Boston has half as many home runs (8) as the league-leading Dodgers (16) and have scored just 30 runs over nine games (the same number as the Rockies, and only above the Giants and Reds). But the AL East is not a division you can fall too far back in and hope to compete come late summer, and the Red Sox already find themselves five games back of the division-leading and hated Yankees. And things don’t get any easier, as they are about to host Milwaukee, who is tied for the best record in the majors and has the third-best OPS in MLB, for a three-game series.
Author: Dan Freedman, Contributor
Published at: 2026-04-06 22:26:44
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