CALL-UPS: July 28-August 4, 2014
Aug 2 2014
Contributing writers: Jeremy Deloney (JD), Chris Mallonee (CM), Nick Richards (NR) and Matthew St-Germain (MSG).
August 3, 2014
Dan Butler (C, BOS)
A non-drafted FA in 2009, the 27-year-old Butler has had to prove himself the entire way up the ladder. He’s lauded within the organization for his leadership skills and for how he’s developed his solid game-calling and handling of a pitching staff. Boston added the 5’10”, 210-pound backstop to its 40-man roster before the 2013 season, and he responded with a solid year: .262/.350/.479, 19 2b, 14 HR, 79.1% Ct%, 0.58 Eye in 282 AB. But Butler has stumbled across-the-board offensively in 2014, including a 23.2% K rate, and he likely won’t ever be much of an offensive contributor. Butler has...
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