The Power of Friendship and the 2025 Red Sox

Daniel Griffin

Opinion Editor

A summer to remember and a fall that seems like it probably should be forgotten, the Boston Red Sox 2025 season has been an extremely turbulent one. Beginning in the early spring with a revamping of the entire organization and adding some pivotal talent to their repertoire, the Sox gave much hope to the entire Boston fanbase. These stars being Garrett Crochet, a fireballing lefty, along with an aging yet powerful closer, Aroldis Chapman. These two major additions to a previously weak pitching rotation certainly had the potential for great upside. Along with some players with much experience in the show, to begin the season the Sox had a great buzz coming out of their minor leagues.

Namely the Worcester Red Sox, the Boston Red Sox’s triple-A affiliate, developing a talented and standout foundation through the minor leagues, over the past couple of years the franchise’s dedication to creating star players has come through. Especially players like Marcelo Mayer, Roman Anthony, and Christian Campbell, a swing player with a high stock of potential, these major call ups put all of baseball on notice. Most notably Anthony’s promotion in early June of 2025, this young player’s video game-like numbers in Worcester certainly transferred over, pushing the Sox closer and closer to a chance at the postseason. Hitting just under a .300 batting average with 32 RBI’s and 8 HR’s, though recently injured the youth of the Red Sox has shown out this season. Additionally, with players like Center Fielder Cedanne Rafaela with an unreal July, hitting one of the most clutch and popularized walk-off home runs of the season, the squad has a lot to be proud of when it comes to the future being so glisteningly bright.

Though at the same time, there is much to say about where this team can go. Carried by veterans, like Alex Bregman, Jarren Duran, and fireballers, Garrett Crochet as well as Aroldis Chapman, with just roughly 10 games to go in the 2025 campaign, all can say this was definitely a turnaround season. Beginning the season in rough shape with an early Bregman quad injury putting the third baseman out along with a slow start from outfielder Jarren Duran, come mid June and throughout the summer, the heat wasn’t the only thing hot in Boston. Selling out games, putting smiles on fans faces, and playing some good-old entertaining baseball, the Sox have put themselves in the drivers seat when it comes to their future. 3rd in the AL East and just a few games behind the Yankees for 1st place in the wild card, in the next few weeks we will see how these boys will ride or die. With taking on the A’s, two divisional opponents in the Blue Jays and Rays, and lastly, the Detroit Tigers, who have been lights out all year, only time will tell, but I believe this late September run will be one for the record books.

Rounding those bases and coming home, this Red Sox season is one that has made us all fall in love with baseball again, and I can’t wait to sit back in hopes of a “Red October.”