The Red Sox bat off the bench option may exist on the mound

The Boston Red Sox need a quality bat off the bench and may already have one. Is there a pitcher who can fulfill that role? Anyone in the farm system?

The designated hitter rule had consequences in relationship to pitchers who actually knew what to do with a bat. Recently Rick Porcello managed a three-run double that immediately sent me on a mission to buy a lottery ticket and to watch a squadron of pigs fly. A rare sign of hitting ability or mysteriously having the bat locate the ball while eyes are closed.

Baseball pitchers have lost the art of hitting, but in reality, only a few had a talent with the club that would get them above the Mendoza Line. A few have surfaced this year, especially…