What to expect from Red Sox’s Benintendi in big leagues

The Red Sox didn’t make any blockbuster moves Monday before the Trade Deadline, as their lone deal of the day involved acquiring Fernando Abad from the Twins for Pat Light. But they did announce a significant addition later in the evening, when president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said that Andrew Benintendi would join the team in Seattle on Tuesday.

Rated No. 7 on MLBPipeline.com’s recently revamped Top 100 Prospects list, Benintendi will become Boston’s regular left fielder against right-handed pitchers, allowing Brock Holt to return to the super-utility role in which he became an All-Star a year ago. Benintendi will get his first start on Wednesday.

Benintendi hit just one homer during an injury-plagued freshman season at Arkansas before breaking out as a sophomore in 2015. He won USA Baseball’s Golden Spikes Award and every major college player of the year award, led NCAA Division I with 20 homers while batting .376/.488/.717 with 24 steals, and carried the Razorbacks to the College World Series. The Red Sox ranked him as the second-best player available — he was eligible as a sophomore because he turned 21 within 45 days of the Draft — and were thrilled to get him with the seventh overall choice.

Signed for $3,590,400, Benintendi has torn through four levels of Boston’s system and …

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