Perhaps Boston Red Sox prospect Casey Kelly should get legendary infomercial pitch man Billy Mays to sell Sox general manager Theo Epstein the idea of using him as a revolutionary new 2-in-1 player. Kelly would love nothing better than to platoon at shortstop, and on the mound. He is good enough to do either. Could he pull off both?
A right-hander, he won his first five starts of the season for the South Atlantic League Greenville Drive, the Sox’ Low-A affiliate.
Kelly, who was just promoted to the Salem Red Sox, left Greenville with the best ERA in the South Atlantic..
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