Welcome back to our 2025 Red Sox Postmortem. After talking about the things we loved and hated, grading Craig Breslow and Alex Cora, reevaluating the Rafael Devers trade, and handing out individual awards, today we turn our attention to the big question: was the 2025 Red Sox season a success?

Yeeeeeahhhhuuuuhhhhhhhhehhhhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnno. No. It’s not a success, no. It’s certainly not a failure, and it’s certainly a step in the right direction (Sam Kennedy would be proud of me for saying that). But season that ends at the hands of the Yankees in the Wild Card round cannot be considered a success for a franchise with our pedigree. Positive strides were made this year, and the future looks bright. However, I can’t call 2025 a “success,” in the most pure sense of the word.

— Fitzy Mo Peñ

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