Baseball is a young man’s game, but Dustin Pedroia is keeping the average age of MLB’s best players from sinking too fast.
On the same day that 30-year-old Pablo Sandoval was released by the Red Sox, the 33-year-old Pedroia continued his torrid summer with three more RBI in a 5-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays last night at Fenway Park.
Pedroia, who has been hitting third with Xander Bogaerts beat up and in a slump, reached base three times, including two hits with runners in scoring position.
“He’s a money player,” Sox manager John Farrell said of Pedroia.