At the start of the 2024 season, Netflix announced it would be following the Boston Red Sox throughout the year to produce a docu-series on the team’s season. The project was pitched to fans as an opportunity to follow alongside the daily life of MLB players in ways that the public had not seen before.
The concept drew immediate comparisons to similar series such as the NFL‘s Hard Knocks series, and Last Chance U, the director of which would be spearheading the Red Sox project.
But as the Red Sox’s lackluster season wore on, some questioned why Boston was the subject of this series. Certainly there were more competitive teams to pick from, right? Even more questions arose when Netflix announced the docu-series would not be premiering until April of 2025, after the start of the following season and not during the winter when many expected it to air.
What could a documentary of a .500 team possibly tell the public, especially when Red Sox fans are on to better days with a much more competitive team?
It appears that the series will be more intimate than we could have expected.
On Monday, multiple sources obtained a transcript from episode four of ‘The Clubhouse: A year with the Red Sox’ in which outfielder Jarren Duran recounted his suicide attempt during the 2022 season.
“I was sitting in my room, I had my rifle and I had a bullet, and I pulled the trigger, and the gun clicked, but nothing happened,” Duran said. “To this day, I think God just didn’t let me take my own life because I seriously don’t know why it didn’t go off.“
Duran has been an avid mental health advocate during his time in the big leagues. He has been forthcoming about his battle with depression, especially during his struggles on the field.
“I took it as a sign of like, ‘Alright, I might have to be here for a reason’,” Duran went on to say. “So that’s when I started looking myself in the mirror, after the gun didn’t go off. I was like, ‘Alright, do I want to be here or do I not want to be here?’”
The 28-year-old would go on to be an All Star in 2024, leading MLB in doubles with 48, and leading the Red Sox in hits, runs scored, triples and qualified batting average.
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