Momentum is a beautiful thing—until someone asks if it’s built on sand. The Boston Red Sox pulled off a jaw-dropping rally that had fans roaring and rivals sweating, but not everyone’s buying the hype. While Boston flexed their offensive muscles, one glaring truth remained: flash doesn’t equal foundation. If this team thinks October glory is a guarantee, they might want to double-check what’s actually written in that fine print.

The Red Sox just won the game against the Cardinals 18-7. However, Karl Ravech believes there is still a missing piece on the team. According to him, it is not one player—it’s about a big part of the team.

During the podcast with Buster Olney, Ravech said, “I think the last piece of the puzzle is for them to get their starting rotation healthy.” The Red Sox pitching rotation is already quite strong with Garrett Crochet and Walker Buehler. But these two pitchers aren’t quite enough to pull through for the whole season, and we know it.

Ravech thinks that if the Red Sox get back Brayan Bello and Kutter Crawford, they could become a top team. Crawford was an integral part of the Red Sox rotation, which can be seen by his numbers. In the 33 games he started, he had an ERA of 4.36. He also racked up an impressive 175 strikeouts.

As for Bello, he also put up some good numbers for the Red Sox. In the 30 games he played, he had a record of 14-8 with an ERA of 4.49. He also managed to get 153 strikeouts and allowed only 19 home runs.

So yes, the bats are booming and the scoreboard looks like a pinball machine, but October baseball isn’t won with vibes and fireworks alone. If the Red Sox want to move from fun to fear, they’ll need more than two dependable arms. Because right now, Boston’s rotation feels more like a patch job than a powerhouse—and duct tape doesn’t hold up well in the postseason.

Red Sox’s rampage causes major damage to Cardinals

They came, they saw, they absolutely obliterated. Whatever the Cardinals were hoping to accomplish on Sunday night was buried somewhere beneath a 22-hit avalanche and a scoreboard that needed mercy. Boston didn’t just win—they performed a baseball exorcism. With Alex Bregman swinging like he was owed something, Rafael Devers rediscovering his fury, and Hunter Dobbins owning his big-league moment, the Red Sox turned Fenway into a fireworks factory.

The Red Sox just scored 18 runs against the Cardinals in an absolute beating they gave. It was a doubleheader, and the Red Sox won both games, but this one made the headlines for obvious reasons. It all started in the first inning when the Red Sox managed to tie the game. Wilyer Abreu delivered a line drive that brought in the run. The Red Sox flipped the switch in the second inning, scoring five runs. After this, the Red Sox never looked back.

They scored four runs in the third inning and five runs again in the sixth. They got a season-high 22 hits in the game, which included 9 doubles. The offense was led by Devers and Bregman. Devers went 4-4 with three RBIs, and Bregman went 4-5 in the game with one HR and six RBIs. Dobbins also made his awaited MLB debut and had a good time. In the five innings he pitched, Dobbins gave up 8 hits, earned 2 runs, and struck out 5 batters.

This wasn’t just a win—it was a message, written in doubles and sealed with a Bregman bomb. If this is the version of the Red Sox the league has to deal with, opponents might want to start checking the weather forecast—because storms like this don’t blow over easily.