Red Sox: The five top performers of Red Sox spring training thus far
By Jimmy Longo
As spring training games roll onward, here’s a look at the top-five Boston Red Sox performances thus far, based on both notably and statistically.
Spring training games are well under way for the Boston Red Sox. Headlines have been overblown, pitchers have had not-so-good performances, and hitters are either tearing the cover off the ball or having not-so-stellar seasons.
The World Baseball Classic has whisked players away from spring training facilities to represent their respective countries for an event that in American baseball culture at least, baseball fans have turned a blind eye to.
Major League Baseball is giving more coverage to Tim Tebow than any other actual baseball player this spring combined.
Regardless, performances into this part of the spring can offer some sort of value for Red Sox fans. It’s important to note the overhype of performances like the 2013 spring performance of Jackie Bradley Jr., who became mistakenly, in retrospect, the first Red Sox rookie to make his major league debut on an Opening Day roster since Shea Hillenbrand did in 2001. However, it’s also important to note that the value of performances of up and comers, established veterans or cast-off busted prospects could and may hold some foretelling value about budding stardom, changes in attitude, offseason work coming to fruition and just possibly for some, finally realizing they may have major league talent.
The following is a look at some of the top performances thus far of the Red Sox spring and the value they may hold going forward.