"Errors and strikeouts. If you're a Red Sox fan you're probably sick of seeing both of those things. The 2025 Red Sox led all of baseball in errors last year, after committing the second-most errors in 2024 and the fourth-most in 2023. The strikeout numbers don't look much better, as Red Sox hitters finished with the eighth-most strikeouts in the baseball last year and the third-most in 2024."
"Suarez's 17 errors were the eighth-most in baseball last year, while his 196 Ks were the fourth-most. He would have made the Red Sox worse in two areas where they are already pretty poor. But here's the flip side: it's also quite possible that he would have hit so many home runs over the monster that walking down Lansdowne Street would be considered a health hazard:"
"The 2025 Red Sox finished just 15th in home runs and adding power was explicitly stated as one of Craig Breslow's goals coming into the offseason. Suffice it to say, he hasn't really done that yet. Rafael Devers and Alex Bregman are gone. Willson Contreras is here, but his career high in homers is just 24, and he hit those before the pandemic."
The 2025 Red Sox led MLB in errors and ranked among the league leaders in strikeouts, continuing a multi-year trend. Eugenio Suarez posted 17 errors and 196 strikeouts in 2025 after signing a one-year, $15 million deal with Cincinnati; those numbers would have exacerbated the Red Sox's defensive and contact issues. Suarez also offers significant home run potential that could offset the team's middling power, as Boston finished 15th in homers. Key departures and limited power from current additions leave a gap that Tristan Casas has yet to reliably fill while recovering from injury.
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