So. Your team's in last, and you're a legitimately great player. What do you do?
Well, if you're Jose Abreu, you do the same thing you've been doing for the last 5 (!) seasons; you hit a bunch of home runs, and you do so for the benefit of an average. Which...initially, we didn't really think Abreu could do. The guy came up as a home run hitter, and his rookie season was a 36-homer-year, a number which...granted, he hasn't touched since, but he also belongs to a rare breed of hitter these days that remembers to hit RBIs and actually play well-rounded baseball in between hitting homers.
Aside from him...not a hell of a lot else going on. Yoan Moncada and Tim Anderson make a GREAT double play combo, and the rookies they've been plugging into the mix have mostly worked well (especially Daniel Palka). And yes, Reynaldo Lopez is still doing what he can heading up the rotation, with occasional help from James Shields and Dylan Covey. But overall, there's a lot of meh, and even more guys that aren't worth their weight. Their star catcher got busted for HGHs, Avisail Garcia's hurt, and a lot of the guys that are usually building momentum by now...aren't.
They're currently in last behind the Royals, and while those two will probably alternate over the next few months, but...I still don't think the Sox have enough to make it out of last. Jose Abreu is doing the best he can do, and he's still a franchise player all those years later. He's just stuck on a team that won't get him anywhere.
Coming Tonight: Bench player turned starter for a surging, yet still hateable, NL Central team.
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