There is no specific malady to describe the reason there is a poor performance by Red Sox CF Jackie Bradley Jr. this season. The current struggles offensively are àpropos of Bradley’s entire career and expecting a dramatic change is merely subscribing to Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity. After seven seasons Bradley’s career MLB average is .234. BSI’s Brendan Mizgala recently described Bradley’s struggles, but now the time may be to check other options.
This season Bradley is last in the American League among right-fielders with a -1.0 fWAR. That figure reflects an across the board dysfunction be it metric or traditional statistical evaluation.