FORT MYERS, Fla. -- It's only spring training. And yes, spring training stats mean very little. But both Boston Red Sox's Travis boys, Travis Shaw and Sam Travis, are crushing the baseball:

Travis Shaw: .526/.571/.895/1.466 slash line, 2 homers, 1 double, 7 singles, 8 RBIs, 2 walks, 5 runs, 19 at-bats, 17 games.

Sam Travis: .538/.438/.846/1.284 slash line, 1 homer, 1 double, 5 singles, 7 RBIs, 3 runs, 13 at-bats, 10 games.

Travis Shaw seems like a lock to make the big league roster out of spring training. The Red Sox will need a reliable backup at first base for Hanley Ramirez who's playing the position for the first time.

Shaw has the ability to play first, third and left field. As I wrote recently, the Red Sox should give Shaw the chance to compete with Ramirez, third baseman Pablo Sandoval and even left fielder Rusney Castillo for an Opening Day starting job.

Unfortunately, Shaw doesn't seem to have a true chance to win one of those three starting jobs because Ramirez, Sandoval and Castillo all earn significantly larger salaries. The Sox need to see what they have in the other three first.

It appeared before spring training, Sam Travis, a first baseman, would start the year at Double-A Portland. But seeing him here, he looks very capable of handling Triple-A Pawtucket in April.

(Above is a video of Sam Travis taking batting practice)

He earned a midseason promotion to Portland last year and slashed .300/.384/.436/ .821 in 65 games.

The Sox like Travis a great deal, and they should. He's a mature 22-year-old who they drafted in the second round in 2014 out of Indiana University. He has an advanced plate approach and the right-handed hitter has shown the ability to handle both left-handed and right-handed pitchers well.

Here are some articles written on both players this spring: