5 biggest mistakes that doomed the Red Sox in 2022 and why

Red Sox fail to capitalize on a winning month of June

The Red Sox had a fantastic month of June, going 20-6. Fans weren’t wrong to believe this was a good stepping stone to continue to win and get better.

But that’s not with the Red Sox did. The team collapsed and fell below .500 by the end of July.

A 28-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park did not help matters.

Red Sox trade deadline moves were baffling

Boston lost Christian Vazquez, Jake Diekman, and Jay Gromme while gaining Tommy Pham, Eric Hosmer, and Reese McGuire. When the team could use pitching and production at the plate, none of these moves did that for the Red Sox.

Pham is a dynamic athlete and personality that can boost production when he’s healthy. So that helped them in having a set person for left field. But given his propensity to injury, it is a concern.

Hosmer was an exciting get as he was seen as a player who could take over at first base after a season with Dalbec. But he never did, and you wonder if he will be around long enough to prove he could. The Red Sox gave up Gromme, a lefty pitcher, for him when it could be argued that was one thing they needed to keep around, considering they had pitching issues for much of the season.

Diekman is a journeyman reliever that was a perplexing trade away. While they did get a young catcher to replace what they traded away in Vazquez, they again didn’t address their pitching needs.

Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom could have used the trade deadline to bolster their roster and push them into the wide-open playoffs. To see what Bloom did with his deadline moves is disappointing, as Red Sox nation has to endure a playoff featuring several NL East rivals, including the Yankees.