In 2016, Andrew Benintendi made a grand entrance onto one of baseball’s biggest stages.
In 34 games with Boston, the former Razorback hit .295 and had an OPS (on-base plus slugging) of .835. Benintendi, the seventh pick in the 2015 draft, also played three games in the 2016 American League Division Series against Cleveland and hit .333 with one home run and 2 RBI.
Last season, his first full big-league campaign, he batted .271 with 20 home runs, 90 RBI and a .776 OPS, a performance which earned him a runner-up finish for AL Rookie of the Year to Yankees slugger Aaron Judge.