Trout is currently slashing a season line of .327/.459/.667. Mookie is at .263/.341/.437. Which leaves a pretty humongous gap for a higher expectation of offense to fall in that still falls short of a Troutian level of hitting.
Well, that's true, he just hasn't gotten the run support. However, he's not really keeping the score down on his end - last year, Porcello had only 6 of 33 starts where he gave up 4 earned runs or more. This year, he gave up 4 runs or more in 10 of 28 starts. Which is basically saying he's gone from a Cy to a median starting pitcher.
Mookie is not a top 10 WAR hitter right now, even AL. I wish he were because he was a joy to watch last year, but he's been mystifying at the plate for a lot of the year now. His OWAR is less than half of his overall WAR. Fortunately, all other aspects of his game haven't suffered.
A bit of a digression, but I think it's unfair to judge Ellsbury's 2008 by his hitting alone. His WAR was 4.2(f)/3.0(br), and there were reasons for that, namely baserunning and defense. It's hard to remember now, but in that first bloom of his youth and health Ellsbury was a really good outfielder; he racked up Mookie-esque UZR and DRS totals in 2008 while splitting time between CF, LF and RF. That plus being the best baserunner in the AL* adds up to a "pretty good" year, even with the mediocre-at-best bat.
I meant "top 10 fWAR player who bats." As in, I sorted Fangraphs leaderboard by "AL hitters." He is 9th coming into today.
I still say the difference; Mookie plays GG defense 150 games a year, half those in a tough right field.
With Pedroia back (and Marrero and Lin) he finally had an option to do something
I still remember the relief expressed by some on the game thread when it was announced he "only had a bruise".
To be fair, if Farrell had gone to a Lin/Marrero platoon, they probably could have hit at least that well, and the Sox would likely be getting good Xander back in time for the playoffs.
