Bregman has been on fire. As has Devers. But the Sox have gone 47-19 and Durbin has played very well and is much cheaper, so Brez is in the clear for now. 😄
To me it's probably a "hitting is hard for all but a few" glitch. Durbin was really hot for a while, pitchers get all the data and make changes in how they pitch you, hitter has to re-adapt.
The 2026 Sox have an amazing number of former Yankee properties. I use the word properties to include guys like Durbin and Whitlock who never played for their big team.
Sometimes guys tweak to try to get a little better but it messes them up instead. Or maybe he tweaked when he was in a slump. Who knows. Hitting major league pitching is just really freaking hard, right?
Sorry but gotta disagree. Duran was very good in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and that's why the Sox stuck with him. I think he was having some severe mechanical issues with his swing, and hopefully he has now figured it out.
It's notable that the team stuck with him so long, just kept plugging him in the lineup. They obviously figured he would turn it around. Makes me think it's a well managed team.
No, it was an anniversary date with my wife. It was a tripleheader - Jefferson Starship, Kansas and Deep Purple. Turned out to be a great night of music. These old geezers can still play. Purple's keyboard player, Don Airey, was especially amazing.