Look at this lineup.
You have 7 8 9 hitters batting a combined .200 with a OBPCT of .300. Betts hitting leadoff is not the answer with zero hitting in front of him.
AB hasn't showed enough to bat 3rd and CYoung should be DFA showing zero bat speed. If I was DD I would have called up Brentz or RCastillo with a DFA or phantom DL stint for Young to get something rolling...
With XB out, shake it up Dave
Holt
Pedroia
Betts
HRam
Brentz
AB
Leon
Marrero
Bradley
Castillo will never play for the Red Sox again, and Brentz is a AAAA player.
I'd call up Brentz and let him swing from his ass. Late blooma....
Walking guys with a .500 OPS on 4 pitches is always a great idea.
Style points for that grab by Happ
In the town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines
So we sailed up to the sun
'Til we found a sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine
Might be pitching his way out of Boston. I'm sure many teams would like to get him. Just saying.