Hard hit
14 - LAA
5 - BOS
Barrels
5 - LAA
0 - BOS
Batting average
.300 - LAA
.107 - BOS
Expected batting average
.355 - LAA
.216 - BOS
Errors
0 - LAA
3 - BOS

Angles bludgeoned Houck. Only 2 K and 7 whiffs.

Just watching some minor league ball

Marcelo Mayer nuke 427'

Johanfran Garcia homers for the second straight game. The 19-year-old catcher can absolutely rake.

Hamilton's scouting report on Sox Prospects is just chef's kiss

Grissom, Anthony, Mayer, Teel go: GO, 1B, K, 1B

I agree. Unimpressive.

10 game road trip:
3 losses, 24 runs allowed

First 3 games at Fenway:
3 losses, 23 runs allowed

Isaiah Campbell had thrown 6 4-seam fastballs all season, he just threw 4 to Gunnar Henderson in that at-bat and gave up a home run.

What Baltimore still has for bats in AAA alone is unbelievable; plus Samuel Basallo, Dylan Beavers and Enrique Bradfield. They can acquire anything they need for their MLB team this year, maybe do a prospect for prospect swap to redistribute talent, and still have plenty left.

Seems like much fretting over Yoshida... but I think he'll be fine.

His 4 best hit balls have been deep outs. Walks 6% → 9%. Strikeouts 14% → 13%. Ground balls still high, but 55% → 53%. Chase rate 26% → 16%. xwOBA .325 → .342.

I'd say let this play out, he'll get hot.

Red Sox batters have a 27% strikeout rate so far, which is 28th, ahead of MIN and SEA.

The problem has been worst in high leverage spots, 36% Ks in 44 plate appearances. That ranks last, when the league average is 22%.

Remember deep into Casas' minor league career, many people were worried about his lack of dominance and struggles against lefties?

His first 650 MLB plate appearances:

.837 OPS, 127 wRC+

128 wRC+ v RHP
124 wRC+ v LHP

A truly pathetic Red Sox meltdown