First Half Surprises
To me there are a couple of big surprises that had the largest contributions to the Red Sox success in the first half. I don’t think anyone expected Dustin Pedroia would have a first half of the season like this. At this point in the season, Pedroia already has more homeruns than he did in all of 2007 in which he won the Rookie of the year award, and needs just 4 more RBI to beat last year’s total.
JD Drew’s offensive explosion is a welcome surprise as most people expected the 2007 version of Drew to be the type of production we would expect for the duration of his contract. This year’s version of JD Drew has been closer to the 2004 version that hit 30+ HR for the Atlanta Braves.
These offensive outbursts are the reasons that the that the Red Sox have been able to enter the all star break with a half game lead in the AL East even though they have played more than a month without David Ortiz.
July 16th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
J.D. has really been a surprise and it was good to see him do well last night, I just hope he can keep it up when Ortiz comes back.
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July 16th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Pedroia’s power was a surprise.
I should say that Drew wasn’t a surprise because he’s played this well his whole career but I was still shocked when he started crushing the ball.
March 23rd, 2009 at 6:18 am
Very nice Red Sox Nation information. I hope to be in Beantown for a game this summer.