The Boston Red Sox had one of the best lineups in baseball this year, ranking seventh in MLB in scoring and ninth in OPS. However, they relied more on depth and platooning than star power, as nobody on the team hit more than 25 home runs or drove in 100 runs.
Accordingly, it’s not too surprising that the Red Sox only have one Silver Slugger finalist this year, especially since two of their best hitters — Rafael Devers and Roman Anthony — only played half a season for them before getting traded and hurt, respectively.
On Thursday, Boston’s lone Silver Slugger finalist was revealed, and it was third baseman Alex Bregman.
Bregman was the team’s lone All-Star position player as well. Despite missing 48 games this season, he still batted .273/.360/.462 (128 OPS+) with 18 homers, 28 d