The 2018 MLB season was one that reminded for the Red sox.
Boston won a franchise record 108 games en route to a world series victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers who ended with Chris Sale Leaving Manny Machado.
While both MOOKIE BETTS (DODGERS) and SALE (Atlanta Braves) are in different teams, both of them recently connected and looked again at the magical year “A”At the base with Mookie Betts. “”
“I just remember presenting to the park, and every day it was like:” We will not win “,” Betts said. “Every day we have just come and overcome the brakes and going home. I remember a section when it was the same, every day we just came, and hit the brakes, and we went home. And I had it as far as we had just hung in the club’s house … and we arrived at the playoffs and we were steamed.”
Added: “There was really no panic. And the playoffs are very pressured, I mean, it is a tense environment. I think (Alex Cora) directed that team, there were a couple of points in the year where he looks, and you are like:” Man, we are the most unpleasant team in the league. “
After 2018, however, things changed for the Red Sox. Betts was marketed in Los Angeles in 2020, while the sale was marketed in Atlanta in 2023.
The Red Sox have not been able to replicate this same type of success since then. In fact, they have made the post -season only once in 2021 since the 2018 season. Rafael Devers It is still the only player currently on the 2018 team list.