Saturday morning, Red Sox fans awoke to a pleasant (albeit long-awaited) surprise: Boston had reportedly agreed to a deal to bring Adrian Gonzalez to Fenway Park.
↵Assuming everything goes through -- he reportedly spent Saturday morning at Massachusetts General Hospital undergoing his physical-- Gonzalez will be the Red Sox first baseman for years to come. And it's never too early to take a look at some of his numbers against his his American League East division competition.
↵↵↵vs. New York Yankees: 3 G, 3-for-11 (.273), HR, 2 BB, 2 SO
↵vs. Tampa Bay Rays: 7 G, 8-for-27 (.296), 4 2B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 9 SO
↵vs. Toronto Blue Jays: 6 G, 5-for-23 (.217), 2B, 2 HR, BB, 5 SO
↵vs. Baltimore Orioles: 10 G, 11-for-33 (.333), 5 2B, 5 BB, 5 SO
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Career against the A.L. East: 26 games, 27-for-94 (.287), three home runs, 12 doubles, six walks and 21 strikeouts.
↵OK, so, maybe it's too early.