Jose Abreu Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) Right now, the Sox bench consists of Saladino, one of Navarro/Avila, and Jerry Sands. Teams generally carry 4 bench players in lieu of the extra reliever we carry, and I think that our need for an outfielder who can play defense (given Sands'/Garcia's incompetence) or an infielder who can play 2B off the bench will force our hand. The candidates: -Jason Bourgeois: speedy, versatile outfielder/second baseman/shortstop hitting .397 in 131 AAA at-bats this year. Has been around in the Majors (including with us). -Jason Coats: outfielder with a decent bat, although this move would probably come at the expense of Sands -Matt Davidson: power hitter who isn't as bad as he usually is this year, although this would probably come at the expense of Sands as well -Nick Delmonico: another DH candidate, but he was just promoted to AAA recently -Leury Garcia: versatile, speedy utilityman, but a very poor hitter with unexciting stolen base numbers (Adam Engel could even be better in a pure pinch runner role) -Danny Hayes: LH hitting 1B/DH who is hitting quite well for Charlotte -Jacob May: speedy switch-hitting outfielder -Carlos Sanchez: often up in the Majors, but still young and could benefit from regular AB's in AAA -JB Shuck: LH outfielder hitting well for Charlotte, was decent for us in the Majors last year Edited May 28, 2016 by Jose Abreu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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