For the Boston Red Sox, things are tense on the scoreboard. The drama is leaking from the clubhouse to the front office like a busted pipe.

Catherine Varitek, wife of Jason Varitek of the Red Sox, lit up social media with a post that has raised more than just a few eyebrows. She didn’t give away any names, but her stance was pretty strong. And many are speculating the target may be someone connected to the LeBron James circle, thanks to the minority ownership he has at Fenway Sports Group.

Over at Twitter, she said, “I don’t care if you own a ‘fraction’ of a team, you showed your a** trying to insult me…. keep your dollars, you look like a bitch and act like a bigger one. Sorry, I’m not sorry.”

Yikes. That does sound bad—doesn’t it? And this off-the-field drama couldn’t have come at a worse time. The Boston Red Sox are already under the microscope for all the wrong reasons. The injuries are stacking up, and even Triston Casas is out for the year with his ruptured patellar tendon. There is tension around the bullpen, as performance hasn’t been top-tier.

But maybe the most frustrating of all is that the Boston Red Sox are stuck in neutral.

Just 36 games into the 2025 season, they are 18-18. It’s not bad, but it’s not good either. Add to that last season’s 81-81 finish, and you have a team that’s flatline average at this point. But the math said they would get better this year. According to Baseball Reference’s Pythagorean win-loss formula, the Sox, who are at +17 run differential, should be at 20-16. That would be a 90-win pace and get a ticket in October.

Blame all you can on the bad luck, but the team has Alex Bregman and Garrett Crochet, and yet there seem to be gaps in execution. And then, this fiasco with Catherine Varitek doesn’t help.

The Boston Red Sox rotation is in shambles

The Red Sox are having a myriad of issues, and it’s starting to show. Through 36 games, they are average, and the rotation hasn’t been healthy for even one game this season. Brayan Bello, Lucas Giolito, and Kutter Crawford all started the season by being on the IL. Bello and Giolito are back now, and just when things got better, Walker Buehler hit the shelf.

Given that, the trade rumors have come on. There is one name that has been tossed around a plenty, and it’s Andrew Heaney of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He has been solid, posting a 3.18 ERA through seven starts, and he is affordably available on a one-year, $5.2 million deal. Of course, the bigger question is whether it is worth jumping into a trade right now. But there is another unexpected option.

The other name making the rounds is Ranger Suarez from the Philadelphia Phillies. Bleacher’s Report has floated the idea that if Phillies top prospect Andrew Painter is big league ready by the next two months, then maybe Suarez can be on the trade block. The Boston Red Sox has had a logjam in the outfield, so it does make sense. But he has had back issues, and his past week hasn’t been the best—seven earned runs in just 3 2/3 innings. There are rumors of another trade to get someone from outside to fill in the 1B position, with Casas out for the year. 

The bottom line now is that Boston doesn’t need to make a panic move. They need to step back and recoup. What do you think? Let us know.