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Red Sox: 3 players ready to break out against the Seattle Mariners

By Brendan Mizgala

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - APRIL 08: Starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez #57 of the Boston Red Sox throws to a Baltimore Orioles batter in the first inning during the Orioles home opener at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 08, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - APRIL 08: Starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez #57 of the Boston Red Sox throws to a Baltimore Orioles batter in the first inning during the Orioles home opener at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 08, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /
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Red Sox 1B Bobby Dalbec
FT. MYERS, FL – FEBRUARY 28: Bobby Dalbec #29 of the Boston Red Sox bats during the second inning of a Grapefruit League game against the Atlanta Braves at jetBlue Park at Fenway South on March 1, 2021 in Fort Myers, Florida. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) /

Red Sox INF: Bobby Dalbec

This one may come as a surprise but to anyone watching day in and day out, it shouldn’t. Bobby Dalbec has been absolutely crushing the baseball despite not hitting one out of the park. Yeah, he has some absolutely disgusting strikeouts, as we saw last night, but there are more positives than negatives. Big Bob had two huge doubles against the Twins last week in which one tied the game and the other put them ahead. He’s been quietly bringing up his stats while being a contributor to this offense.

Again, his strikeouts tend to come at the most inopportune times and tend to be pretty ugly to watch. Last night he had a chance to put the Red Sox back into the game and swung at the first pitch effectively killing the rally. The thing is he had a great at-bat recently where he battled for a hard-fought walk in a series that would’ve never gotten that far in 2020.

He’s showing great improvements at the plate but clearly still has some things to work on. He isn’t in tonight’s lineup but with four games coming up he has plenty of opportunities to make some noise.

I truly feel that if he can keep his patience at the plate in this series we’ll see him hit his first homer of 2021. He’s just barely missed a few so far this year thanks to some poor luck and Fenway’s funky field dimensions. Hell, my man crushed a triple on Tuesday night like it was nothing! He’s struck out 18 times in 53 plate appearances in 2021 while only taking four walks, that will be the secret to his success.

Lay off the junk pitches and be patient for the quality and the hits will continue to come. I won’t be surprised if after this series his .265/.321/.388/.709 line has increased in every category. Not to forget that Dalbec has turned into a fantastic first baseman and is proving that he can be the solution for the Red Sox at the position for the long haul.

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