Red Sox' offensive struggles highlight deeper issues with young core and clubhouse chemistry
The Red Sox offense continues to struggle, and now tension is rising between the young core and the veterans.
Red Sox' offensive struggles highlight deeper issues with young core and clubhouse chemistry originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Red Sox are in the midst of one of their worst seasons in a while, with a record of 13-21, and are dead last in the AL East.
Their pitiful offense is costing them game after game, even with great defense and pitching. Overall, their young core is in a massive slump, and the veterans aren’t helping them either. Instead, the dysfunction of the team is out for everyone to see.
Boston’s young core is still slumping © Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images The Red Sox were banking on their young core making the leap this year to make up for the offense they traded away last season and lost in the offseason. So far, all their second-year players are experiencing sophomore slumps. Roman Anthony, the former No.
1 overall prospect in baseball, is one of the biggest victims of the slump . He’s only slashing . 231/.