Series Review: ALCS Game 4 (Today), Boston Red Sox vs. Houston Astros 8:39 PM ET

So here's a look at all of the hitters on each team between the Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros and what they have done so far in the American League Championship Series through the first three games.

The Boston Red Sox lead the series two games to one.

The first number after each offensive player's name is how many bases they have advanced themselves and their teammates via hitting or getting on-base through walks, intentional walks, hit by pitches, reaching on errors or any other way to get on-base such as fielder's choices and catcher's interference.

The second number after the slash (/) is the number of possible bases a player could advance him and his teammates. That does not include penalizing a player for walking, intentional walking or getting hit by a pitch because the player and their teammates cannot advance more than one base in those situations. So for instance a player who walks with a runner on first base will get a 2 out of 2 for that plate appearance. If we punished a player in that situation it would be a 2 out of 7.

The third number is the first number divided by the second number to give us a success rate of offensive production. Think of it as a more accurate version of on-base plus slugging percentage.

Boston Red Sox:

Mitch Moreland 10/15 .667

Rafael Devers 9/27 .333

Jackie Bradley Jr. 21/70 .300

Mookie Betts 14/64 .219

Xander Bogaerts 12/58 .207

Steve Pearce 11/63 .175

Eduardo Nunez 4/26 .154

J.D. Martinez 8/58 .138

Brock Holt 3/25 .120

Andrew Benintendi 6/73 .082

Sandy Leon 0/4 .000

Christian Vazquez 0/39 .000

Ian Kinsler 0/49 .000

Blake Swihart 0 Plate Appearances in ALCS

Red Sox Review: Ian Kinsler and Christian Vazquez are due to break out of their hitting slumps, although we might have to wait until the World Series, if the Red Sox get that far. Everyday player Andrew Benintendi is bound to break out of his funk very soon, it could be today. J.D. Martinez I expect will slowly see flashes of improvement over the next three guaranteed Red Sox games.

Jackie Bradley Jr. will probably contribute here and there but he probably won't do too much for the next three Red Sox games because he hit a grand slam yesterday. The same could be said for Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts and Steve Pearce although the potential to do great things is still there for Betts and Bogaerts.

Pearce on the other hand made his debut with the Red Sox on June 29th and only has so much to contribute before his career is over. He is on his seventh major league team and first played in the majors in 2007 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pearce is 35 years young.

Mitch Moreland and Rafael Devers are in unknown territory right now as far as what they are going to do in the future offensively. Moreland is struggling with a hamstring injury and Devers is likely to improve soon as he is probably going to get more playing time with Eduardo Nunez tweaking his right ankle yesterday and Ian Kinsler struggling at the plate. Devers will probably start nearly every game of the postseason the rest of the way.

I don't expect Eduardo Nunez to play that much the rest of the postseason, if at all. Nunez was carried off the field in Game 1 of the 2017 American League Division Series vs. the Astros last year in Houston due to a right knee injury which was diagnosed as a sprained posterior cruciate ligament.

Brock Holt is the wild card for the Red Sox as his playing time is likely to be limited this postseason until he is needed to provide a spark. That could start today but we won't know for sure unless he starts both today and tomorrow. And we will know that for sure if the Red Sox lose today as well. Holt's playing time could also be largely dictated if and when Moreland comes into the game.

Holt is likely only going to play in the infield unless the Red Sox have a big lead or an outfielder gets injured. I expect Holt to start today although if he doesn't start it is because the Red Sox don't want him to risk injury, and they feel confident the combination of Kinsler, Devers, and catcher Sandy Leon will be enough offense to start.

Sandy Leon will be behind the plate and in the game as long as Rick Porcello is pitching. He will likely not be in the game once Porcello is out of there unless Red Sox manager Alex Cora wants him to get some at-bats.

I don't actually expect Mitch Moreland to start a game in the ALCS.

Blake Swihart likely has a better shot of playing at first base or in the outfield this postseason instead of at catcher. But that will only probably happen if the Red Sox have a big lead or due to injury. Swihart is effectively the emergency catcher unless Vazquez or Leon get hurt or ejected in any game.

Houston Astros:

Alex Bregman 20/50 .400

George Springer 16/63 .254

Yuli Gurriel 18/91.198

Marwin Gonzalez 13/75 .173

Carlos Correa 9/55 .164

Martin Maldonado 6/38 .158

Jose Altuve 8/63 .127

Josh Reddick 7/57 .123

Tony Kemp 2/20 .100

Tyler White 2/39 .051

Evan Gattis 0/8 .000

Brian McCann 0/15 .000

Jake Marisnick 0 Plate Appearances in ALCS

Astros Review: Alex Bregman is hot and I expect him to cool off for the most part although he will still probably do something in each game for the rest of this series, except maybe a Game 7 if it goes that far. George Springer is also doing OK and he will probably do something in each game for the rest of this series.

Yuli Gurriel was the MVP of Game 1 offensively for the Astros only in terms of offensive production with a three-run homer in the ninth inning of a 7-2 Astros victory and he probably is going to show up again in Game 4 or Game 5. For sure he will show up in Game 6 if he doesn't do anything in Games 4 or 5 and if we have a Game 6. He will be successful because he has failed a lot in this series and is bound to come through soon.

Marwin Gonzalez and Carlos Correa should be having offensive success again for the Astros soon. Although it will come at their own pace. Will it be enough for the Astros to win a few more games? If it comes at their own pace, the Astros are likely going to win some low-scoring games.

Martin Maldonado, Jose Altuve, Josh Reddick, Tony Kemp and Tyler White all need to get it going soon. Otherwise, the Astros won't be repeating as defending World Series champions.

Maldonado I expect will start at catcher for the Astros today. His presence in the Astros' Game 1 victory needs to be felt again if the Astros are going to win the ALCS.

Altuve is struggling with a sore right knee injury and is probably going to DH again today and tomorrow. If the Astros don't win today however, Altuve might be starting at second base tomorrow regardless of how he feels physically.

Josh Reddick is a former Red Sox player and has every reason to try to beat his old team again.

Tony Kemp wasn't on last year's playoff roster so he's going to have to get up to speed very quickly on what he can do better personally if the Astros have their backs against the wall and have to face a potential elimination game.

Tyler White didn't start in yesterday's Game 3 and has got to get out of his poor offensive production soon if he wants to improve or even start any of the games for the rest of the series.

Evan Gattis and Brian McCann have to improve.

Gattis had 4 home runs and 12 RBI's in the last two months of the regular season. He had a combined 5 home runs and 20 RBI's in April, August and September. During the regular season he hit 25 home runs and had 78 RBI's. Gattis just has to find a way to help this team offensively when he gets his chances to hit.

McCann started in Game 3 at catcher and his veteran leadership is going to be challenged again.

Jake Marisnick likely could be called on to play if the Astros really feel their regular starters aren't going to contribute offensively. The Astros might want to consider playing him at some point in Game 4. I would say they should start him but he has one postseason plate appearance this year and they shouldn't start him unless they are confident he isn't going to injure himself.

Marisnick I think needs significant playing time in Games 4 and 5 for the Astros to have a chance to win the ALCS. He probably needs to play at least six innings over the next two games. Altuve's injury status might determine if Marisnick gets a significant amount of playing time in the ALCS.

Marisnick also has enough major league experience (565 regular season games) to be thrown into the fire if needed. He has 7 innings in the outfield in four postseason games this year.

Game Four of the American League Championship Series starts at 8:39 p.m. Eastern Time today (Wednesday) and is televised on TBS.