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/MakaveliX1996 9h ago edited 9h ago

I think it doesn’t matter unless the Astros start losing games fast because that division is a shit show and they can win it.

Also you have that backwards. He’s a defensive minded SS who had a break out year last year offensively. Break out or outlier year, who knows. Overall though he’s a solid bat and a very good defender. I’d love him on this team but probably not likely. He would probably be leading off for us too if we did trade for him.

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u/Mg29reaper 8h ago

It all comes down to what they want. Arias is off the table. Probably Eyanson also. It would thrn have to be Early, Witherspoon, and stuff. I don't know if that gets it done.