Boston’s Core Is Historically Good: BtB’s Satchel Price emphasizes just how outstanding Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia, Adrian Gonzalez, Jacoby Ellsbury and David Ortiz have been as a group this season.

Debunking the AL MVP Narratives: Adrian Gonzalez has been outstanding, Eric Seidman writes at Fangraphs, but there’s no way to vote him MVP over Jose Bautista without illogically crediting each player for the quality of their teammates.

Is Fenway Helping Or Hurting Adrian Gonzalez?: At Fangraphs, Steve Slowinski researched whether the common preseason assumption that Gonzalez would receive a Fenway-related statistical boost has actually panned out.

Adrian’s Approach: At Baseball Analytics, David Pinto illustrates how Adrian Gonzalez’s hitting approach changes with runners on.

Writing for ESPN Insider, BIS’ Ben Jedlovec provides data on which hitters should legitimately see defensive shifts. Link

ESPN Boston’s Jeremy Lundblad analyzes Adrian Gonzalez’s early Red Sox results with batted ball and PITCHf/x data. Link

Jeremy Lundblad of Stats & Info busts out the heat maps on Adrian Gonzalez to show how he fits in Boston. Link