I'll say it now. We got Marco Scutaro hitting .258 in the MLB right now and his defense has not made up for the lack of offense. We got Jose Iglesias playing in AAA right now hitting .227, but his defense is beyond brilliant. If this team goes out and gets Carlos Beltran, they need to call up Iglesias, hide his bat in that line up, and let him play defense and save some runs. Look at how many runs Pedroia saves every single game. Wouldn't you rather have that plus some at SS, even if it did mean you had a SS who was hitting .230? For the record, Chili Davis, the hitting coach in Pawtucket, has said that Iglesias is making big improvements on his swing, which is why I'm saying .230. I would much rather have a defensive wizard at SS that hit .230 than a borderline defensive liability at SS that hits .258.
Getting Beltran enables this line up to hide Iggy's bat, and improves this team significantly on the defensive side.