Daily Red Sox Links: Heath Hembree, Blake Swihart, Mitch Moreland

Heath Hembree had the numbers last year but if you looked closer you would have found that he wasn’t as great as those statistics indicated. (Matthew Kory; BP Boston)

We visited with Blake Swihart in yesterday’s links, but here’s another piece about the still intriguing prospect. (Mike Cole; NESN)

The Red Sox struck out (or maybe didn’t go after) Eric Hosmer, so first base is going to be made up of Mitch Moreland, Hanley Ramirez and maybe even some Sam Travis and Michael Chavis sightings. (Sean McAdam; Boston Sports Journal)

Williams Jerez is back on the 40-man roster. (Christopher Smith; MassLive)

How important is it to keep track of the teams you are in direct competition with? (Jonathan Bernhardt; FanRag Sports)

If you’ve got a knack for statistics, perhaps you might like to apply for the opening for a baseball research and development analyst with the Red Sox. (Meg Rowley; FanGraphs)