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Caleb Durbin Hot Month Continues, Numbers Rival Alex Bregman's originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Caleb Durbin's career with the Boston Red Sox got off to one of the worst starts in team history when Durbin was left hitless through the team's first six games of the season. It wasn't until the third series of the year, and first at Fenway Park, that Durbin secured his first hit as a Red Sox.
His struggles offensively did not immediately expire. He has batted in the .100s all season. It wasn't until June 10 against the Tampa Bay Rays that the starter finally jumped into the .200s at the plate.
He has been red hot in June, and his bat is starting to draw national attention.
Durbin hit one home run in April before finishing the entire month of May without one long ball. Now 22 days through June, he has put four balls over the fence with an OPS nearing 1.000.
Compare Durbin's numbers at the plate to those of the $175 million Chicago Cubs third baseman Alex Bregman, and you might be surprised by what the Red Sox are getting.
Bregman is batting .250, has hit six home runs and driven in 25 runs and has an OPS of .693.
Durbin is batting .221, has hit five home runs but driven in 30 runs and has an OPS of .646. And oh yeah, the Red Sox are paying him 800,000 dollars.
Durbin has a higher slugging percentage than Bregman does and is playing in just his second season in Major League Baseball.
The five-foot-six 26-year-old is proving he's worth the hilariously small contract he is playing under.
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