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Originally Posted by CofR
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I too would like a bit more offense from Pedroia, but with Gonzalez, and Ortiz swinging the bat they way they have been his offensive struggles have really been masked. The Redsox really are a different team now then the one who had that awful start.
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I suppose Pedrioa could be worse, his OBP is still around .370 so despite the fact that he hasn't hit a lot he's still been on base at a clip similar to his career average. Ellsbury is the guy who's probably had as big an impact on the BoSox rolling like they have. He's been doing a pretty good job being on base to let guys like Gonzalez and Ortiz drive him in, plus producing quite well driving a guy like Crawford in now that he's starting to hit better.
Come the summer months I think their offence is going to be absolutely lethal. Does anyone in the AL have a pitching staff deep enough to shut them down, and if they do, can they score enough against the Sox staff.