Mike Carlucci

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May 2025 was a brutal month for the Boston Red Sox

4 days ago | overthemonster.com | Dan Secatore |Maura McGurk |Mike Carlucci |Jake Reiser

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images Describe May 2025 in five words or less. Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Excruciating. — Maura McGurkPain. — Mike CarlucciFrustrating beyond belief. — Jake ReiserImmensely infuriating idiocy!— Matthew Gross No, I’m all set. — Dean RousselWho was your favorite Red Sox player in May? Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Can it be anyone other than Rafael Devers??? — Mike CarlucciCarlos Narváez.
Series Preview: Mike Trout & The Los Angeles Angels (who we all know are of Anaheim) at Boston Red Sox

5 days ago | overthemonster.com | Mike Carlucci

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Fresh off taking two of three from the Atlanta Braves — an East division team off to a bad start trying to get things together — the Red Sox return home to welcome the Los Angeles Angels. Los Angeles has had a few rough years with without Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout playing in tandem and 2025 looked to be more of the same. A 9-16 April seemed right in line with the low expectations. But then the team came back with a 14-14 May.
How do the Red Sox right the ship?

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Mike Carlucci

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Think fast!What’s 27+81+78+78+92+24+84? Now what’s 31+81+84+84+70+36+78? Which one is bigger? Trick question! They’re both 464. As of today, May 29th, 2025 the Boston Red Sox are 464-464 since the end of the 2018 season. Or to put it another way: they’re .500 since winning the World Series. The Red Sox are a .500 team. The children yearn for .500. Thanos meme!Ok, enough fun. The 2025 Red Sox are, at the moment, not playing at .500.
Series Preview: Red Sox at Milwaukee Brewers

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Mike Carlucci

Photo by Liv Lyons/MLB Photos via Getty Images Photo by: Adrian S Burrows Sr/NBC via Getty Images As we turn the page on May and head into June the Red Sox have lost the plot. The baseball world hasjust recently seen the Atlanta Braves, Minnesota Twins, and (checks notes) the Mike Trout-less Los Angeles Angels go one two-week stretches of success to catapult them back over .500.
Cheers to Norm on a long and well-lived life

2 weeks ago | overthemonster.com | Mike Carlucci

Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Hilary Norman Peterson passed away this week at the age of 76. Originally from Chicago, a childhood visit to the Boston Garden convinced Norm that a city in Massachusetts would be the place where everybody knows his name. Mr. Peterson, or as everyone who knew him called him, “Norm!” served his country in the armed forces before leaving the military to become an accountant and finally call Boston home.
Series Preview: Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox

2 weeks ago | overthemonster.com | Mike Carlucci

A lot of people believed we had entered the Baltimore Orioles part of the decade. After a long (looooooong) tear down, rebuild, and possible ascension to greatness the O’s are back in the basement of the AL East. And it’s easy to see why. Yes, the pitching, We’ll get back to that. But first…The young core has fallen apart. Adley Rutschman has suddenly reminded fans of Matt Wieters. After a down second half in 2024 the young catcher got 2025 going with a bang: two home runs in one game.
Series Preview: Mets at Red Sox, Time to Grimace

2 weeks ago | overthemonster.com | Mike Carlucci

Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images It’s supposed to be March that comes in like a lion but for the 2025 Red Sox that’s been May. And more than half way through the month it sure doesn’t seem to be going out like a lamb. After an embarrassing series against the Atlanta Braves, Fenway Park will now host the New York Mets. Way back on Thanksgiving Day 2024 current Met and giant contract holder Juan Soto was rumored to be close to signing in Boston.
Series Preview: Atlanta Braves at Boston Red Sox, Garrett Crochet vs. Chris Sale

3 weeks ago | overthemonster.com | Mike Carlucci

Photo by Winslow Townson/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves got off to a bad start in 2025. Rather than competing for the division title, the Braves lost the first seven games of the regular season. That wasn’t in the playbook. Entering their 19th game of the season Atlanta’s record was 5-13. They would go on to win 9 of their next 12 and kept chugging away into the first half of May. A win on May 15th put the Braves at .500 for the first time this season. Ah, getting to .500.
The Red Sox can’t be sellers in 2025

3 weeks ago | overthemonster.com | Mike Carlucci

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images It’s almost hard to believe that some people are apparently ready to pack in the season in the middle of May. Yes, it’s frustrating to watch essentially the same results as 2023 and 2024 play out on a daily basis. The same .500 memes. The same calls for Alex Cora to be fired. And I’m not here to tell you it’s early and the team is about to go off. But I am going to say that this year isn’t 2023 or 2024.
Series Preview: Red Sox at Detroit Tigers

3 weeks ago | overthemonster.com | Mike Carlucci

Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images It’s cliche to say the red hot Red Sox took care of business in Kansas City on their way to Detroit. Especially since the team is 5-5 over their last ten games despite 4 convincing wins over the Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals. However here we are. Somehow the team’s record simply doesn't match how the team looks when they win. With and expected win/loss record of 24-18 vs the actual 22-20 mark, the numbers bear this out.