MLB Hot Bats
MLB Hot Offenses: Boston Red Sox Are Pouring It On
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Sometimes the cleanest read is the simplest one, runs on the board. Over the last seven days, these are the MLB offenses that have been doing the piling.
The loudest offense
Boston Red Sox top the table with 54 runs in six games, 9.0 per game, with 25 going the other way.
New York Mets keep pace at 6.2 per game.
Tampa Bay Rays (6.2 per game) keep the top group honest.
The other end
Seattle Mariners bring up the rear at 1.4 runs per game over 5 games. Every lineup goes quiet sometimes; theirs has picked now.
That is a 7.6-runs-per-game spread between the two ends of the table, and margins like that are exactly where weekly form shows up.
The board
Here is how the top of the scoring board stacks up:
| Team | Games | Runs | Per game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | 6 | 54 | 9.0 |
| New York Mets | 5 | 31 | 6.2 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 5 | 31 | 6.2 |
| Detroit Tigers | 5 | 31 | 6.2 |
| Chicago Cubs | 6 | 34 | 5.7 |
The fine print
Everything above is counted from completed games in the window and nothing else: no strength-of-schedule massage, no projections, just the scoreboard.
A week of scoring says plenty about form and nothing certain about tonight, offense arrives in waves, and waves recede.
Next up on the slate: Boston Red Sox against Toronto Blue Jays. Check back after that one goes final.