After just 11 games, we don’t know as much about the 2026 Red Sox as we think

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 07: Trevor Story #10 of the Boston Red Sox runs to first base during the fourth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at Fenway Park on April 07, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Paul Rutherford/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Red Sox are off to a 3-8 start over their first eleven games. There is a lot of doom and gloom about teams starting like this never making the playoffs.

Boston has dug itself a sizeable hole that would need something like a 13-7 run for the rest of April to balance out. But the season is not over. In fact, there’s a counterexample that shows hope is not lost and it features a famous ex-Red Sox.

All of a sudden it doesn’t seem like things are quite as bad, does it? After winning last night, the Red Sox caught up to the Giants’ record and made it to 3-8, exactly where San Francisco was before that post. Facts going back to 1900 sound great, like the “fun fact” about the Phillies never recording a save on Opening Day at home until this season.

The Phillies have been around forever . That’s a lot of Opening Days. A lot of home openers.