Ryan Kalish not worried about possible move to the Minor League
The Boston Red Sox are one of the best clubs in the American League and the competition will take heed in realizing that, when the new season kicks off in April. The ball club that made headlines during the winter season will be heading to the top for the
playoffs and there’s a clear reason for that statement. The club has a good number of players returning from injury and there have been great signings over the break period to account for the chances to look great during 2011 season.
The Red Sox have a nice looking roster and it seems to be getting even more powerful as the likes of Jed Lowrie, Mike Cameron and Jacoby Ellsbury are set to return from injury, over the spring training. Their return comes with an added advantage of bagging
Adrian Gonzalez as third baseman position in the team. The former San Diego Padres hitter will be making his presence known, when he goes up against the competition in the league.
A final regular star in the club will come in the form Carl Crawford who has been the major news to hit the deck for the Boston Red Sox. His presence in the outfield and the batting line-up will stir up quite some activity in the field.
However, with all the players set for a start next season, what comes next for the rookie ballplayer, Ryan Kalish. The prospect who made his way up from the minor leagues will most probably head back as his position will already have cover from the returning
players. The centre fielder will not be able to compete for a spot in the field against Carl Crawford. He was able to talk about the situation, and he made it clear it wasn’t important.
"For me, I don't really think it's going to be a big deal," Kalish said. "Like I said, this opportunity is huge. Like I just keep talking about, relationships and being a team player, it wouldn't serve any purpose for anyone to be bitter about stuff like
this, because in reality, for yourself, you want to get better, you want to be a Major Leaguer, you want to be a part of something special. To be upset or anything like that, that doesn't help anything."
The management has recognized the player’s contribution and during his two months in the major leagues, he provided the franchise with 53 games and a batting average of .252.
"I think it's invaluable to have somebody like Ryan Kalish here," Red Sox Director of Player Development Mike Hazen said. "I think he's the shining example, at least from last year, of going about it the right way and seeing those things pay off. It's not
going to pay off for all these guys in the same timeframe it did for Ryan, because hopefully we're not going to go through the injury situation we went through last year. But to watch him come out here in the middle of January, even when he's not invited to
this program and not here, but wanting to come out anyway and working side by side with these guys, his name has been brought up quite a bit in this program, how you go about it the right way - how you assimilate. He didn't come up here and hit .320 with 15
home runs. He came up and he did his job. He played defense, he ran the bases. The impression that made on the staff, these guys see that and hopefully they'll want to emulate it."
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