Red Sox on wrong side of MLB history with alarming stat dating back to 1962
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The Boston Red Sox are putting runners in scoring position.
They just haven't been able to execute on those opportunities. It's a significant reason for their 1-3 start and minus-six run differential.
"The Red Sox are 2-58 (0.34) with 32 Ks with RISP to start the year," the X account @soxbart wrote Tuesday morning.
"This marks the worst batting avg with RISP for the first 4 games of a season (min 40 ABs) since the stat first started being recognized in 1962."
"Boston scored a total of 10 runs in its first three games after an offseason spent doubling down on run prevention," FanSided's Katie Manganelli wrote Monday. "But preventing runs won't save the Red Sox if they can't score any themselves."
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It's an absurd statistic for Boston, which has its eyes set on a postseason berth in a very competitive AL East.
Shortstop Trevor Story struck out four times in Saturday's loss to the Cincinnati Reds, and the early results from the Wilson Contreras trade are questionable at best. The first baseman has just one hit through 18 trips to the plate but has walked four times.
The Red Sox's .666 team OPS ranks 18th in the Majors through four games, a far cry from the .441 mark of the San Francisco Giants. But they'll need a significant uptick in offensive production to avoid falling in the standings by the end of April.
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