CALL-UPS: June 30-July 6, 2014

Contributing writers: Jeremy Deloney (JD), Chris Mallonee (CM), Nick Richards (NR) and Matthew St-Germain (MSG).

July 6, 2014

Tom Layne (LHP, BOS)
Now with his third team in three years, Layne was added to the Red Sox roster to provide bullpen depth for Boston’s double-header Saturday. Originally drafted in the 26th round (2007) by the Diamondbacks, the 6’2”, 190 pound lefty works with a 90-92 mph FB and average breaking stuff which effectively evades LHH while keeping the ball on the ground—58% GB% this year. While he still maintains good Dom rates against RHH, they still and have always hit him much better than LHH. This hasn’t limited him, however, against pitching to LHH as over half the batters he’s faced have batted from the...

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