So much of the talk around this Red Sox team as we approach the quarter point of the season has been around their offense’s performance coming in below expectations, and specifically around the bottom of the lineup and first base. It’s certainly not without merit, as their production from the cold corner has been the worst in all of baseball. As a group, they have a 40 wRC+, which means they’ve been 60 percent worse than league-average at this position — a position that revolves mostly around offense — adjusting for park effects. Most of that obviously comes down to Bobby Dalbec, with a dash of early-season Travis Shaw thrown in as well.
Franchy Cordero is earning a longer look
