{"id":1720,"date":"2026-06-01T19:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:05:12","slug":"hes-crazy-talented-jarren-duran-had-a-monster-may-for-red-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1720","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He\u2019s crazy talented\u2019: Jarren Duran had a monster May for Red Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For Jarren Duran<\/b>, May was magnificent.<\/span><\/p>\n

He hit nine home runs, the most in a month in his career, to carry his .261 average, .331 on-base percentage, and .548 slugging rate \u2014 a major turnaround after he was foremost among Red Sox who had a slow start to the season.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s crazy talented,\u201d said John Soteropulos<\/b>, who became the Sox\u2019 lead hitting coach when they fired Peter Fatse<\/b>, along with manager Alex Cora<\/b> and others, on April 25. \u201cCredit goes to him. He\u2019s working hard in the cages. He\u2019s focused on all the right things. And then obviously the results in the game are there, too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Strong cage work tends to be a \u201cleading indicator\u201d of success in games, Soteropulos added. As Duran was going through it, hitting .170 with a .481 OPS and one homer through the end of April, he kept at it behind the scenes \u2014 albeit with a new hitting staff, including Soteropulos, who had joined the big league club as an assistant hitting coach just this year (after a couple of seasons working with minor leaguers).<\/span><\/p>\n

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