They had talked about Garcia getting a mitt last week. I'm sure they'll find somebody, but they haven't spent a draft pick on a 1b in a while. Justin Gonzales had played a little 1b, but seems to be spending more time in OF this year.
One or two of them probably will be in the pen for a few weeks. Tolle is already seeing a reduced pitch count in his starts and could be primed for a bullpen spot in Sept.
If they need a 2b called up, it'd be Sogard. I'd add Romero before I'd call up Grissom. He has a better approach at the plate and can field multiple positions.
Vaughn Grissom is not a good baseball player and has bristled against what the Sox hitting instructors are trying to teach. He has stated that he's only hitting well now because he is back to doing what he used to do. He doesn't want to be in the system and isn't a good fit here. He's a contact approach guy with little power and is a bad fielder. I'd rather have David Hamilton on the roster and he's been pretty bad.
Why does Max keep posting Toro's full season numbers but only Raffy's SF numbers? I was pretty fair TBH.
Romy's best games since Devers left were while he played 2b!
Devers OPS 834
Devers since trade OPS 692
Toro OPS 719
Toro since trade OPS 566
Masataka Yoshida OPS 625
Red Sox would be a better team with Devers than Toro and Masa.
Prospects are definitely overvalued by many people. The only MiLB guy I suggested not trading for Ryan was Tolle as he's a top 50 prospect and is going to charge up the rankings over the next 12 months. He's just a prototypical starter and I wouldn't lump him into a Ryan trade if the Sox are already adding an MLB OFer.
Sox have been better at Fenway. I don't see them getting their doors blown off or anything. My guess is the team rallies around the fact that none of the current 26 were traded away.