Perspective

The Sad Sox dodged their destiny a second straight time by beating the Angels 4-3 in ten innings last night. Andrew Benintendi is really shoring up his trade value, what with his second walk-off hit in two games. Too bad Chris Flexen starts today, or good thing that Flexen gets the call. It’s all a matter of perspective. Like hearing Sox GM Chris Getz tell reporters interim manager Mickey Sizemore is in the mix for the permanent gig. And Sizemore’s done what, exactly, to earn consideration? Oh, right, he’s a Getz hire, and he speaks word salad when necessary. Lenyn Sosa and Korey Lee both homered last night. Sosa is hitting .385 over his last fifteen games and .313 over his last thirty. Considering that he’s batting .248 on the season, that tells you how big a hole he dug for himself. And his fielding—the Angels pulled off a suicide squeeze last night, with Sox reliever Justin Anderson fielding the bunt. Anderson wanted to throw to first, but nobody was covering the bag. First baseman Andrew had charged in for the bunt, which should’ve meant Sosa moved over to cover first. He didn’t, and all that nice hitting gives him a -0.6 WAR according to baseball-reference.com. So, the Sad Sox have their second baseman for 2025, or they don’t, depending on your perspective. Ditto behind the plate with Lee. The twelve homeruns are nice, the .211 BA not so much. His arm is a tad above league average in throwing out runners, which is good, though the 33 wild pitches strikes me as a little high. Add it up, and you get a 0.2 WAR. Perspective, please. You have to wonder about Sizemore’s. Lee homered and doubled last night, he sits today for Chuckie Robinson. Add a -.6 to Lee’s WAR to get Robinson’s. Like adding one to 120.