Red Sox hot starts and flop starts

The regular season has finally begun! We’ve now also seen two games between the Red Sox and the Texas Rangers: One that was a fairly evenly-matched tie until Wilyer decided to go full Slim Wily Mode™ (I didn’t make that up), and one that was quiet until Houck fell apart and nobody was clutch during the top of the 7th. With the results of these two games taken into account, I present to you the Sox players with Hot Starts and Flop Starts.

HOT STARTS:

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Wilyer Abreu: I mean, obviously. Bro went 3 for 3 in Game 1, with 2 bombs and 4 RBI. Without his clutch 3-run homer in the top of the ninth, we might’ve still been tied going into the bottom half of the…