J.P. Long

Taking a step away from baseball today. I’d like to share a personal story, to help bring awareness to National Suicide Prevention Week. jplong.substack.com/p/its-all-a-li…

If you were buying a Red Sox jersey today and these were your only options, which would you buy?

The Cubs (7) and Red Sox (6) are the only teams featuring more than 5 position players with 2.0+ WAR: Rafaela 4.0 Narváez 3.0 Bregman 2.9 Abreu 2.5 Story 2.3 Duran 2.2 Crow-Armstrong 5.2 Tucker 4.0 Hoerner 3.7 Busch 3.4 Kelly 2.8 Swanson 2.5 Suzuki 2.1 (Baseball-Reference WAR)

The Red Sox have 10 players with an OPS of at least .715, more than any other team (min. 100 PA): Gonzalez .945 Bregman .927 Refsnyder .844 Abreu .822 Rafaela .796 Narváez .786 Anthony .777 Duran .749 Toro .739 Story .715

Since June 10, Garrett Crochet, Brayan Bello, and Lucas Giolito are a combined 13-2 with a 1.58 ERA (119.1 IP, 21 ER). Crochet – 6 GS, 4-0, 1.96 ERA Bello – 6 GS, 4-2, 2.06 ERA Giolito – 6 GS, 5-0, 0.70 ERA

Trevor Story is the first Red Sox player ever to enter the All-Star break with 15+ HR and 15+ stolen bases without being caught stealing.

This is the first time the Red Sox have ever carried a winning streak of 10+ games into the All-Star break.

MLB leaders since June 7: W-L: 1. Red Sox (22-10) T2. Blue Jays (21-11) T2. Astros (21-11) Runs/Game: 1. Red Sox (5.6) 2. Rangers (5.5) 3. Blue Jays (5.3) OPS 1. Red Sox (.798) 2. Mariners (.793) 3. Tigers (.790) ERA 1. Phillies (2.87) 2. Brewers (3.30) 3. Red Sox (3.33)

This is the first time since earned runs became an official stat in 1913 the Red Sox have gone 9-0 with a 2.00 ERA or lower and more than 65 runs scored over a 9-game span.

The Red Sox are an MLB-best 22-10 since June 7. They own the AL’s lowest ERA in that time (3.33).

Pitchers to record 160+ strikeouts and an ERA of 2.25 or lower in their first 20 outings with a team: Garrett Crochet (2025 BOS) Gerrit Cole (2020-21 NYY) Justin Verlander (2017-18 HOU) Roger Clemens (1997 TOR) Hideo Nomo (1995 LAD)

This is the first time since 1990 the Red Sox have gone 9-0 with an ERA of 2.00 or lower over a 9-game span.

In his last 12 games, Ceddanne Rafaela has more home runs (5) than strikeouts (4). He also has 8 doubles in that time. He is the first Red Sox player to have a 12-game span with 13+ extra-base hits, 5+ HR, and fewer than 5 strikeouts since Nomar Garciaparra in 2000.

The Red Sox: - Are a season-high 6 games over .500 (51-45) - Hold the AL’s 2nd Wild Card spot - Own MLB’s longest active winning streak (8 games) - Are 10-1 in their last 11 games - Are 30-20 at home (13-3 in last 16)

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Best records since June 7: Red Sox (20-10) Blue Jays (20-10) Astros (20-10) Brewers (19-10) In that time, the Sox lead the Majors in runs scored (172) and OPS (.804) and lead the AL in ERA (3.52).

This is the first time since April 2018 the Red Sox have gone 7-0 with a run differential of at least +40 over a 7-game span.

The Red Sox’ 4 runs tonight were driven in by Roman Anthony (21 years old), Marcelo Mayer (22 years old), and Ceddanne Rafaela (24 years old).

The Red Sox: - Are a season-high 5 games over .500 (50-45) - Own MLB’s longest active winning streak (7 games) - Are 9-1 in their last 10 games - Have posted a 2.43 ERA in their last 7 games - Are 29-20 at home (12-3 in last 15)

2025 Baseball-Reference WAR leaders (age-24 season or younger): 1. Pete Crow-Armstrong (5.0) 2. James Wood (4.5) 3. CEDDANNE RAFAELA (3.5)

Jarren Duran: 10-game hit streak Roman Anthony: .392 AVG in last 12 G Trevor Story: leads MLB with 34 RBI since 6/1 Romy Gonzalez: 1.396 OPS during 9-game hit streak Wilyer Abreu: 5 HR in last 10 G Carlos Narvaez: leads rookies in bWAR Ceddanne Rafaela: 12 XBH in last 10 G