Gresh & Fauria: Lou Merloni on what to look for from the Red Sox moving towards the playoffs

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00:00And moving forward, what are some things that I should be,

00:03other than wins, obviously, Lou, but what

00:05are some of the things, this is a developmental year,

00:07should I still be looking for over these next two months?

00:11Well, I think you hit on it.

00:13It still is, it's a developmental year

00:14for a lot of these guys.

00:15And I was on a very young team in 0-4 in Cleveland,

00:20and we were just young.

00:21And we were in it like this the whole time.

00:23And then it was like August, past the deadline,

00:26maybe mid-August or so.

00:27And all of a sudden, it got real.

00:29Like we were really being talked about being

00:31in this playoff race.

00:32And some of the young kids tightened up a little bit.

00:35That's something I think that can be helpful for this team.

00:37Hopefully, they can stay in it long enough

00:39and see what this big September series is.

00:41I feel like every series, we're like, oh, it's

00:43a big series against the Yankees.

00:45Well, it's a big series against the Royals.

00:47Everything's a big series.

00:48And this is what baseball is the last two months

00:51when you're in it.

00:52So how do they react?

00:53Do they still stay calm?

00:54Are they still so young they don't know any better?

00:56Or do they start realizing that they're in a playoff race

00:58and tighten up a little bit?

00:59So that's just, well, and if they do, then, OK,

01:02that's something to learn on for next year.

01:04But I think those experiences for this young group,

01:06I think, is very important.

01:08And I'm curious to see them moving forward,

01:10if they all just sort of stay calm and play

01:11the game the way they have been.