2 former Yankees join forces to serve up Red Sox's worst loss of 2025 season

On Monday night, it was Gleyber Torres who hit a two-run homer in the first inning against the Boston Red Sox, which started the Detroit Tigers' 14-2 rout of the New York Yankees' most hated rival. On Tuesday, the call came from inside the house.

Two former Yankees pitchers — Garrett Whitlock and Greg Weissert — sent the Red Sox spiraling to another defeat in a game in which the offense scored nine runs.

First came Whitlock, who relieved Justin Wilson after just four pitches to get out of a Brayan Bello jam in the fifth. Whitlock came in with a one-run lead, and it evaporated five batters later. Though he struck out the side, he walked Spencer Torkelson, hit Jace Jung with a pitch, and served up a three-run homer to Javy Báez.

After the game, Whitlock bemoaned his lack of execution and took responsibility for the loss. But boy oh boy, he was hardly the last Red Sox pitcher to falter.

As the game descended into extra innings — reaching the 11th — Greg Weissert was called upon to preseve a 7-6 lead in the 10th. He couldn't, giving up an RBI single to Trey Sweeney. In the top half of the 11th, the Sox took the lead again with a two-run homer from Kristian Campbell.

But Alex Cora stuck with Weissert for the 11th, which turned out to be a massive mistake. The right-hander gave up a single to Jung and then gave Tigers fans their "moment" of the 2025 season so far when he was victimized by Báez, who clobbered another three-run shot to walk it off. Detroit took home a dramatic 10-9 victory and the Red Sox are back at .500.

Yankees fans loving every second of Red Sox collapse vs Tigers

Rafael Devers went 0-for-6, too — the only Red Sox player not to record a hit or get on base in a game in which the offense logged 14 hits and two walks.

We'll admit, we did complain about the Yankees giving too many somewhat productive players to Boston when Carlos Narvaez started to fill a much-needed void, but it's hard to argue both Weissert and Whitlock would be bullpen upgrades for New York. They'd certainly be contributors, but they wouldn't necessary change the complexion of much in the Bronx.

If Brian Cashman keeps offloading middling talent to the Red Sox under the assumption Boston's front office thinks they're getting a "steal" ... then we guess we can't complain.