COMMENTARY
Could these Red Sox be the most average Red Sox in Red Sox history?
They are not a .500 team at the second, no-hit into the seventh inning of a 5-0 loss to Detroit on Thursday, but it’s been their default state. Alex Cora’s team has been 1-1, 2-2, 7-7, 9-9, 10-10, 19-19, 22-22, 24-24, 26-26, 27-27, and 28-28.
Rob Manfred’s MLB has, let’s call it a top eight — Philadelphia, the Yankees, Cleveland, Baltimore, the Dodgers, Kansas City, Milwaukee, and Atlanta. It has a clear bottom six — the Mets, Oakland, Angels, Colorado, Miami, and the White Sox.