{"id":65286,"date":"2025-05-30T03:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T03:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/65286\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T03:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T03:18:12","slug":"is-the-red-sox-season-already-over-plus-dodgers-make-a-trade-the-good-the-bad-the-uggla-baseball-bar-b-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/65286\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Red Sox season already over? Plus, Dodgers make a trade &#038; The Good, The Bad, The Uggla | Baseball Bar-B-Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-Cast<\/p>\n<p>The Boston Red Sox are 27-31 with May coming to a close and what was a season that started with optimism is beginning to sink into a sour reality as the season pushes past its one-third mark. Jake Mintz &amp; Jordan Shusterman talk about Boston&#8217;s floundering 2025 campaign, the issues with roster construction and how manager Alex Cora isn&#8217;t entirely to blame.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Can the Red Sox pull out of their early-season hole? Will fortunes change after their first series against the New York Yankees next week? Only time will tell, but it&#8217;s hard to be optimistic about their chances this season sitting at 4th in the AL East.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile out west, the Los Angeles Dodgers have made a trade! The guys explain the reasoning behind acquiring Cincinnati Reds reliever Alexis Diaz for prospect Mike Villani. Diaz, who was an All-Star just two seasons ago has regressed significantly, but with the injuries throughout LA&#8217;s pitching staff, the move made sense for both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Closing out the episode, Jake and Jordan dive further into the mechanics of the bullpen phone before closing out the week with a new edition of The Good, The Bad &amp; The Uggla where pitching injuries reign supreme, the MLB partners with the AUSL &amp; the Miami Marlins have a new baserunning tactic in the minor leagues.<\/p>\n<p>(2:25) &#8211; Are the Boston Red Sox cooked?<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>(22:15) &#8211; Dodgers trade for Alexis Diaz<\/p>\n<p>(27:40) &#8211; Previewing Dodgers\/Yankees rematch series<\/p>\n<p>(36:40) &#8211; More bullpen phone questions<\/p>\n<p>(41:30) &#8211; The Good, The Bad, The Uggla<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora isn't all to blame for the team's struggles this season as they sit a handful of games under .500 at the end of May. (Photo by Maddie Meyer\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/8acec9a0-3cf4-11f0-b39f-c0819687f20f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora isn&#8217;t all to blame for the team&#8217;s struggles this season as they sit a handful of games under .500 at the end of May. (Photo by Maddie Meyer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p> (Photo by Maddie Meyer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Follow the show on X at <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CespedesBBQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@CespedesBBQ;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@CespedesBBQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow Jake <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jake_Mintz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@Jake_Mintz;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@Jake_Mintz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow Jordan <a data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/j_shusterman_\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@J_Shusterman_;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@J_Shusterman_<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udda5\ufe0f Watch this <a data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zNXBWA1ov6I\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:full episode on YouTube;cpos:7;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">full episode on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at <a data-i13n=\"cpos:8;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3zEuTQj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apple.co\/3zEuTQj;cpos:8;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/apple.co\/3zEuTQj<\/a> or at <a data-i13n=\"cpos:9;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/podcasts\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yahoo Sports Podcasts;cpos:9;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo Sports Podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-Cast The Boston Red Sox are 27-31 with May coming to a close and what&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[858,1096,5,141,48,2542,50,3309,57,58,4,62,89,2543],"class_list":{"0":"post-65286","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-red-sox","8":"tag-alex-cora","9":"tag-alexis-diaz","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-boston","12":"tag-boston-red-sox","13":"tag-bostonredsox","14":"tag-cincinnati-reds","15":"tag-jake-mintz","16":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","17":"tag-miami-marlins","18":"tag-mlb","19":"tag-new-york-yankees","20":"tag-red-sox","21":"tag-redsox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114594625032828394","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}