Grady Sizemore Is A Bright Spot In The Red Sox Offense

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This offseason the Boston Red Sox made the move to sign former all-star Grady Sizemore after he had been out of baseball for 2 seasons battling injuries as he tried to get his health right. The deal was for 1-year/$750,000 with incentives that could make the deal worth $6 million. It was a low risk/high reward type deal that could benefit the Red Sox a lot moving forward if Sizemore performs and stays healthy. So far the deal has been one the only things that has benefitted the abysmal Red Sox offense.

At this present moment the Red Sox offense has not been very productive. They currently rank near the bottom of multiple offensive category’s, Runs (24th), Batting average (23rd) and 27th in on base percentage. Grady Sizemore has accumulated the following stats, 12 hits, 2 home runs, 5 runs batted in, 4 runs scored with a batting average of 273. He has cooled down since his first 10 games of the season but the positives are there as his 273 batting average is the highest average he has posted through the first 12 games of a season since 2011 when he hit 340 in his first 12 games.

Although the Red Sox are struggling offensively Grady still finds himself ranked near the top in a few category’s. He’s ranked 2nd on the team in both batting average (.273), 2nd in OPS (.781) and 3rd in total bases (20). So while a lot is going wrong for the boys in beantown a silver lining can be found in the play of Sizemore thus far. The Red Sox will play 14 of their next 17 games at home starting tomorrow so one has to think that it would be a great chance ti settle into hitter friendly Fenway Park.

We are only 12 games into the MLB seasons infancy stages but if Grady Sizemore can stay healthy then he has a great chance to win comeback player of the year in my opinion. He still has a lot left in the tank and really isn’t all that old at 31 years of age. Fenway Park is a left-handed hitters paradise and that’s going to play right into the hands of Sizemore who has hit 33 home runs in his career before, so the man has pop and that helps playing at that park. Either way Grady’s performance at the 6th spot in the order will play a vital role in Boston Red Sox repeating as World Series Champions.