The Red Sox have scored 83 runs in the past 9 games! That’s the type of offense that was written about during Spring Training, but that’s not how things started out. We all know those dubious numbers: 2-10 W-L record on April 15. 58 days later, the W-L record stands at 39-26, which gives them a W-L record of 37-16 in those 58 days. (That’s a .698 winning percentage for those of you keeping track at home.)
As for individual offensive changes of the 12 players with the most plate time in that time span, take a look at this table:
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As you can see, 10/12 of these players have numbers heading north. Although Pedroia’s numbers have dropped, he is having a monster June and is seeing his numbers back on the rise.
Mr. Cameron, you’re still on the Interstate! What is up with that?! Off to the cages with you!
And you, Mr. Jed… you’re offensive numbers are, well, quite offensive. On April 18, the Red Sox had just finished a 4 game set with the Blue Jays, a set in which Lowrie went 9/15, leaving him with a line of .516/.545/.588/1.133. We knew he wouldn’t hit at that rate for the season, but who saw this drop-off coming? Jed, warm thee up thy lumber lest ye be saddled with a moniker of ‘trade-bait.’
The most pleasant set of numbers have to belong to The Big Papi. 2009 and 2010 saw slow starts for Papi. Naysayers tagged him with an all-washed-up label, only to have him come back and have respectable numbers at year’s end. This year, he started warm, but has gone completely off the hook! He projects to having 43 HRs and 109 RBIs.
No complaints here! Just lovin’ every minute of it!
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