If KC was on the Pedroia timeline, he'd be having an MVP season rather than in AAA.
Mayer has 108 G of lackluster PA's. We are so far beyond the Pedroia comparisons that it's really meaningless.
And he never got that much crap anyway! Imagine all the callers to WEEI in 2007 complaining about the FIRST PLACE Red Sox because their 2b is struggling at the end of April. Not reality!
In March, Adam Vinatieri signed with the Colts and Willie McGinnist was released. Eric Mangini left for the Jets gig. There was much more Patriots talk on the radio at the time coming of internal changes and the loss to the Colts in the AFC Championship.