When Mitch Moreland went without a hit over nine plate appearances in the first two games of the season we started to hear groans about how the new first baseman for the Boston Red Sox was going to be a weakness in the middle of the lineup. About a week later the outlook has completely changed.
Moreland has been one of the hottest hitters in the league over the past week, going 11-for-25 to raise his season average to .324 through nine games. During that span he’s been an extra-base hitting machine, cranking out a major league-leading eight doubles.