He was a singles hitting speed guy who knew his limitations. He hit a grand total of 7 homers in his 11 year career (2 of those with Boston) and none in his last 6 seasons. I wonder if any were inside the park.
Disagree, I don’t see that as a mental error; that’s a physical one.
A mental error is throwing to the wrong base or a pitcher failing to cover first on a right side grounder.
You were expecting a shutout?
Solo homers don’t usually hurt too much. It’s four bases and the pitcher starts clean. Spread those same 4 bases over 4 singles and you have a run in and the bases loaded or 2 runs in and still 2 guys on.
Beni may or may not have peaked; it’s way too early to know. I don’t think he’s going to be a superstar, but there’s no reason to think he won’t be a decent major leaguer.
Overall across all of MLB:
2019 4.82 runs per game .252/.322/.433/.756 slashline ERA 4.48
2018 4.48 runs per game .248/.318/.409/.728 slashline ERA 4.14
Interestingly, this year looks a bit like 2017
2017 4.65 rums per game .255/.324/.426/.750 slashline ERA 4.35
No they won’t, unless there is a total collapse or a fire sale. For whatever reason the Jays have played the Sox tough but not so much the rest of the league.
Personally, I like having Hernandez up with the big club. He could and should learn and improve. Ditto Taylor. Guys like Velazquez and Brasier are what they are and have reached their low ceilings.
You aren’t going to get one for just Beni and it’s obvious DD has been instructed to stay under the salary cap level; that makes it very difficult to do.