Colin Cowherd Makes Unflattering Comparisons For Red Sox's Shocking Decline
Boston isn't the dominant franchise it used to be.
Colin Cowherd Makes Unflattering Comparisons For Red Sox's Shocking Decline originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . For the first two decades of the 21st century, the Boston Red Sox were the dominant team in baseball.
They won four World Series and consistently made the playoffs with loaded rosters, establishing themselves as a bona fide dynasty and perennial juggernaut. Since trading Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers to kick off the 2020s, however, not much has gone right for the Red Sox. In six full seasons this decade, they have more last-place finishes (three) than postseason appearances (two) and haven't reached a World Series, let alone won one.
They have just one 90-win season during that time and have won only one playoff series that involved multiple games. Given Boston's recent history, its 2-7 start to the 2026 season isn't a fluke: it's just more of the same . "They can't hit.
They have no bats," Colin Cowherd said on Monday's episode of "The Herd. " "So basically, they're Tampa Bay with a really cool, big, green wall. That's what they are.