2021 Remarkable! Season Preview — Boston Red Sox

by | Feb 16, 2021 | Baseball, Fantasy

 

Welcome to our Remarkable season preview series for the 2021 season. Boston traded away another one of their outfielders in Andrew Benintendi. Bogaerts, Devers, and Martinez lead the way with their bats. Are they in the middle of a rebuild? Will they be contenders in a tough AL East?

 

2020 Record: 24-36 (5th in AL East)

 

Red Sox Hitters

 

Alex Verdugo

  • Alex Verdugo had a Well-Hit Avg of just .093 (7/75) against LHP in the 2020 season — 2nd lowest in MLB
  • Alex Verdugo came to the plate with runners in scoring position in just 39 of his 221 plate appearances (18%) in the 2020 season — tied for 6th lowest in MLB
  • Alex Verdugo slugged .811 (73 total bases in 90 ABs) in non-two strike counts in the 2020 season — 9th best in MLB
  • Alex Verdugo saw fastballs 57% of the time (529/923) in the 2020 season — tied for 10th highest in MLB
  • Alex Verdugo batted .357 (35-for-98) on fastballs in the 2020 season — tied for 10th best in MLB

 

Xander Bogaerts

  • Xander Bogaerts is batting .308 (84-for-273) with two outs since 2019 — 9th best in MLB
  • Xander Bogaerts has driven in 76 runs versus relief pitchers since 2019 — tied for 3rd most in MLB
  • 5% of Xander Bogaerts’ plate appearances have lasted only one pitch (46/923 PA’s) since 2019 — 2nd lowest in MLB
  • Xander Bogaerts is slugging .699 (130 total bases in 186 ABs) on elevated pitches since 2019 — 2nd best in MLB

 

Rafael Devers

  • Rafael Devers is batting .312 (133-for-426) on non-fastballs since 2019 — 2nd best in MLB
  • Rafael Devers has driven in 158 runs since 2019 — 3rd most in MLB
  • Rafael Devers has a swing rate of 55% (1,988/3,616) since 2019 — 8th highest in MLB
  • Rafael Devers has chased 40% of pitches out of the zone (411/1,041) on low pitches since 2019 — tied for 12th highest among 127 in MLB
  • Rafael Devers is batting .312 (127-for-407) on low pitches since 2019 — 3rd best in MLB

 

J.D. Martinez

  • J.D. Martinez has an OPS of 1.184 (233 PA’s) against LHP since 2019 — 2nd best in MLB

  • J.D. Martinez has a Well-Hit Avg of .299 (108/361) on fastballs since 2019 — 11th best among 127 in MLB
  • J.D. Martinez has 20 home runs on inside pitches since 2019 — 3rd most in MLB
  • J.D. Martinez is batting just .115 (27-for-234) on pitches out of the zone since 2019 — 12th lowest among 127 in MLB

 

Christian Vazquez

  • Christian Vazquez is batting .284 (59-for-208) on breaking pitches since 2019 — tied for 10th best in MLB
  • Christian Vazquez has thrown out 29% of runners attempting to steal (26/88) since 2019 — 4th best in MLB
  • Christian Vazquez is batting just .212 (25-for-118) on pitches 95 mph or greater since 2019 — 15th lowest among 127 in MLB
  • Christian Vazquez is batting .300 (66-for-220) with two outs since 2019 — 15th best among 127 in MLB

 

Hunter Renfroe

  • Hunter Renfroe is batting just .167 (32-for-192) on breaking pitches since 2019 — tied for 6th lowest in MLB
  • Hunter Renfroe has 16 home runs against LHP since 2019 — tied for 9th most in MLB
  • Hunter Renfroe has 66 extra-base hits out of 114 total hits (58%) since 2019 — 5th best in MLB

 

Bobby Dalbec

  • Bobby Dalbec put just 22% of his swings in play (41/185) in the 2020 season — 2nd lowest in MLB
  • Bobby Dalbec had 8 HRs on 19 Flyballs (42% HR/FLY) in the 2020 season — tied for highest in MLB
  • Bobby Dalbec slugged .600 (48 total bases in 80 ABs) in the 2020 season — 13th best in MLB 
  • 3% of Bobby Dalbec’s plate appearances lasted only one pitch (3/92 PA’s) in the 2020 season — lowest in MLB

 

Enrique Hernández

  • Enrique Hernandez has an OPS of just .891 (129 PA’s) when ahead in the count since the start of the 2019 season — 7th lowest in MLB
  • Enrique Hernandez is batting just .167 (24-for-144) on elevated pitches since the start of the 2019 season — tied for 14th lowest in MLB
  • Enrique Hernandez has 22 extra-base hits out of 41 total hits (54%) on inside fastballs since the start of 2018 — 15th best in MLB

 

 

Bench

 

Kevin Plawecki

  • Kevin Plawecki batted .341 (28-for-82) in the 2020 season — tied for 6th best in MLB
  • Kevin Plawecki saw fastballs 62% of the time (200/324) in the 2020 season — highest in MLB 
  • Kevin Plawecki had a groundball batting average of .367 (11 GB hits out of 30 GBs) in the 2020 season — tied for 12th best in MLB

 

Christian Arroyo

 

Yairo Munoz

 

Michael Chavis

  • Michael Chavis is slugging .559 (71 total bases in 127 ABs) on breaking pitches against RHP since 2019 — tied for 7th best in MLB 
  • Michael Chavis has 200 quality ABs out of 540 total (37% QAB rate) since 2019 — 9th lowest in MLB

 

 

Projected Starting Rotation

 

