Rafael Furcal went two for four today and improved his spring batting average to .417 (10 for 24). He has yet to hit a homerun so far but he’s only struck out twice and he’s stolen three bases.
Eric Gagne threw his seventh inning of the spring and he gave up his second earned run. Oddly, he’s also been walking batters. He now has four versus eight strikeouts.
Probably the biggest surprise of the spring has been Bret Tomko. He’s thrown 20 innings and given up only four runs (three earned). He has an impressive 12/4 strikeout to walk ratio and he’s given up only one homerun.
I was a little disappointed Hee Sop Choi was thrown aside. The Red Sox picked him up off of waivers and it’ll be interesting to see if the guy is ever really given a proper chance. Choi was a guy who was projected as having 50 homerun potential back before he broke into the big leagues. Since then he’s bounced around and was kept on a short leash wherever he ended up.
