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Alex Cora is gone and I'm not pretending to be sad about it.

Red Sox Thru the first 17 home games of a season, have scored their fewest runs (53) since 1932 when they scored just 49 So it’s been 94 years since the Red Sox offense was this feeble Oh, the 1932 Red Sox finished (43-111)

Something you may not know: Weissert is a clubhouse glue guy. A close friend of Crochet, Story, Duran and the group of bigger names on the roster. A key cog in the clubhouse culture.

Red Sox lineup prior to the coaching change: 27 G R: 112 (22nd) AVG: .233 (20th) .OBP: .313 (24th) wRC+: 84th (29th) Red Sox lineup since the coaching change: 9G R: 33 (20th) AVG: .258 (7th) OBP: .332 (9th) wRC+: 97 (15th) Some progress. The last 2 days have really helped.

Red Sox since the mass-firing. 97 wRC+ (15th in MLB) 1.5 fWAR (T-8th) .258 BA (7th) .332 OBP (T-9th) 10 SB (T-2nd) 1.4 BsR (1st)

It’s the Year of the Willy. Willson Contreras: 35 Games 152 PA .270/.382/.492/.874 8 HR, 4 2B 22 RBI 147 OPS+ 98th percentile OAA Wilyer Abreu: 35 Games 150 PA .311/.393/.485/.878 5 HR, 6 2B 16 RBI 149 OPS+ 81st percentile OAA Easily your two most consistent position players.

Framber Valdez has thrown 634 pitches this season, only one of them was a Four Seam fastball. No one can say this wasn’t intentional.