Should you haven’t been following Kristian Campbell down in Puerto Rico this winter, right here’s a little bit replace: in 8 video games he’s hit .214 with simply 3 further base hits. Not nice, Bob! However the Sox aren’t too involved together with his back-of-the-baseball-card outcomes. They view this as a possibility to “pressure-test” the modifications he made to his swing within the second half of final season. As for his protection, he has but to play within the discipline, however seemingly will get some work in at left discipline quickly. (Chris Cotillo, MassLive)
We all know Kristian Campbell received’t be taking part in third base anytime quickly, no matter whether or not Alex Bregman resigns with the Pink Sox. So is there any meat to the rumored pursuit of Bregman by the Diamondbacks? Right here’s one of many recreation’s most distinguished insiders reporting that… nobody actually is aware of. (Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic)
Talking of small strikes, the Sox have a brand new director of pitching, having promoted Ben Buck to fill that publish after Justin Willard was employed to be the Mets pitching coach. (Tim Healey, Boston Globe)
And right here’s an enormous transfer, albeit one which doesn’t immediately impression the Pink Sox roster: John Henry and Fenway Sports activities Group, who purchased the Pittsburgh Penguins just a few years in the past for $900 million, have simply bought the staff to a Chicago-based household. We don’t but know the funds of the deal or what motivated the sale. It’s value noting, although, that the Penguins had been one among a number of hockey groups whose TV rights were thrown into limbo when Warner Brothers dismantled its regional sports networks just a few years in the past, forcing the staff to buy its personal channel that was managed by NESN. (Andrew Limberg, WEEI)
With the Penguins information it’s time to cue up the “there’s the Bo Bichette cash!” jokes. However whereas we’ve heard little on the Bichette entrance currently, there’s some information that probably makes him a fair higher match for the Sox: he’s telling groups he’s prepared to maneuver off shortstop:
