Red Sox' Mickey Gasper has filled in nicely for first baseman Willson Contreras, who is on the 10-day injured list due to a left hamstring strain.

Wanted to take a minute to talk about a way that the Red Sox could better optimize their roster and continue to play the platoon advantage that Chad Tracy had been using with Mickey Gasper and Jhai Jones at designated hitter with one simple roster move,

Move over, "Linsanity." Red Sox slugger Mickey Gasper hit his eighth home run in his last 16 red-hot games on Friday.

On a hot summer Friday night at Camden Yards, nobody would have believed that a solo homer in the top of the first inning by mashing Mickey Gasper would be the difference in the game. But everything Gasper touches turns to gold of late,