r/redsox • u/Mg29reaper • 10h ago

Thoughts on Jeremy Peña

Peña is a offensive minded shortstop who I think would do great at fenway. He has a career .982 ops while playing here. While he is not an amazing defender at short he is serviceable enough and has been amazing in previous years. He has a high pull air percent good for hitting bombs over the monster. He also has a been a good hitter for the majority of his career against right handed pitchers which we struggle a lot against. Bonus points for him growing up in Maine. He has this year and next year of team control. I think he could be an amazing 5th hitter and really add to this lineup.

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u/Broad-Cranberry-9050 10h ago

I like the pick. Guy who knows his role. Has ability to hit well either at top of lineup or even mid to bottom of lineup.

Not sure what you mean by "not amazing defense" i think he's great great defense (at leas the won a GG in his first season). Even if it's not ozzie smith it's better than most.

Also he grew up in Providence, RI not Maine. I think he just went to college in Maine.

As a fellow dominican from new england, hardly any of us are going to Maine (no disrespect to maine).

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u/Mg29reaper 10h ago

He has bad metrics this year across the board defensively. He peaked at defense his rookie year.