Jonny Gomes has been a platoon player the last two seasons, getting most of his starts against lefthanded pitchers. But the Red Sox see him as more than that.
“He’ll have the opportunity to earn the highest number of at-bats that he can,” manager John Farrell said Saturday after the Sox announced Gomes’s signing.
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Gee, a lot a big talk about signing a career .223 hitter.....and as the starting left fielder? What would lead anyone to think this guy is suddenly going to produce in a high pressure market?