Nick Sogard's Hot Streak: Red Sox's Bench Spark

0:00It's April 1st, Boston Red Sox News, today starts now, AI powered and ready for kickoff. The Boston Red Sox are stumbling out the gate with a 1 win 4 loss record and their infielders are ice cold at the plate. Guys like Caleb Durbin, Andrew Monasterio, and Top Prospect Marcelo Mayer are all struggling hard, Myers sitting at 214 through 5 games. The offense is only scraped together 5 runs over the last 3 games combined. Pitching's been shaky too, so the whole squad needs a serious joke. Enter Nick Sogard, down in AAA Worcester, who's making noise with a monster tooth a night. He went 3 for 5, smashed 2 homers including a grand slam, added a double, a walk, and drove in 5 runs to fuel a 19 to 3 blowout. Win. Fans and scouts are buzzing because Sogard could be that bench spark the big club craves. Last season, he held his own in 30 games with the Red Sox, hitting 260 and notching 9

1:00RBI's. Monasterio was supposed to be the utility guy, but if he keeps slumping, Sogard's knocking on the door. What stands out is Sogard's versatility. He's played everywhere, except catcher between the miners and majors. His 1738 OPS this year in AAA screams hot street potential, especially after a rough spring. Red Sox don't turn it around quick, expect Sogard's name to climb the call up list, giving that line of the pop it's missing right now.