Episode 125: Red Sox Digest LIVE! — Red Sox COLLAPSE Against Seattle? Boston Drops 2 of 3 at Fenway!

The Red Sox picked a terrible time to start unraveling.

Boston dropped two of three at Fenway to a Seattle Mariners team that arrived riding a five-game losing streak, surrendering 25 runs in the series and continuing a brutal stretch in which the pitching staff has been getting hammered. The Sox escaped Monday with a 10-inning comeback win behind Roman Anthony, Ceddanne Rafaela and Trevor Story, but things went sideways quickly after that. Jedixson Paez was shelled Tuesday, and Seattle finished the job Wednesday with an 8–3 win.

Jim, Nick and John dig into a pitching staff that suddenly looks completely gassed, a bullpen running out of trustworthy arms, the injuries piling up around Adley Rutschman, Willson Contreras and Tyrone Guerrero, and the growing possibility that Boston could actually turn what looked like a comfortable playoff position into a September disaster.

The crew also debates the strange numbers surrounding Roman Anthony and Trevor Story being in the lineup together, revisits Boston’s offseason decisions involving Alex Bregman and the prospects sacrificed in later trades, and lays out several realistic scenarios in which the Red Sox could blow their postseason berth completely.

Then it’s time to look ahead to Baltimore, where optimism is in short supply. John predicts Boston takes three of four, Nick sees the Orioles winning three of four, and Jim goes all the way with an Orioles sweep. Add in Garrett Crochet’s bizarre appearance catching Joe Kelly’s ceremonial first pitch while still on the IL, and there’s plenty to question about how Boston is handling its battered roster.

September baseball has arrived. Unfortunately, so has the Red Sox collapse watch.

Boston lost two of three at Fenway to Seattle and allowed 25 runs during the series.

The Red Sox pitching staff has allowed at least eight runs in five…