Swing alterations helping spark Red Sox's slow-starting Jarren Duran
Boston's left-fielder collected just three multi-hit games over his opening 22 starts.
Swing alterations helping spark Red Sox's slow-starting Jarren Duran originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Boston Red Sox 's World Series-winning manager Alex Cora is gone .
The team enters Monday's series-opening matchup against the Toronto Blue Jays at 11-17 and in last place in the AL East, seven games behind the first-place New York Yankees . The organization remains flawed. Perhaps the Red Sox can look forward to something.
Jarren Duran may be starting to figure out how to again take advantage of his speed and base-running aggressiveness and stop flipping off fans . While batting . 189 during his opening 90 at-bats, Duran's new batting style helped him compile a four-game hit streak.
It ended Sunday, but he reached base three times and stole a base as the Red Sox won their second-straight game and first without Cora, a 5-3 decision over the host Baltimore Orioles . The Red Sox's outfield-heavy lineup remains a mess, but Duran's batting adjustments appear to have straightened out his swing. Is Red Sox's Jarren Duran starting to roll?