A look at some Stats

Red Sox are 4-1 which is great and that being said on the road 4-1. Here are some stats early on to keep an eye on. 1. Red Sox hitters have seen the most pitches in AL at 1058, that's 134 more than second place Oakland, its the way the Red Sox like it in making opposing pitches throw as many pitches as possible. Billy Beane in Oakland loves his team around this theory as well  2. Red Sox hitting 211 with runners at 1st and 2nd overall, that has to improve with this lineup.  3. Red Sox have a 233 Avg with 2 out and runners in scoring position, that definetly has to get better as the weeks go on especially against teams like Detriot and Seattle but mainly against there Al east rivals.  4. Red Sox in 5 games have a horrible 194 Avg with two strikes on there hitters but are first in AL with 18 rbi. For a team that does see a lot of pitches per game this average isn't all so bad of course needs to be better.  5. Red Sox have only 11 extra base hits (XBH) which has them 13th in the American League, even after that opening day of home runs, this stat I expect Red Sox to be 1 or 2 at the end of the year and so does Cherrington when putting this team together with Hanley and Sandoval in the middle of the order.  6. Red Sox pitching. Team era 2.33 4th in American League. Only 5 games in that's not bad for a team people have said will need more starting pitching, but it is only 5 games.  7. Red Sox bullpen have 2.38 era which is 6th in AL, not bad, will this continue? I highly doubt it , not with the revolving door with guys in and out of that bullpen all year.  8. Red Sox 7th inning and on have a team era of 2.25 which is great but keep in mind they did play a 19 inning game the other night which helped keep that low, I look to see that go up as well. Right about now Farrell is in the process on finding guys there roles in the bullpen. Will this bullpen be set in there roles like a Seattle or K.C we will have to wait and see.  9. Finally a nice stat for the bullpen, Red Sox relievers when facing there first hitter in the game have an era of 0.00, 5.1 innings pitched, 0 hits given up, and 8Ks and a walk that's nice.  10. And finally a stat I often look at, Red Sox have a shocking 11.25 era with opposing runners in scoring position with 2 outs, that stat alone will lose you a lot of games during a long season, they have to fix this before it gets out of hand especially if this issue begins to appear late in games. Red Sox are 4-1 but they are playing a Yankee team that looks awful and has concerns in many areas and they played a Philly team that does as of now have I believe a below average lineup,except Utley and Revere and a pitching staff that rivals Pawtucket except of course Hamels. That's my call