Reddick Making a Case

With the off-season loss of Rocco Baldelli the Red Sox were forced to find a new fourth outfielder and as such, gave Jeremy Hermida $2.5 million for one year of service. Based on the money, I'm assuming Hermida will be on the 25-man come April, but a Josh Reddick has emerged as a big-league talent this spring. This isn't' to say that Hermida has disappointed (he's hitting .364/.391/.455), but Reddick has been absolutely stellar. In a team-leading 26 AB's so far, he has posted a line of .423/.444/.769 with 4 doubles, a triple and a home run. Now obviously this is spring training and doesn't necessarily mean anything (or so we hope with Papi's performance thus far), but Reddick's progress has to have him in the back of Tito's mind. He'll undoubtedly start the season in Pawtucket because the organization wants him playing every day, but at 23, his progress makes me a lot more excited about a future outfield of Josh Reddick, Ryan Kalish and Jacoby Ellsbury.