Jones & Keefe: If the Red Sox are going to survive without Roman Anthony, it will hinge on their pitching

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00:00They have a six-game lead over the Rangers right now,

00:03so they don't get an injury excuse.

00:06If they miss the playoffs, even with Roman Anthony missing

00:09the last month of the season, that would be a huge collapse

00:12and a failure, right?

00:14Yeah, I'm not going to say because, again, I just said life is good,

00:18so I'm not going to say that it's not going to happen,

00:22but this is about they want to get the division.

00:26That's still somewhat realistic.

00:29Most importantly, you want to get home field.

00:32You want to be able to play these games at home,

00:34but I think that when it comes down to what the Red Sox,

00:37how they're going to be able to function,

00:39and if they're going to be able to keep the vibes in their corner,

00:43it will be pitching.

00:44It won't be Roman Anthony.

00:45It will be pitching.

00:46Every streak that they've gone on has been led by their pitching.

00:49You can't have downturns from Crochet.

00:52You can't have downturns from Bayo and Julito.

00:54You have to have the feel-good story of Peyton Tolley keep on going.

00:59You cannot have a downturn in terms of relievers.

01:02You have to figure out Jordan Hicks isn't an option,

01:05so you have to figure out who is an option.

01:07You have to figure out all of it.

01:09The pitching is everything for this team and for this run.

01:12You have to figure out what you're going to do.