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Here’s why the Boston Red Sox can and probably will win it all

By Cody Rivera

BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 26: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox bats during the third inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles on September 26, 2018 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 26: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox bats during the third inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles on September 26, 2018 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) /
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BOSTON – SEPTEMBER 24: Boston Red Sox player Mookie Betts watches the flight of his two-run home run during the second inning. The Boston Red Sox host the Baltimore Orioles in a regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston on Sep. 24, 2018. (Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
BOSTON – SEPTEMBER 24: Boston Red Sox player Mookie Betts watches the flight of his two-run home run during the second inning. The Boston Red Sox host the Baltimore Orioles in a regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston on Sep. 24, 2018. (Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) /

3. An offense that can be borderline unstoppable

If the Red Sox do win the World Series in a few weeks, the biggest reason why will most likely be their oftentimes unstoppable offensive attack. Just like any baseball team, these hitters have all had their ups and downs this season. But for most of the year, they’ve been clicking extremely well together.

And when they are clicking well together, they aren’t just hitting the ball. They are absolutely clobbering it.

Take a look at this team’s typical lineup from top to bottom: Mookie Betts, Andrew Benintendi, J.D. Martinez, Xander Bogaerts, Mitch Moreland, Rafael Devers, Ian Kinsler, Sandy Leon, Jackie Bradley Jr.

They are several really good hitters in that lineup, and then there are several pretty good hitters. The Red Sox lead the Major Leagues in several batting categories, including at-bats, hits, doubles, runs scored, total bases, on-base percentage, and total team average.

A recent example of how unreal this offense can be was on Wednesday, when the Sox lit up the Baltimore Orioles for a 19-3 win. Sure, it was against the lowly Orioles, but just get a load of these numbers: Betts had two hits, Benintendi had three hits and two RBIs, Martinez had three hits including a home run, Bogaerts had two hits and a home run, Moreland had two hits, Kinsler had two hits and an RBI, and Devers had four hits and two homers for a six-RBI game.

Were you able to keep up with all of that? If the Red Sox start unleashing these performances in the postseason, it’s going to be over real quick.

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