Red Sox sign Brad Wilkerson

Posted on February 3, 2009
Filed Under 2009 Season | 3 Comments

brad-wilkersonThe Sox have taken another step towards solidifying their roster with a handful of low AVG/high OBP veterans today by signing OF/1B Brad Wilkerson. Wilkerson has agreed to a minor league deal with roster and playing time incentives.

He played sporadically last year for Seattle and Toronto while fighting a combination of injuries. His final line for the season was a .220 AVG, .308 OBP, with 4 HR and 28 RBI.

This isn’t as bad a signing as it looks on paper. It’s pretty much guaranteed that Lowell, Baldelli, Kotsay, or Drew will go down sometime during the season. That’s where Wilkerson (a lefty that hits lefties well) will step in and hopefully step up.

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3 Responses to “Red Sox sign Brad Wilkerson”

  1. Shawn on February 4th, 2009 6:23 am

    so this is basically the new sean casey.

  2. Michael Christopher on February 4th, 2009 5:20 pm

    Except Casey hit for a high AVG and a low OBP.

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