Red Sox Veterans Blast Analytics After 2-Game Yankees Sweep
Updated
Updated · The New York Times · Oct 1
Red Sox Veterans Blast Analytics After 2-Game Yankees Sweep
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 1
Summary
Sonny Gray and Willson Contreras publicly challenged Red Sox leadership after Boston’s 9-2 loss completed a 2-game Wild Card sweep by the Yankees.
Gray’s sharpest complaint centered on Chad Tracy pulling him at 70 pitches with two outs in the fifth and Boston down 1-0; reliever Erik Miller then allowed an RBI single.
Contreras widened the criticism beyond one pitching change, saying talent, data and “computers” were not enough and that veteran experience was being undervalued in key decisions.
The backlash landed just 10 days after Boston gave Tracy a 3-year deal and extended chief baseball officer Craig Breslow’s options through 2030, underscoring an offseason inflection point.
Gray, a free agent after one of the best seasons of his 14-year career, declined to say whether he wants to return, adding uncertainty to a club already facing internal tension.