Gut reaction pick to every game on the 2026 Red Sox schedule
It’s an exercise I like to do before every season for every team I cover:
My blink test prediction for every single game on the schedule.
All 162. No skips.
For those keeping score at home, I was incredibly wrong about the Celtics (48-24), but I think most people were.
Let’s give it a whirl with the Red Sox, shall we?
We’ll go month by month:
March:
- 3/26 @ CIN - W
- 3/28 @ CIN - L
- 3/29 @ CIN - W
- 3/30 @ HOU - L
- 3/31 @ HOU - W
- March Record: 3-2
April:
- 4/1 @ HOU - W
- 4/3 vs. SD - W
- 4/4 vs. SD - L
- 4/5 vs. SD - L
- 4/6 vs. MIL - W
- 4/7 vs. MIL - W
- 4/8 vs. MIL - L
- 4/10 @ STL - W
- 4/11 @ STL - W
- 4/12 @ STL - W
- 4/13 @ MIN - W
- 4/14 @ MIN - W
- 4/15 @ MIN - L
- 4/17 vs. DET - W
- 4/18 vs. DET - L
- 4/19 vs. DET - W
- 4/20 vs. DET - L
- 4/21 vs. NYY - L
- 4/22 vs. NYY - W
- 4/23 vs. NYY - W
- 4/24 @ BAL - W
- 4/25 @ BAL - L
- 4/26 @ BAL - W
- 4/27 @ TOR - L
- 4/28 @ TOR - L
- 4/29 @ TOR - W
- April Record: 16-10
May:
- 5/1 vs. HOU - L
- 5/2 vs. HOU - L
- 5/3 vs. HOU - L
- 5/4 @ DET - W
- 5/5 @ DET - W
- 5/6 @ DET - L
- 5/7 vs. TB - W
- 5/8 vs. TB - W
- 5/9 vs. TB - W
- 5/10 vs. TB - W
- 5/12 vs. PHI - L
- 5/13 vs. PHI - L
- 5/14 vs. PHI - W
- 5/15 @ ATL - W
- 5/16 @ ATL - W
- 5/17 @ ATL - L
- 5/18 @ KC - L
- 5/19 @ KC - W
- 5/20 @ KC - W
- 5/22 vs. MIN - W
- 5/23 vs. MIN - W
- 5/24 vs. MIN - W
- 5/26 vs. ATL - W
- 5/27 vs. ATL - L
- 5/28 vs. ATL - W
- 5/29 @ CLE - L
- 5/30 @ CLE - L
- 5/31 @ CLE - L
- May Record: 16-12
June:
- 6/2 vs. BAL - W
- 6/3 vs. BAL - W
- 6/4 vs. BAL - L
- 6/5 @ NYY - W
- 6/6 @ NYY - L
- 6/7 @ NYY - W
- 6/8 @ TB - W
- 6/9 @ TB - W
- 6/10 @ TB - L
- 6/12 vs. TEX - W
- 6/13 vs. TEX - W
- 6/14 vs. TEX - L
- 6/16 vs. TOR - L
- 6/17 vs. TOR - L
- 6/18 vs. TOR - L
- 6/19 @ SEA - L
- 6/20 @ SEA - W
- 6/21 @ SEA - L
- 6/22 @ COL - W
- 6/23 @ COL - W
- 6/24 @ COL - W
- 6/25 vs. NYY - W
- 6/26 vs. NYY - W
- 6/27 vs. NYY - L
- 6/28 vs. NYY - L
- 6/29 vs. WSH - W
- 6/30 vs. WSH - W
- June Record: 16-11
July:
- 7/1 vs. WSH - W
- 7/3 @ LAA - W
- 7/4 @ LAA - W
- 7/5 @ LAA - W
- 7/7 vs. CWS - W
- 7/8 vs. CWS - W
- 7/9 vs. CWS - W
- 7/10 @ NYM - L
- 7/11 @ NYM - L
- 7/12 @ NYM - W
- 7/17 vs. TB - W
- 7/18 vs. TB - W
- 7/19 vs. TB - L
- 7/20 vs. BAL - W
- 7/21 vs. BAL - W
- 7/22 vs. BAL - L
- 7/24 vs. TOR - L
- 7/25 vs. TOR - L
- 7/26 vs. TOR - W
- 7/27 @ ATH - W
- 7/28 @ ATH - W
- 7/29 @ ATH - W
- 7/30 @ ATH - W
- 7/31 @ LAD - L
- July Record: 17-7
August:
- 8/1 @ LAD - W
- 8/2 @ LAD - L
- 8/4 vs. CWS - W
- 8/5 vs. CWS - W
- 8/6 vs. CWS - W
- 8/7 vs. ATH - W
- 8/8 vs.ATH - W- 8/9 vs. ATH - L
- 8/10 @ TOR - L
- 8/11 @ TOR - W
- 8/12 @ TOR - W
- 8/13 @ TOR - L
- 8/14 @ PIT - W
- 8/15 @ PIT - W
- 8/16 @ PIT - W
- 8/17 vs. ARI - W
- 8/18 vs. ARI - L
- 8/19 vs. ARI - L
- 8/21 vs. SFG - W
- 8/22 vs. SFG - W
- 8/23 vs. SFG - L
- 8/24 @ MIA - W
- 8/25 @ MIA - W
- 8/26 @ MIA - W
- 8/28 @ NYY - L
- 8/29 @ NYY - W
- 8/30 @ NYY - L
- 8/31 vs. SEA - W
- August Record: 19-9
September:
- 9/1 vs. SEA - L
- 9/2 vs. SEA - L
- 9/3 @ BAL - W
- 9/4 @ BAL - L
- 9/5 @ BAL - L
- 9/6 @ BAL - L
- 9/7 vs. LAA - W
- 9/8 vs. LAA - W
- 9/9 vs. LAA - L
- 9/11 vs. KC - W
- 9/12 vs. KC - L
- 9/13 vs. KC - W
- 9/15 @ TEX - W
- 9/16 @ TEX - L
- 9/17 @ TEX - W
- 9/18 @ TB - W
- 9/19 @ TB - L
- 9/20 @ TB - W
- 9/22 vs. CLE - L
- 9/23 vs. CLE - W
- 9/24 vs. CLE - W
- 9/25 vs. CHC - W
- 9/26 vs. CHC - W
- 9/27 vs. CHC - L
- September Record: 13-11
Final 2026 Record: 100-62
Going into this exercise, I thought I was going to have them in the low 90s. But with the way their pitching matchups line up against their schedule, it looks like my gut was taking more of a glass-half-full approach than my brain (or maybe my heart?).
In any case, it's an absolute pleasure to have Red Sox baseball back.
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