Your least favorite TWO YEAR Red Sox player

[RIFan]

Since Stan Papi and his 1 AB second season has already been mentioned, I'll nominate the embedded MFY Ramiro Mendoza.

 

[curly2]

Matt Young, probably my least favorite Sox player ever.

 

[cheekydave]

As Mentioned Renteria. HATED his stretching in the batting box, like he had hemorroids, on every pitch. hated that he looked scared all the time. hated his stance, hated him in the field, Man I hated him.

 

[Bergs]

Renteria. I hated that guy. Hated. Him. Hated signing him, hated his body language, hated his noodle bat, hate hate hate.

As Mentioned Renteria. HATED his stretching in the batting box, like he had hemorroids, on every pitch. hated that he looked scared all the time. hated his stance, hated him in the field, Man I hated him.

You're alright, man.

 

[BaseballJones]

Fun with numbers...

Renteria's 3 years prior to his one season in Boston: .308/.362/.440/.802, 110 ops+, 3.9 bWAR (per year)
Renteria's 1 year in Boston: .276/.335/.385/.721, 89 ops+, 1.4 bWAR
Renteria's 2 years following his one season in Boston: .310/.374/.451/.825, 113 ops+, 4.1 bWAR (per year)

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

Fun with numbers...

Renteria's 3 years prior to his one season in Boston: .308/.362/.440/.802, 110 ops+, 3.9 bWAR (per year)
Renteria's 1 year in Boston: .276/.335/.385/.721, 89 ops+, 1.4 bWAR
Renteria's 2 years following his one season in Boston: .310/.374/.451/.825, 113 ops+, 4.1 bWAR (per year)

Lends credence to the story that he was playing hurt during that one season in Boston, doesn't it? I still maintain that they were too hasty to trade him (especially since they had already traded the SS heir apparent). They handcuffed themselves that offseason and had just one SS produce equal or better numbers to Renteria's 2005 (Scutaro) until Bogaerts arrived.

 

[BaseballJones]

Lends credence to the story that he was playing hurt during that one season in Boston, doesn't it? I still maintain that they were too hasty to trade him (especially since they had already traded the SS heir apparent). They handcuffed themselves that offseason and had just one SS produce equal or better numbers to Renteria's 2005 (Scutaro) until Bogaerts arrived.

Perhaps. But one thing I failed to mention in my previous post is that Renteria's 2004 season with StL and 2005 season with Boston were virtually identical.

2004: .287/.327/.401/.728, 88 ops+
2005: .276/.335/.385/.721, 89 ops+

But then he picked it up the next two years. For sure the Sox were in no man's land for years at SS. Kind of like how it feels with them at 3b now, unfortunately.

 

[reggiecleveland]

Just imagine how much more you'd hate him if he had taken Foulke deep in the bottom of the 9th of '04 ALCS Game 6.

But then he wouldn't be Tony Clark. He would some other person who was a good player. But, he is Tony Clark so a foul ball is the biggest play of his career.