Luis Robert Jr. has had a topsy-turvy season. In late April, he was benched for not running hard to first base, something he said he did to protect a tight hamstring but neglected to tell manager Pedro Grifol in an episode that seemed to highlight a plummeting team’s dysfunction.
Now in mid-May, Robert is hitting like one of the best players in baseball and the kind of performer the Sox expected when was anointed one of the centerpieces of their rebuild.
