Hoskins would be cheaper and has a better pull swing that would produce big numbers at Fenway like O'Neill and Duvall IMO. Alonso is more of an all fields hitter and would lose some HR's to the large RF in Fenway.
Of course, CHB is talking about 1978 in his article today. This dude ran out of ideas once the Sox won in '04.
If the Sox win, does that mean it erases a game that happened 47 years ago? Probably not, because where would the next column come from?
I think he's worse in the IF! He's a jack of all trades kind of guy. It's whatever. Really the 26th man on the roster and has been a net benefit. I'm sure he's one of those offseason MiLB signings that brought hundreds of online posts that said "cue the duckboats!"