The Red Sox tried to rush starting 2B Dustin Pedroia back and he was re-injured just like Jacoby Ellsbury. Pedroia played in 75 games this season for the Red Sox and he was 87 of 302 (.288 avg, .860 OPS) with 53 runs scored, 12 homers, 41 RBIs and 9 stolen bases. In his 5 years with the Red Sox, Pedroia has now played in 556 games in which he is 667 of 2,190 (.305 avg, .830 OPS) with 377 runs scored, 54 homers, 253 RBIs and 56 stolen bases. No matter how much you want to win you can’t rush players back before they are healthy. Hopefully the Red Sox will learn that lesson after what happened to Pedroia and Ellsbury this year.

The Red Sox were so desperate for help that they recently signed 38-year old lefty swinging 1B Carlos Delgado despite him missing the whole year until he was signed due to a bad hip. Well he has a small tear near his left hip that will cause him to miss the rest of the year. Delgado played in 5 games in AAA-ball for the Red Sox and he was 3 of 13 (.231 avg, .497 OPS) with 2 RBIs. Desperate times call for desperate measures but the Red Sox still should’ve passed on Delgado.

The Red Sox have released 26-year old lefty swinging outfielder Jeremy Hermida. He played in 52 games for the Red Sox this year and he was 32 of 158 (.203 avg, .605 OPS) with 14 runs scored, 5 homers, 27 RBIs and 45 whiffs. Hermida was also a terrible outfielder as he made 4 errors in 49 games in the outfield for the BoSox and he made numerous other plays that were downright awful despite not being called errors. I have little doubt that Hermida will hook on with another team next year because of his age but the Red Sox won’t miss him one bit.

The Red Sox have traded 28-year old righty reliever Manny Delcarmen to the Rockies for 21-year old lefty starting pitcher Chris Balcolm-Miller. Delcarmen pitched in 48 games (0 starts) for the Red Sox this year and he is 3-2 with a 4.70 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP. He walked 28 batters in only 44 innings for the Red Sox this year which was likely the final straw. Delcarmen pitched in 289 games (0 starts) in his six years with the Red Sox and he was 11-6 with 3 saves, a 3.89 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP. Balcolm-Miller has started 19 games in A-ball this year and he is 6-7 with a 3.31 ERA and a 0.98 WHIP. He has only given up 86 hits while whiffing 117 batters in only 108 2/3 innings in the minors so far this year which shows you what kind of stuff he has. The most impressive number for Balcolm-Miller this year is the fact that he has only walked 20 batters this year. I really like this trade for the Red Sox as Manny Delcarmen just wasn’t getting the job done anymore.

30-year old righty swinging IF/OF Bill Hall and 31-year old righty swinging outfielder Darnell McDonald have been godsends for the Red Sox this year. With all of the injuries the team has suffered they wouldn’t be where they are right now without these two guys. Hall has played in 95 games for the Red Sox and he is 65 of 273 (.238 avg, .771 OPS) with 37 runs scored, 17 homers, 40 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. Hall is tied for fourth in homers (17) with J.D. Drew on the Red Sox despite not playing every day. McDonald has played in 96 games for the Red Sox this year and he is 71 of 262 (.271 avg, .778 OPS) with 33 runs scored, 8 homers, 31 RBIs and 7 stolen bases. McDonald has set new career highs in every stat this year for the Red Sox.