Home runs are leaving the yard at a record pace this season and it seems to be a trend over the last few years. Is the baseball juiced? Are the players juiced? The downside of flaying away is swinging and missing and that is also at a record pace and the Red Sox are not immune to the whiff.
Strikeouts were at one time considered a baseball sin since they were the ultimate in non-productivity. Now it is an acceptable result. The Red Sox are now on the statistical cusp of having every lineup position with at least 100 strikeouts with designated hitter being the replacement of pitchers.