The offense being terrible in a lost season isn’t really a good justification to lose an extra year of control on Robert and Madrigal. I hope they wait until April of next year.
Honestly, at this ridiculous point this makes the most sense. It gets Leury back to CF and allows the Sox to see what Mendick can do. See if he can replace what should have been Yolmer’s role as backup infielder. No one needs to see Engel again.
He wasn’t good to begin with defensively. I sure as hell didn’t mind watching Frank Thomas bat knowing he wasn’t going to play 1B. Besides, you could improve both the defense and the lineup by adding a LF who can actually play there and hit a bit.