May 22, 2022 saw Franchy Cordero have his single-biggest moment of his Red Sox career. The embattled outfielder was the primary piece Boston received from the Royals in the Andrew Benintendi deal so a lot was expected of him. Unfortunately he never produced enough to justify that deal. But, for one day, he did.
Boston and Seattle were tied at four in the tenth inning when Cordero came to the plate with the bases loaded. He swatted a mammoth home run to right field. It was his only hit of the day, but it was a big one. For a little while afterwards, it looked like Cordero might be able to be a decent Major Leaguer, but that too did not last. He ended up hitting just .219/.300/.397 with eight home runs. After the season, Boston designated him for assignment and he caught on with the Orioles.
Maybe we'll get a couple average seasons from Josh Winckowski so the trade won't be a total loss...
ReplyDeletePretty much all we can hope for at this point. One of the other prospects we got retired. The other two do not look too promising right now.
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