Red Sox: Blake Swihart the odd man out

The Red Sox Blake Swihart has value to the team as a player or more importantly a potential trading chip.

Boston Red Sox catcher/outfielder Blake Swihart is cursed like Al Capp’s comic strip character Joe Btfspik. Btfspik always had a dark rain cloud hovering above him and pouring down upon him. If anything good was going to happen, it took a circular route around Btfspik and apparently is doing the same with Swihart.

Misfortune gave Swihart a break in 2015 when Christian Vazquez went down for the count. Then Ryan Hanigan suffered a few nicks and dents that kept him out of the lineup for extended periods of time. Swihart did not miss his opportunity – at least with the bat – slashing…