{"id":600350,"date":"2026-03-01T20:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/600350\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T20:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:02:18","slug":"red-sox-newcomer-continues-hot-spring-with-fifth-rbi-in-five-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/600350\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Newcomer Continues Hot Spring With Fifth RBI In Five Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-red-sox\/news\/red-sox-newcomer-continues-hot-spring-fifth-rbi-five-games\/019814098e9f658d472a795b?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Red Sox Newcomer Continues Hot Spring With Fifth RBI In Five Games;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Red Sox Newcomer Continues Hot Spring With Fifth RBI In Five Games<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-red-sox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Boston Red Sox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Boston Red Sox<\/a> infielder Caleb Durbin has hit the ground running during spring training, just weeks after getting traded to Boston from the Milwaukee Brewers.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Durbin continued his productive spring with a two-out, RBI single off Baltimore Orioles right-hander Chris Bassitt in the bottom of the first.<\/p>\n<p>The knock gave Durbin five RBI over five games this spring.<\/p>\n<p>Durbin enjoyed a strong breakout in his 2025 rookie season with the Brewers. Called up on April 18 after a brief stint in Triple-A, the 25-year-old infielder quickly claimed the starting third base role. He appeared in 136 games, recording 445 at-bats with a .256 batting average, .334 on-base percentage, and .387 slugging percentage for a .721 OPS.<\/p>\n<p>Durbin contributed 11 home runs, 53 RBIs, 60 runs scored, and 18 stolen bases, while drawing 30 walks against 50 strikeouts. His contact-oriented approach kept his strikeout rate low at 9.9%, and he added value with solid defense at third base.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Durbin finished third in National League Rookie of the Year voting, a testament to his consistent production on a Brewers team that posted a strong record. He also performed well in the postseason, hitting .276 with extra-base hits and additional steals across nine games.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-red-sox\/news\/new-red-sox-whats-changed-why-it-matters-2026\/30cb92148557e370aee1d9e7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Meet the New Red Sox: What&#039;s Changed \u2014 and Why It Matters in 2026;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Meet the New Red Sox: What&#8217;s Changed \u2014 and Why It Matters in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red Sox Newcomer Continues Hot Spring With Fifth RBI In Five Games originally appeared on The Sporting News.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[47,5,141,48,67491,2542,3615,82,59,4,78235,89,2543,151],"class_list":{"0":"post-600350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-red-sox","8":"tag-baltimore-orioles","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-boston","11":"tag-boston-red-sox","12":"tag-boston-strong","13":"tag-bostonredsox","14":"tag-caleb-durbin","15":"tag-chris-bassitt","16":"tag-milwaukee-brewers","17":"tag-mlb","18":"tag-productive-spring","19":"tag-red-sox","20":"tag-redsox","21":"tag-spring-training"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116155707791685642","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}