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ANALYSIS: A few weeks back fellow Red Sox C Ryan Hanigan made this list and Blake Swihart seemed to be fading into the distance. This rookie has decided to turn around and sprint towards proving he deserves to belong.
Recently Swihart has been playing 2 out of every 3 games and producing at a better clip than Hanigan. Swihart is hitting .333 and is the better option going forward as long as he gets the PT. Its not that Hanigan’s .294 BA is anything to complain about but Swihart produces more run scoring opportunities and is the more legit threat at the plate.
Swihart must cut down his Pull% of 41% and keep creating solid contact instead of swinging for the fences so much. The OPS of .647 also must get significantly better but he has been improving on that slowly but surely. Early in the season Swihart’s BA had bottomed out at .091 but he has made huge strides having it back up to a respectable .259.
He has the capability to have a grand finale in September as the Red Sox are looking forward to 2016 and should give him ample time to fine tune himself into the starting gig again.
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