Interesting stat that you won't get from NESN. E-rod with runners in scoring position allows a .365 BA and an OPS of over .1100, which is the highest in MLB. IOW, he's not really very good.
With the 11 west coast games in 11 days to start the season and with the 2 games in London against the Yankems being ruled SOX home games, the AL schedule makers went out of their way to make the SOX road to the PO's as difficult as possible.