Hello and good evening. It’s been a week since I’ve been here, and boy I missed it! I’ve been doing stuff for the website I’ve been writing for, but I’m back! Now, let’s talk about the task at hand.

Jordan Danks was recently recalled from the Knights to take over for Adam Eaton, who just hit the DL. As I’m sure many of you recall, Danks has been, for lack of better word, terrible with the big league team this year. Defensively? Yes, he’s got it. Offensively? That’s another story. Check out his 2014 numbers with the Sox here.

It’s easy to say that it is too small of a sample size to consider, but even looking at his numbers from ’12 and ’13, and given his age (28), it’s becoming more and more clear Danks will be in AAA or riding the Sox bench for most of his career, unless he is waived or traded, of course.

So, you may be asking yourself, why even bring Danks back? I’d say the most obvious answer would be because Avisail still isn’t ready to return. It could also be the lack of outfielders ready to be brought up. But, deeper than that, it could be that they want to give Jordan one last shot to prove himself before they keep him in Charlotte for good.

I’m not saying I hope Jordan fails by any means. I’m just simply stating that given his age, his poor offensive performance in the past, and the younger outfielders we have that will be coming back soon (Adam Eaton, Avisail Garcia), the odds are against him.

I could be wrong of course. Maybe the Sox have already made up their minds. Maybe they want to keep giving him chances. Either way, I wish Jordan nothing but the best of luck, and I hope this time he can turn it around.

Give ’em hell, Danks!!