Red Sox Predicted To Cut Ties With Former Top Prospect Turned Bust
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The Boston Red Sox have some big moves to make at the trade deadline. They need to add starting pitching above all else, but there are moves to be made in the bullpen and lineup as well.
With all these moving parts, there are bound to be some players on the big league roster who are cut, designated for assignment, or traded in the coming weeks. One of the moves to make is quite obvious.
FanSided’s Cody Williams recently predicted the Red Sox would cut ties with former top prospect Connor Wong in the coming days.
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“Connor Wong can’t be on this team after the trade deadline. Frankly, he should be gone before July 31 with the Red Sox taking literally any warm body they can find at catcher to back up Carlos Narvaez,” Williams wrote. “I understand ownership or whoever (since Chaim Bloom is gone now) not wanting to admit defeat on the last remaining piece of the Mookie Betts trade, but it’s actually much worse to keep trotting Wong out there to spell Narvaez with how awful he’s been.
“The book on Wong a year ago was that he was hitting well, but his defense was atrocious. To his credit, the defense has approved to slightly above average (though he’s still negative in terms of blocking pitches). Unfortunately, the offense is non-existent.”
Wong has been one of the worst hitters in baseball for a while now. He’s been so bad at the plate, there’s almost no hope left that he can turn it around. The Red Sox faithful are seemingly sick and tired of him, and he’s not helping the team win.
The Red Sox would need to find another catcher if they were to make this move, but it’s not going to be hard to find a catcher who can swing it better than Wong.
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