Comments on: On the Red Sox’s Offense, BABIP and History http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/05/27/on-the-red-soxs-offense-babip-and-history/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Kevin http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/05/27/on-the-red-soxs-offense-babip-and-history/#comment-6830 Fri, 27 May 2016 13:12:46 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=4615#comment-6830 I have a hard time believing they’ll keep up this absurd pace, particularly from Shaw. It just seems too good to be true that he can step in for Pablo and be a .900 OPS guy. And while at this point nothing Ortiz does would surprise me, he’s on pace to set the record for most XBH in a season. It just seems like something has to give.

To your point though, there are a few guys who could pick up the slack if Shaw, Bradley or Ortiz were to cool off a bit. Mookie had a 137 wRC+ from June on last year, so he could absolutely take off. And while Hanley has been solid this year, I think he has another gear there that he hasn’t hit, though I wonder if his shoulder is still bothering him a bit.

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