Amid the tsunami of chaos overwhelming Red Sox fans this week, one story slipped mostly under the radar. However, I believe it deserves to get bumped to the forefront of our focus for at least a fleeting moment, so here we go:
According to Tommy Cassell, who covers the Woo Sox, Yasmani Grandal appears to be leaving the organization.
This got my antenna up, so I asked Tommy the following question:
Okay, now I’m angry! Grandal should have been offered Wong’s roster spot well before it came to this, and given the dynamics in play, it’s extremely irritating the front office didn’t act accordingly.
Connor Wong has sucked this year, and Yasmani Grandal represented the best short-term opportunity to remove that suck from the roster. It’s June 5th, and Wong has ZERO extra base hits and ZERO