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WHICH RED SOX PITCHERS CAN HIT AND RUN?

10/27/2018

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Drew Pomeranz is a career .171 hitter.
Last night the Red Sox gave a lot of momentum back to the Dodgers. While a lot of that was from the bats going silent and some unfortunate plays on both the infield and on the base paths, Cora seemed to have lost his Midas touch with some of his substitutions.
Two of the big errors in my opinion were pinch running Kinsler for Martinez and having Eovaldi keep the bat on his shoulder. The reason I didn’t like the Kinsler substitution was because Kinsler isn’t good on the basepaths. Over his career he has only pinch run twice.

​Not letting Eovaldi swing the bat was also dumb. While he may not be the best hitting pitcher, he is pretty good. In his 9 at bats this season he has a hit. Overall he has 12 hits in 149 at bats.
Here are some batting and pinch running stats for all of the pitchers currently active on the roster (stats are prior to last night):

  • Matt Barnes- age 28
  • Ryan Brasier- age 30
  • Nathan Eovaldi- age 28 - 12/149 (.081) career - 1/9 (.111) 2018 - 14 SH - 2 RBI - 8 runs
  • Heath Hembree- age 28 - 0/1 career - 0/1 2018
  • Joe Kelly- age 30 - 15/87 (.172) career - 4 doubles - 1 SB - 8 SH - 1 SF - 3 pinch hit appearances- 5 pinch running appearances
  • Craig Kimbrell- age 30 - 0/1
  • Drew Pomeranz - age 29 - 12/70 (.171) career - 2 doubles - 2 home runs - 5 RBI
  • Rick Porcello- age 29 - 8/39 (.205) career - 5 RBI - 3 SH
  • David Price- age 31 - 3/48 (.063) career
  • Eduardo Rodriquez- age 25 - 0/13 career - 1 SH
  • Chris Sale - age 29 - 3/25 (.120) career - 1 SH
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While compiling this data, I couldn’t help but notice the fact that the pitching staff is all pretty much the same age except for Rodriquez.

Assuming potential starter Pomeranz can give the Sox a few innings with his arm, his bat may come into play.

Additionally, should the Red Sox need a pinch runner, machine gun Kelly might be a good call.
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