MLB Insider Names What Red Sox 'Pretty Clearly Needed' Over Offseason, Amid Offensive Struggles
The Boston Red Sox enter Tuesday at 20-27, in last place in the AL East and haven't scored more than four runs in a game in two weeks.
MLB Insider Names What Red Sox 'Pretty Clearly Needed' Over Offseason, Amid Offensive Struggles originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Red Sox 's pitching staff has largely done their job this season, tying for the MLB lead with six shutouts and ranking fifth in the American League with a 3.
75 team ERA. The Red Sox's offense, however, has mostly struggled. Boston enters Tuesday at 20-27, in last place in the AL East and hasn't scored more than four runs in a game in two weeks.
The Red Sox rank last in the AL in runs scored (170), home runs (34), RBIs (163), slugging percentage (. 357) and OPS (. 667).
MLB senior writer Tim Britton of The Athletic said on Tuesday that Boston badly needed an additional bat for their infield over the offseason. "It doesn’t have to be Alex Bregman, who is off to an only decent start with the Cubs. But Boston pretty clearly needed one more infield bat coming into the season, and that need is only more acute now," Britton wrote.