#RedSox Manager Chad Tracy: "Do we have data analytics? Of course we do. Everybody does. Is somebody standing there pushing me, saying, 'You need to do this, this, and this?' Absolutely not."

How much does the #RedSox manager follow a front-office script for how players are used in game? Tracy says "None. The decisions are mine." With regard to use of BOS starters in the postseason, "As far as that specific one, my decision obviously didn't go great. That falls on me."

With regard to #RedSox injuries, Breslow: "I'm reluctant to say, 'Hey the solution here is to change what we're doing that has led to career years for so many players.' Unfortunately injuries are a part of our game." Says, "A lot of these seem to be kind of isolated acute events."

#RedSox Breslow on building a 2027 roster: "Our offense was inconsistent. We got on base at a decent clip but we didn't really slug." Says "I think naturally we're going to spend some time thinking about how we improve our offense."

#RedSox players with an OPS < .700 - September 2026:
.634 Sogard
.590 Abreu
.572 Duran
.549 Jones
.461 Rafaela
.432 IKF
.342 Wong
.198 Monasterio

.636 Team OPS for September (worst in MLB)

On the possibility of a work stoppage #RedSox CEO Kennedy: "We're moving forward, business as usual, as we get into the rest of [the off-season]." Says, "We'll leave the labor stuff to the commissioner's office but I can assure you that our goal is to build on these two postseason appearances."

#RedSox Breslow: Given a variety of injuries, "I think the fact that we did finish with 87 wins and we did make it to the postseason is a credit to our Major League staff and it's a credit to our players. Ultimately what matters is 87 wins wasn't good enough."

#RedSox Breslow says Caleb Durbin “deserves a ton of credit for what he played through.” Says no surgery is planned for Durbin, either. Adds, “We have a bunch of guys that are committed to this team and to each other and want to get back on the field and compete with each other.”

#RedSox Breslow say the view that traditional scouting is no longer emphasized by the club is wrong: “I think it’s important that I have the chance to say that the value of scouts, the role that they fill here, is not diminished and it’s not going away.”

#RedSox Manager Tracy on Sonny Gray’s disappointment after the ALWC Game 2 loss: “Do I think he was wanting to stay out there? Quite obviously.” Says his relationship with Gray is good. “I was able to talk to him. It’s in a fine place while also understanding his feelings on it.”

#RedSox Breslow says he and Manager Chad Tracy had a 2+ hour private conversation with Willson Contreras yesterday. Despite Contreras’ post-series seemingly negative comments about club’s use of data, Willson “spoke very, very highly of his time here, how much he’s looking forward to 2027.”

#RedSox Breslow: “I think I’d also maybe push back a bit on this: this was kind of 35-ish games of excellence and 127 games of mediocrity when you think about or look at the overall totality of the record from July 1 on. It was 3 months of playing, I think, at a 104-win pace.”

#RedSox Baseball Boss Breslow: “We didn’t capitalize on our summer success, I think, is this feeling that’s echoing in my head. Ultimately we fell short of the goals that we set out to accomplish.” Says, “I wouldn’t want that to overshadow some of the incredible accomplishments of the players.”

#RedSox CEO Kennedy: “We commit to you that we will use that disappointment and frustration as motivation and we will improve going forward.” Says, “Thank you to the best fans in baseball for supporting us all season. You guys were incredible. It was an amazing atmosphere.”

#RedSox CEO Kennedy: “To our fans, you should know that while we’re proud of some of the things that happened and proud that we got to the postseason, we are definitely not satisfied. Our goal was to play deep into October…and we obviously fell short of that goal.”

#RedSox CEO Sam Kennedy at today’s end of season press conference: “While an incredibly disappointing end and finish, I think this year said a lot about the people inside of the front office, so, I am very grateful for all your hard work and way you supported each other.”

#RedSox Breslow says Caleb Durbin "deserves a ton of credit for what he played through." Says no surgery is planned for Durbin, either. Adds, "We have a bunch of guys that are committed to this team and to each other and want to get back on the field and compete with each other."

After follow-up appointments with doctors and further medical imaging, #RedSox Breslow says that while "we're still collecting information," Roman Anthony does not appear to need "any type of surgical intervention. Rest is likely the best path to recovery."