Nathan Eovaldi

  • Nathan Eovaldi has induced opposing hitters to ground into 16 double plays in 88 opportunities (18%) since 2019 — best in MLB
  • Nathan Eovaldi has an average fastball velocity of 97.4 MPH since 2019 — 2nd highest in MLB 
  • Opponents are hitting .448 (30-for-67) against Nathan Eovaldi when he’s behind in the count since 2019 — 7th highest in MLB
  • Opponents have a miss rate of 34% (80/237) against Nathan Eovaldi on elevated fastballs since 2019 — 13th best in MLB 
  • Opponents have a line drive rate of just 20% (67/330) against Nathan Eovaldi since 2019 — tied for 13th lowest in MLB

 

Eduardo Rodriguez

  • Opponents have a Well-Hit Avg of just .078 (14/180) against elevated fastballs from Eduardo Rodriguez since 2019 — 2nd best in MLB

  • Opponents have a groundball rate of 68% (117/172) against Eduardo Rodriguez’s changeup since 2019 — 4th highest in MLB
  • Hitters have chased 288 of Eduardo Rodriguez’s 694 off-speed pitches out of the zone (41%) since 2019 — tied for 7th highest in MLB
  • Eduardo Rodriguez has recorded 128 of his 213 strikeouts (60%) with his fastball since 2019 — 14th highest in MLB
  • Eduardo Rodriguez has allowed an OPS of just .651 (317 PA’s) versus the top of the order since 2019 — 10th best in MLB

 

Martin Perez

  • Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of just.119 against Martin Perez when going through the lineup the third time in a game last season — 4th best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .196
  • Martin Perez allowed a slugging percentage of just.173 on inside fastballs last season — best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .434
  • The average home run distance against Martin Perez against right-handed batters since the start of the 2019 season is 388.6 feet — 2nd best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 109 total IP; League Avg: 402.6
  • Martin Perez induced opposing hitters to ground into 10 double plays in 54 opportunities 18% last season — 4th best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 12%

 

Garrett Richards

  • Garrett Richards allowed an OPS of just.508 versus the heart of the order in the 2020 season — 9th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: .760
  • Garrett Richards had a strikeout rate of 52% on low non-fastballs in the 2020 season — 9th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: 35%

 

Nick Pivetta

  • Opponents have a groundball rate of 57% (217/382) against Nick Pivetta on non-fastballs since the start of 2018 — 10th highest in MLB
  • Nick Pivetta has thrown his curveball 27% of the time (1,273/4,755) since the start of 2018 — 14th highest in MLB
  • Nick Pivetta has an ERA of 5.10 (273.1 IP) since the start of 2018 — tied for 14th highest in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting .299 (75-for-251) against Nick Pivetta with runners in scoring position since the start of 2018 — 7th highest in MLB

 

 

Projected Bullpen

 

Matt Barnes

  • Matt Barnes has walked 52 of 387 batters (13%) since 2019 — tied for 11th highest among among 182 qualified RPs in MLB
  • Left-handed hitters have a Well-Hit Avg of just .086 (11/128) against Matt Barnes since 2019 — 3rd best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Matt Barnes has allowed an OPS of just .610 (118 PA’s) with runners in scoring position since 2019 — 9th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Matt Barnes has allowed an OPS of 1.314 (73 PA’s) when he’s behind in the count since 2019 — 10th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Matt Barnes has thrown his curveball 49% of the time (860/1,765) since 2019 — highest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Matt Andriese

  • Matt Andriese has allowed an OBP of .407 (135 PA’s) with runners in scoring position since 2019 — 10th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents have a groundball rate of 64% (104/162) against Matt Andriese on non-fastballs since 2019 — 6th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Matt Andriese has thrown his changeup 38% of the time (639/1,704) since 2019 — 6th highest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Adam Ottavino

  • Hitters have swung at 39% of Adam Ottavino’s pitches (585/1,497) since 2019 — 2nd lowest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents have a Well-Hit Avg of just .167 (40/240) against Adam Ottavino on pitches in the strike zone since 2019 — 5th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Adam Ottavino has allowed a slugging percentage of just .178 (18 Total Bases / 101 ABs) on low non-fastballs since 2019 — 12th best among among 119 qualified RPs in MLB
  • Adam Ottavino has walked 49 of 368 batters (13%) since 2019 — tied for 13th highest among among 182 qualified RPs in MLB
  • Adam Ottavino has a first-pitch strike rate of just 54% (198/366) since 2019 — 3rd lowest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Ryan Brasier

  • Opponents have a line drive rate of 28% (64/225) against Ryan Brasier since 2019 — 5th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Hitters have swung at 53% of Ryan Brasier’s pitches (743/1,402) since 2019 — 8th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Hitters have chased 115 of Ryan Brasier’s 279 breaking balls out of the zone (chase rate of 41%) since 2019 — 7th highest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Darwinzon Hernandez

  • Darwinzon Hernandez has allowed no extra-base hits in his last 9.2 innings pitched 

 

Austin Brice

  • Opponents are hitting just .132 (7-for-53) against Austin Brice on fastballs away since 2019 — 8th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Austin Brice has allowed a slugging percentage of .611 (33 Total Bases / 54 ABs) on inside fastballs since 2019 — tied for 6th highest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Josh Taylor

 

Colten Brewer

  • Colten Brewer has allowed an OBP of .404 (218 PA’s) against right-handed batters since 2019 — highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents have a groundball rate of 56% (62/111) against Colten Brewer’s curve and slider since 2019 — 14th highest among among 122 qualified RPs in MLB
  • Colten Brewer has thrown his curveball 41% of the time (623/1,522) since 2019 — 3rd highest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

 

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