Silverman: Source: Red Sox are not close to deal w White Sox for Todd Frazier. And as of tonight, they are not close to deal for another third baseman.
What it says to me is that they seem to be aggressive to a fault. I think there is a way to run aggressively without running foolishly. Seems they are no longer toeing the line between aggressive and foolish.
Whether they are pressing for offense, the players just doing whatever they want or an organizational philosophy, it doesn't seem to be working at the moment.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2017-baserunning-batting.shtml
Boston leads MLB in OOB (Outs On Base, i.e. outs while making a baserunning play) with 47. The next two are 41 and 40. League Average is 29. Arizona has the best rate and has only run into 17 outs (thanks Lovullo).