http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/02/19/roster-recap-brian-johnsons-slow-and-steady-progress/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/02/19/roster-recap-brian-johnsons-slow-and-steady-progress/#comment-5913 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 08:05:44 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3617#comment-5913 At this point, as ST begins, the major reason to start Johnson (and Cbristian Vasquez for that matter) in AAA is due to rust and rehab. We saw what rust did to Rusney Castillo, and Mat Weiters slow recovery from TJ. Neither are urgently needed now. Both could be urgently needed in June or July, and will be healthy and rust free, which seems smart.

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