The Boston Red Sox had themselves a dreadful July where they went from the fourth-best record in the American League to falling out of realistic playoff hopes. And much of that was due to atrocious defending.
Well, August hasn’t treated the Red Sox much better thus far. All you had to do was look at the seventh inning center fielder Jarren Duran had against the Royals to see why.
Duran was involved heavily throughout the inning, which started with him losing a routine fly ball in the sun. Later in the inning, he tried to make a leaping grab at the wall. When he missed that attempt, he exchanged words with some fans seated behind the center-field wall. And then, when something finally went right for Duran (a diving grab), he still had to be restrained from engaging with the heckling Royals fans.
Jarren Duran is having an interesting 7th inning
Misplayed a ball, couldn't secure a fly ball, makes a diving catch and argues with some fans pic.twitter.com/w0MCSCnRtJ
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 7, 2022
All that happened before the Red Sox even recorded a second out in the inning. And while the Red Sox managed to escape that inning with only two runs allowed, the Royals blew the game open in the eighth inning with six runs to make the score 13-3. Duran somehow remained in center field after all that.
No wonder Red Sox fans weren’t happy with how Duran handled himself there.
This was how Twitter reacted
Unfortunately we are going to have to deal with this for the rest of the season because there's no help coming https://t.co/t00o7TMNrp
— Lord Fearn (@rmredfearn3) August 7, 2022
I was put in the outfield for one inning in all of high school. It went poorly, but not this poorly, and they still never put me out there again.
My coach was awful, too, and even he was able to figure out “guy who can’t judge fly balls shouldn’t play in the outfield” https://t.co/wA323cZcc6
— Ken Childs (@TheKenChilds) August 7, 2022
This guy's gotta go. It's that simple. https://t.co/pj1OlTgiy9
— Kevin (he/him) (@RedSoxRedShoes) August 7, 2022
Ladies and gentlemen, your 2022 Boston Red Sox… https://t.co/5qk9v2lGZe
— Jeff Danovich (@JeffDanovich) August 7, 2022
That dude is lost in his head. https://t.co/7oCwMQUEcJ
— Brandon Marsh defender | 🇵🇷 (@alisincaratland) August 7, 2022
Lmao did this dude really not think they were gonna let him hear about those plays? https://t.co/uz7dxEUALi
— Payton (@paytonisnotroll) August 7, 2022
At least he had his shades over his eyes this time, so, good try I guess. https://t.co/55DVSEVFJS
— Anne (@docboogie) August 7, 2022
Duran is fortunate to be in KC. Can’t imagine what he’d be hearing from a 12 year old in the Fenway stands right now. https://t.co/VZ7pmTpNmO
— Yegs (@Yegs) August 7, 2022
The red sox are in free fall https://t.co/F3bVivdaTg
— Caden Royer (@royer_caden) August 7, 2022
The red sox are in free fall https://t.co/F3bVivdaTg
— Caden Royer (@royer_caden) August 7, 2022
