The Red Sox have been molding their roster since mid-February and are now 21 games into the season. What is their offensive identity?
It should be an easy question to answer by now. The Dodgers and Yankees hit for power; the Brewers and Rays play small ball. Most good teams have traits that define how they play.
The Sox don’t hit for power or average. They don’t draw many walks or steal many bases. They don’t have a set lineup beyond Roman Anthony usually hitting first and Willson Contreras hitting cleanup.
They strike out too often and are roughly league average with runners in scoring position. They have the fewest home runs in the American League, only 13.
Their identity, if it can be called one, is to scratch out three or four runs and hope their pitchers give up only two or three.
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