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Red Sox's Greg Weissert Gives Raw Reaction to Another Blow-Up Outing

Boston Red Sox On SI·Jackson Roberts·24 days ago
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When a relief pitcher is going bad, it seems like he ends up on the mound in every serious situation. Boston Red Sox righty Greg Wessert is that reliever right now. On Thursday night, Weissert came on with a runner on first and one out in the top of the sixth inning in relief of rookie Jake Bennett . Three batters later, the Tampa Bay Rays had a two-run lead, which they would not relinquish. Just one run was charged to Weissert, and Bennett took the loss, but you'd never catch the latter arguing that the blame was on the former. Weissert, who has had an up-and-down tenure with the Red Sox, just hasn't gotten the job done enough this season. It's hardly a subjective matter at this point, especially after hearing his blunt reaction to another blow-up outing after Thursday's game. If you like our content,  choose Sports Illustrated as a preferred source on Google .…

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