So the circumstances of injury makes another of your claims look right?
Although you talk out of both sides of your mouth since you state exactly why Hermida wouldn't be cut (and maybe not even traded...) I'm not convinced Ellsbury's coming back till September callups/roster expansion is close anyway. Edit: Yep. I just heard that Francona said Ellsbury is not even involved in any intense baseball activity at all. He's at the very least, another 3-4 weeks away, a best case scenerio. By the way, I don't get what some posters are saying about Hermida "proving nothing" before he went down with the rib injury.
He was pretty good with the bat. but of course, he's just a butcher defensively.