Nov 1out
  2. —Oct 19–25out
  3. —Oct 12–18out
  4. —Oct 5–11out
  5. 90Sep 28–Oct 40-2›
  6. 61Sep 21–273-3›
  7. 72Sep 14–202-4›
  8. 38Sep 7–133-3›
  9. 31Aug 31–Sep 65-2›
  10. 47Aug 24–303-4›
  11. 39Aug 17–235-1›
  12. 50Aug 10–162-5›
  13. 33Aug 3–94-2›
  14. 35Jul 27–Aug 26-1›
  15. 31Jul 20–264-2›
  16. 16Jul 13–194-0›
  17. 36Jul 6–126-0›
  18. 66Jun 29–Jul 54-2›
  19. 64Jun 22–28blowup game5-2›
  20. 76Jun 15–212-4›
  21. 63Jun 8–142-4›
  22. 64Jun 1–72-3›
  23. 67May 25–313-3›
  24. 64May 18–243-3›
  25. 80May 11–172-4›
  26. 48May 4–104-2›
  27. 62Apr 27–May 32-4›
  28. 84Apr 20–26blowup game3-4›
  29. 88Apr 13–192-4›
  30. 68Apr 6–124-2›
  31. 78Mar 30–Apr 51-5›
  32. 65Mar 23–291-2›