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The Boston Red Sox had one of the tougher seasons in Major League Baseball to get a feel for because, at one point, they were undoubtedly the best in baseball.
At the same time, the Red Sox also struggled in other parts of the season, including the postseason against the New York Yankees.
The Red Sox were eventually swept in a three-game set against the Yankees, dropping both games in the Bronx.
This was an unfortunate outcome for what could have been a very special year, but Boston has little left to do now but try to improve on both sides of the ball.
As for how that could happen with the potential lockout, one Red Sox decision-maker said he's just trying to do his job and do what he would typically do in any offseason.
“The labor issues are way above our collective pay grades. So we’re moving forward business as usual as we get into the rest of October and November, December, January, February,” Sam Kennedy said, per the Boston Globe.
“We’ll leave the labor stuff to the commissioner’s office, but I can assure you that our goal is to build on these two postseason appearances. … We want to build on this and take it to the next level in 2027.”
Kennedy makes some fair points here, as all of these problems are above everybody's pay grade except the owners.
However, for the Red Sox to deal with a salary cap, it would be far from ideal.
Boston is one of the teams in Major League Baseball that can spend with the best, so one could strongly argue that keeping things as they are would be ideal.