Daily Red Sox Links: Brock Holt, Alex Cora, Colten Brewer

Brock Holt explained how he got his scratched cornea and....it was Griff! (Rob Bradford; WEEI)

In Saturday’s game Colten Brewer came on and eventually gave up the game-winner in the ninth while Matt Barnes stayed in the bullpen unused. Alex Cora explained his decision. (Christopher Smith; Masslive)

It’s hard to wrap our minds around just how poorly things have gone to start this 2019 season. Sean McAdam turns to a scout to help him explain some things. (Sean McAdam; Boston Sports Journal) ($$)

For a while, the Red Sox were trending a bit downward in terms of their analytics department relative to the rest of the league. That is starting to change (Alex Speier; Boston Globe) ($)

A few days ago Ron Kulpa made the news as an umpire for saying he can “do whatever [he] wants.” Can he? (Sheryl Ring; Fangraphs)