I decided to Quick Manage / Critical Situations & play a few key series in order to get to a point where my team had moved forward a bit. With that said, we have started up the play every game portion here at June 23rd, with a 17 game stretch with no off days. Heres the stats for the team up to this point:
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0F4871" colspan="15"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">2017 Red Sox - June 23rd - Stats - Hitting</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="23%">NAME</td><td align="right" width="5%">AB</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">2B</td><td align="right" width="5%">3B</td><td align="right" width="5%">HR</td><td align="right" width="6%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="5%">BB</td><td align="right" width="5%">SO</td><td align="right" width="5%">SB</td><td align="right" width="5%">CS</td><td align="right" width="7%">BA</td><td align="right" width="7%">OBP</td><td align="right" width="7%">SLG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>CF Adam Jones (R)</td><td align="right">312</td><td align="right">38</td><td align="right">83</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">53</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.266</td><td align="right">.309</td><td align="right">.436</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>2B Scooter Gennett (L)</td><td align="right">279</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">76</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">54</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.272</td><td align="right">.318</td><td align="right">.444</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>1B Cody Bellinger (L)</td><td align="right">280</td><td align="right">45</td><td align="right">73</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">43</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">89</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.261</td><td align="right">.344</td><td align="right">.550</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>3B Josh Donaldson (R)</td><td align="right">254</td><td align="right">45</td><td align="right">75</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">38</td><td align="right">41</td><td align="right">60</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.295</td><td align="right">.397</td><td align="right">.543</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>DH Eric Thames (L)</td><td align="right">267</td><td align="right">40</td><td align="right">62</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">42</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">88</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.232</td><td align="right">.311</td><td align="right">.483</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>SS Trevor Story (R)</td><td align="right">233</td><td align="right">28</td><td align="right">49</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">89</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.210</td><td align="right">.279</td><td align="right">.391</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>RF Brandon Nimmo (L)</td><td align="right">256</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">72</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">33</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">46</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.281</td><td align="right">.321</td><td align="right">.418</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>C Carson Kelly (R)</td><td align="right">188</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">45</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.170</td><td align="right">.208</td><td align="right">.239</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>LF Alex Gordon (L</td><td align="right">222</td><td align="right">20</td><td align="right">53</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">69</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.239</td><td align="right">.287</td><td align="right">.338</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>--Bench--</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C John Hicks (R)</td><td align="right">90</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">26</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.289</td><td align="right">.323</td><td align="right">.344</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>3B Brock Holt (L)</td><td align="right">121</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">37</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.190</td><td align="right">.288</td><td align="right">.281</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>LF Eric Young Jr. (S)</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">.310</td><td align="right">.394</td><td align="right">.483</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>2B Josh Rutledge (R)</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">.095</td><td align="right">.174</td><td align="right">.143</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0F4871" colspan="16"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">2017 Red Sox - June 23rd - Stats - Pitching</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="22%">NAME</td><td align="right" width="4%">GP</td><td align="right" width="4%">GS</td><td align="right" width="4%">W</td><td align="right" width="4%">L</td><td align="right" width="5%">SV</td><td align="right" width="5%">QS</td><td align="right" width="6%">HLD</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">ER</td><td align="right" width="5%">HR</td><td align="right" width="5%">BB</td><td align="right" width="5%">SO</td><td align="right" width="8%">WHIP</td><td align="right" width="6%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>SP Kyle Hendricks (R)</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">100.0</td><td align="right">98</td><td align="right">38</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">33</td><td align="right">85</td><td align="right">1.31</td><td align="right">3.42</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>SP Aaron Nola (R)</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">91.0</td><td align="right">86</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">96</td><td align="right">1.32</td><td align="right">3.36</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>SP Kyle Freeland (L)</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">96.0</td><td align="right">102</td><td align="right">42</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">35</td><td align="right">75</td><td align="right">1.43</td><td align="right">3.84</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>SP Buck Farmer (R)</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">78.1</td><td align="right">84</td><td align="right">43</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">33</td><td align="right">64</td><td align="right">1.49</td><td align="right">4.94</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>SP Derek Holland (L)</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">89.0</td><td align="right">81</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">28</td><td align="right">71</td><td align="right">1.22</td><td align="right">2.93</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>--Bullpen--</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>LRP David Phelps (R)</td><td align="right">20</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">57.0</td><td align="right">54</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">54</td><td align="right">1.18</td><td align="right">3.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>MRP Matt Bowman (R)</td><td align="right">28</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">38.0</td><td align="right">47</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">28</td><td align="right">1.53</td><td align="right">5.21</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>MRP Sam Freeman (L)</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">23.0</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">1.74</td><td align="right">5.87</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>MRP Dustin McGowan (R)</td><td align="right">26</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">26.1</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">1.22</td><td align="right">2.05</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>SU Brandon Morrow (R)</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">25.0</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">0.80</td><td align="right">1.08</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>SU Mike Minor (L)</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">14.2</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1.02</td><td align="right">1.23</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>CP Fernando Rodney (R)</td><td align="right">35</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">30.0</td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">1.13</td><td align="right">2.70</td></tr></table></body></html>
It seems the common theme for the Sox has been get on base, and crank one out of the park. There is little to no speed on this team, and there are plenty of position players struggling. As we creep closer to the mid-way point of the season there are some aspects of the team that will have special attention paid towards them.
Bench / Speed The only player on the bench that has produced has been back up catcher John Hicks. A trade may very well be made before the trade deadline in order to shore up this weak spot.
Bullpen The back end of the pen has been nothing short of fantastic. Matt Bowman and Sam Freeman have had their struggles, but have pitched better as of late. With a comfortable lead in the division the Sox may stand pat and let them figure it out. With that said, Dustin McGowan and the Major League Saves Leader, Fernando Rodney, are sure to regress. Rumor has it the Sox have had trade talks with the Giants regarding Left-Hander Brad Hand. Only time will tell.
Rotation
After a rough April, Buck Farmer has shown signs of putting it together, seeing his ERA fall from the high 7's to where it sits now. Derek Holland has been the surprise of the season, and the Sox couldn't be happier with their 5th starters production.
Awards Races
Cody Bellinger is in 2nd place for the American League race for Rookie Of The Year, behind the Angles Aaron Judge.
Fernando Rodney leads the AL race for Reliever Of The Year (with almost twice as many saves as his closest competition)
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