A lot of the speak in regards to the Red Sox this season as revolved round youth. However one of many group’s greatest performers is a veteran who’s defying the clock. At age-34, Rob Refsnyder contemplated retirement within the offseason. As a substitute, he’s again in his lefty-mashing platoon function and enjoying in addition to he ever has. (Christopher Smith, MassLive)
However if you wish to see some critical youth at Fenway, you’ve got extra choices than simply Kristian Campbell, Ceddanne Rafaela, and (hopefully quickly) Roman Anthony. You may catch the Baseball Beanpot there tonight, as Northeastern and Harvard face off within the last. (Max Shwartzberg, Boston Globe)
However faculty ball simply isn’t a lot of a draw in comparison with seeing huge league stars, after all. And one veteran scout and govt is already predicted that Roman Anthony will quickly be a kind of. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)
Anthony’s WooSox teammate, Vaughn Grissom, has shined in AAA this yr, too. And, like Anthony, the roster state of affairs makes it tough to discern his path to the massive leagues. Will he discover his means again to Boston regardless?
Carlos Narvaez isn’t a giant league star and really possible by no means will likely be. However what he has been up to now is an impressive defensive catcher behind the plate who’s already beloved by the pitching workers. (Peter Abraham, Boston Globe)
However regardless of sudden strong play from guys like Narvaez, the Purple Sox as soon as once more discover themselves hovering proper across the .500 mark, as they’ve for a lot of the final 5 years. Right here’s an try at explaining the stagnation. (Jon Couture, Boston.com)
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