Who is Braiden Ward? The Sox acquired the speedy utility player in a trade that sent Brennan Bernardino to the Colorado Rockies. Ward played in 97 games between the Rockies AA and AAA affiliates, stealing 57 bases and .290. During his 40 games in AAA Ward managed to hit .331 with a .906 OPS. Ward's biggest concern would be his power, as it was virtually non-existent. In AAA ward sat in the 1st percentile for exit Velocity and the 3rd percentile for hard hit. The speedy utility man only managed to hit 2 homeruns in his 97 games. I think Ward could fit into a spot in the Red Sox lineup, potentially as a speed specialist. Previously the Sox used David Hamilton quite often as a pinch runner, but Hamilton was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers as a part of the Caleb Durbin trade. So Ward is off to a strong start in spring training logging 2 hits in his four at bats and making use of his speed. In Saturday’s game Ward was able to beat out a fielder's choice and make it safe to first bef...