Christian Campbell The first base drill begins before the Red Sox series opener against the Braves. Boston has been tinkering with things since Triston Casas He suffered a knee injury at the end of the season two weeks ago.
“Find options“Manager Alex Cora talks about Campbell’s pre-match work (via Masslive’s Chris Cotillo link).Obviously, we got Romi (Gonzalez) Probably until the weekend or early next week. But, just introduce (Campbell) to first base and see how it looks. …It may take 10 days, 15 days, a month, two months, but we started the process.transparent
Utility infielder Gonzalez cracked in that position for the first time after Casas was injured. A week later, he was bound by contusions in his limbs. As Cora points out, Sox expects he will return after his almost minimal term. Abraham Toro and Nick Sogardeveryone was in triple A early this month until Gonzalez returned.
Sox approaches Rafael Devers About taking first base sales representative. He said he was reluctant to do so, and publicly expressed frustration with Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow after Sox moved him from third base to designated hitters at the start of the season. Devers did not play any defensive innings all year round.
Campbell has no college or professional experience as a first baseman. His game is mostly second, but has experience in both positions on the left infield and all three outfield spots. Campbell started 34 games on the cornerstone of his rookie season. He added 50 outfields – center 38 innings, left 12. While it’s not worth putting too much inventory in the six-week defensive metric, Campbell’s rating in second place is not good. Statcast's two runs were below average, while the game savings from defensive scoring left him with a lower score than PAR. Binding with it Jake Cronenworth Second poor in this position (above Washington Luis García Jr.).
It seems that Sox is not planning Campbell's imminent. They may be reluctant to kick the 22-year-old's top prospect out of defense, which is a short-term response to injury. However, it’s hard to see how Campbell works in pre-match work, and SOX has another highest midfield prospect that is imminent. Marcelo Mayer Eight home runs hit .274 in Triple-A Worcester. He can eventually push into trouble Trevor's Story Play on shortstop. If Campbell moves to first place first, then one of Mayer or Story can slide to second base.
