Red Sox
Fast fact: .489 (22 for 45) when first-pitch hitting; .195, 15 K’s vs. Tampa Bay. Lowdown: Peña says Sox have pledged to give him 400 ABs, but Terry Francona concedes any regular PT for Wily Mo would be a signal that something is terribly awry with Manny, Coco, or J.D. He appears fully recovered from broken hamate bone in his left wrist, but his glove still makes him a major liability. Hard to believe he just turned 25. Peña’s biggest value to Sox may be as trading chip.
OF Wily Mo Pena
Fast fact: .489 (22 for 45) when first-pitch hitting; .195, 15 K’s vs. Tampa Bay. Lowdown: Peña says Sox have pledged to give him 400 ABs, but Terry Francona concedes any regular PT for Wily Mo would be a signal that something is terribly awry with Manny, Coco, or J.D. He appears fully recovered from broken hamate bone in his left wrist, but his glove still makes him a major liability. Hard to believe he just turned 25. Peña’s biggest value to Sox may be as trading chip.
(Globe Staff Photo / Stan Grossfeld)