Shohei Ohtani: Probable to make next start

Can they keep it up? Led by ace and Cy Young Award favorite Chris Sale, the Sox rotation has all the pieces needed to be an elite group.

Can Boston lead the league in batting average?

“Boston’s shortstop was hitting 0.368 with a 1.111 OPS prior to his injury, by far the hottest hitter on the team at the time”. Ohtani will be available to DH on Thursday against the Red Sox. “We’ll see where everything sets up”.

In the visiting dugout, Boston’s pitchers have allowed 2.8 runs per game and its starting pitchers own a 1.91 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 9.67 K/9. Pitching Probables: Eduardo Rodriguez (1-0, 3.72 ERA) will get the nod for the Red Sox and he will be opposed by Nick Tropeano (1-0, 0.00 ERA).

After winning two of his first three starts this season, Tanaka (2-2) allowed the Marlins to score three runs in the opening inning at Yankee Stadium after getting himself in a no-out, bases-loaded jam.

The Red Sox (15-2) have outscored the Angels 19-1 through the first two games, powering nine home runs.

Red Sox first baseman Mitch Moreland, who also homered, was previously a member of five Texas Rangers playoff teams, which means he has been involved in a lot of great runs. Martinez was signed in the off-season by the Red Sox to a five year, $110 million deal to be their star slugger. He entered Tuesday with an American League-leading seven doubles.”Yeah, he came here early, ran and felt OK”, manager Alex Cora said. These numbers could be better but certainly acceptable by many standards for two guys whose production was beginning to be questioned.

It’s likely Boston’s fielders will regress to the mean at some point, but for now at least they’re keeping the ball in front of them and making smart plays. His fourth homer of the season gave Boston a 7-0 lead. He sat out Sunday, and the Red Sox were rained out Monday.

The Red Sox reportedly came close to being the first major league team to sign Shohei Ohtani out of high school.

Boston’s schedule has been softer than a roll of Charmin.

Baseball is like a daily soap opera for sports fans, and even the top-tier clubs lose about 60 games in the roller-coaster, 162-game MLB regular soon, so the losses may start mounting, particularly on long road trips.

Small added he could not promise that the Angels would be able to play in Tokyo for a couple of years, but that Ohtani may return to his homeland later this year to pitch for an MLB All-Star team in exhibitions against the Japanese national side. L.A. has won seven in a row and is off to its best start since 1979.