Several Scans Here Today

I need to try to get caught up, so I will be combining a bunch of packages into this post.

1.  J.D. Martinez.  Martinez recently made news upon hitting Wilson Contreras with his swing, breaking Contreras's arm.

2.  Bobby Dalbec.  Dalbec has been extremely frustrating this season.  He struggles greatly at the Major League level.  Boston is having difficulty finding a first-baseman to fill in for Triston Casas.

3.  Michael Chavis.  Chavis is playing for the Mariners' minor league team and hitting well.  

4.  Ted Williams.  My favorite stat of all time is Ted Williams's career .483 OBP.  That is really crazy.

5.  J.D. Martinez.

6.  Xander Bogaerts.  Bogaerts is struggling greatly in his second season in San Diego.

7.  Xander Bogaerts.

8.  Manny Ramirez.  Ramirez hit .313/.407/.592 with Cleveland and .312/.411/.588 with Boston.  Those numbers are remarkably consistent.

9.  Bobby Dalbec.

10.  Kyle Schwarber.  Schwarber is hitting .211, but with nine home runs this season in Philadelphia.

11.  Rafael Devers.  Devers has been struggling the last several days, but is still hitting .289/.405/.485.

1.  Connor Wong.  This is the team color parallel.  I probably paid too much for this, but I wasn't sure how rare it was.

2.  Connor Wong.  This is the Blue parallel from Panini Chronicles Rookies and Stars and is serial-numbered to 50.

1.  Masataka Yoshida.  Yoshida is another hitter who has been having injury issues this season.  Hopefully he will come back strong, he was on fire before he went down.

2.  Wade Boggs.  Boggs was a much better third-baseman than his reputation with the Red Sox.  He probably deserved to win a couple more Gold Gloves.

3.  Rafael Devers.

1.  Connor Wong.  This is the Cracked Ice Green Prizm from Donruss Optic.  It is serial-numbered to just seven.

1.  Connor Wong.  This is the Red Crackle Foil.  

2.  Ceddanne Rafaela.  Rafaela has not hit much, but has played terrific defense and his ability to play both shortstop and center field well has been extremely valuable.

3.  Wes Chamberlain.  I really liked Chamberlain during his time in Boston.  He was a valuable fourth outfielder, particularly in 1994.  And he hit a walkoff pinch home run on my birthday in 1995.

1.  Marty Barrett.  Barrett was the ALCS MVP in 1986.  He had a terrific postseason, though he was notably the final out in the World Series.

2.  Don Baylor.  Recently I was thinking about an Immaculate Grid category.  Of all the players to play for both Boston and the Yankees, Babe Ruth is the only one to have a 30-homer season for the Yankees.  Baylor, along with Butch Hobson, George Scott and Jacoby Ellsbury all did it for Boston.

3.  Nick Pivetta.  Pivetta is back in the rotation after an injury.  Hopefully he will get back on track.

4.  Rafael Devers.

5.  Alex Verdugo.  Verdugo has been playing well lately for the Yankees.  We will see how long that lasts, he had a great first half last year before completely falling apart in the second half.

6.  Jarren Duran.  Duran already has five triples this year.  He is on pace to equal the team record of 22, but I am not holding my breath.

7.  Joe Jacques.  This is a great card of a very minor pitcher.  He had a 5.06 ERA in 26.2 innings last year and pitched in just one game this season.

8.  Team Card.

9.  Enmanuel Valdez.  Valdez was recently sent to the minors after struggling at the plate.  His defense has been improving though.

10.  Kutter Crawford.  Crawford has been great this year.  He has a 1.75 ERA in eight starts, leading the league in both categories.  Who saw that coming?

1.  Mikey Romero.  Romero has been injured most of the season this year.

2.  Bobby Dalbec.  

3.  Juan Chacon.  Chacon is in High-A this season.  He has yet to start playing well in the minors.

4.  Adam Duvall.  A One-Year Wonder post is due on Duvall.  He hit .247/.303/.531 with 21 homers and 58 RBIs.  

5.  Jason Bay.  Bay's 2009 season was a terrific one, which helped make up for the loss of Manny Ramirez.  He hit .267/.384/.537 with 36 home runs and 119 RBIs, plus 13 stolen bases.  He also walked 94 times.  He was an All Star and won the Silver Slugger and finished seventh in the MVP vote.

6.  Jacoby Ellsbury.  Ellsbury is one of just two players to have a 30/30 season for the Red Sox, which was shocking because it was the only season he hit more than 16 home runs.

7.  Christian Vazquez.  The players Boston received after trading Vazquez have both made impacts on Boston with Wilyer Abreu looking like the real steal in the trade.

8.  Ian Kinsler.  Kinsler only hit .242/.294/.311 with one homer and 16 RBIs in his short stint with Boston, but he won a Gold Glove.

9.  Mookie Betts.  Betts is the other 30/30 player in Red Sox history.  He was not surprising as he came close a couple seasons earlier.  His stolen base numbers have declined significantly since joining the Dodgers.

10.  J.D. Martinez.

11.  Matt Barnes.  Barnes was recently DFA'd by the Nationals.  Could a return to Boston be possible?

12.  Dave Roberts.  Roberts is a Boston legend due to just one stolen base.  He didn't do much in his stint with the Red Sox, but that steal was huge.

13.  Kyle Schwarber.

That's it for now.  More to come.