It’s a bird?! It’s a plane!? It’s Andrew Benintendi!
That’s right folks, 7th ranked prospect in all of Major League Baseball, Andrew Benintendi has been called from the Portland Sea Dogs and all of Red Sox Nation hopes he can be the spark to push Boston into October baseball.
Throughout the entire 2016 season, the Sox has had consistency both defensively and offensively from centerfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. and right fielder Mookie Betts. But what they’ve been missing is the third piece of the outfield to balance everyone out.
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First it was Brock Holt, then Chris Young, then they tried converting former Opening Day catcher Blake Swihart into their next starting outfielder.