The Boston Red Sox have underperformed through the first quarter of the season, but they aren't blaming the slow start on John Farrell.

"We won a divisional crown last year," Dave Dombrowski told NESN. "He managed very well for us at the time. I think that John as well as everybody else is frustrated by our performance and that we haven't taken off, but we're not buried either. I mean we're four games out of first place and we really haven't been in a flow."

The Red Sox were expected to contend in the American League, but they currently sit third in the AL East.

"It's one of those where I think to pin those things on John Farrell are just not fair," Dombrowski said. "I think we're in a position where he's managed well, he's managed divisional champions. I think we're in a position, we have a good club. We just need to get in a better flow of things."