By WFAN.com
Barstool Sports MLB and Red Sox writer Jared Carrabis joined WFAN's Evan Roberts on Tuesday to discuss Boston's upcoming four-game series against the Yankees.
The teams own the two best records in baseball, and the Red Sox lead the AL East by six games entering Tuesday's games. The longtime square off starting Thursday in Boston.
How confident should Red Sox fans be about winning the division?
"Ninety percent. ... It's a completely different question if it's the Red Sox beating the Yankees in a seven-game series," Carrabis said. "A five-game series is kind of scary. Anything can happen."
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The Red Sox are having a historic season at 75-33. Is the team really that remarkable?
"It's more of a reflection of the competition in baseball right now," said Carrabis. "There's a lot of bad teams in Major League Baseball right now. The Red Sox are beating those bad teams. The Yankees aren't beating those bad teams."
Boston pitcher David Price, over the course of his career, has had trouble at times with the Yankees. Things will need to change this season as the two teams could end up facing off in the ALDS.
"You're not going to want to hide David Price. He's going to have to face the Yankees at one point or another," Carrabis said. "It's a Yankee Stadium thing. He psyches himself out. It's not like he never gets the job done. This year has been a glaring issue. It's not like he never performs well against them. Get me something where we can build off of this narrative that he can't pitch against the Yankees."
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The Red Sox acquired Ian Kinsler in a trade Monday night to play second base as the future of Dustin Pedroia is a huge question mark.
"Kinsler, you can get an everyday player that can play the field," Carrabis said. "The guy is a gamer. David Price said he's the closest to Dustin Pedroia that you're going to get. Not that you need the spark. You can't depend on Pedroia."
The Red Sox's Alex Cora is having as unreal a first year as a manager as you can get. He's pushed all the right buttons for baseball's best team.
"He's the man. He's got the keys to the city," said Carrabis. "There has been nothing. Boston media is super negative. They look for any reason to criticize someone. There's nothing you can say (bad) about Alex Cora. All the players love him. How could you criticize a manager who is 42 games over .500 before August? Everyone in the clubhouse loves Cora. He was one of those guys. You can relate. He knows what these players are thinking. He can relate to them on a level that guys like John Farrell couldn't do."
To listen to the interview, click on the audio player above.
