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Actually, you're dead wrong. If he's referring to some of the other threads (which is what i think he's doing) then that's exactly what Fred et al are saying.

All of this. He's a good athlete, per scouting reports. He could play the OF.

You know what's important to winning ballgames? Defense. You know what team has had a atrocious defense so far? The Red Sox. Put two and two together.....

Masterson has also gone back to not being able to get out a left-handed batter to save his mother's life, which had always been the knock against him. After holding left-handers to a .698 OPS last year and taking a step towards ace-dom, they're teeing off on him to the tune of a .934 (!) OPS this season. Expect a lineup stacked with lefty batters and a whole lot of laboring for Justin.

It's like he doesn't understand numbers. And Cecchini has played one game. Just wow.

Fred, i don't think you quite know what a method of operation is. And your Drew hate is still unreasonable. And you're still wrong.

Good catch.

Good times good times.

But but but.....Drew is not scrappy

So we're betting on Holt sustaining a .375 BABIP over the long run? Where do i sign up to bet against?

All of this, X3.

Your entire argument is that Bogaerts is not bad defensively based on a stat that you know is not good on small samples. Let me make it clear here: The current edition of this team is better with Drew at SS and Bogaerts, who, no matter how much you mentally masturbate to the contrary, is not a good defensive SS at the moment. Let's say Drew plays against both righties and lefties (which is not a sure thing, since Farrell will do what's best to the team, and you can't link enough articles to claim otherwise), considering the black hole 3B had been offensively until Holt started hitting, you actually improve on four positions by putting Drew at SS and trying Holt at LF on a vacuum. SS, 3B, LF, UTIL. Holt is a good athlete and he could be a super-utility that bumps Herrera and his uselessness off of this roster. Based on my history on this subject, your chicken little response that is similar to Fred's usual insanity is what's wrong here. Bogaerts is not going to suddenly forget how to play SS, and furthermore, most scouts expected him to end up at 3B in the near-future anyway. This is not rocket science.

What you believe is wrong. And Drewites? Please stop.

And he should play the same position.

It's like you people don't understand that Drew, Bogaerts and Holt can all play at the same time. Holt is a good athlete, he could move to LF. The Drew hate is retarded.

Mujica has been scored upon in two of his last eleven appearances, and has a five inning scoreless streak. He's turning it around.

You're the one in a panic over nothing.

Holt needs to play the OF.

^ All of this.

1) He'll play SS against lefties. 2) The "best SS in the AL" hyperbole means very little. He's not very good defensively yet, (we have scouting reports and the eye test besides metrics) and not putting the best defensive alignment out there because it'd move your favorite player out of position is ridiculous.

Saying he's a #4 is kind of an overstatement, but otherwise, i certainly wouldn't give up top pitching prospects for a guy who's sure to regress moving to the AL East.

Good times good times.

You keep using a stat that varies wildly in small samples to prove a point that doesn't make any sense. Drew at SS, XB at 3B is the best alignment for the current edition of the Red Sox, period. Considering they can move X back to SS later and he'll still be getting reps, it's not such a big deal. Even better, it probably gets Herrera off the roster. Holt needs to move to LF.

I don't see the correlation between health and playing SS, but the rest of your post is spot on.

SFF, we get what you're saying, but the Cameron-Drew situations aren't even close. You're looking at this from the wrong angle. The problem here is the black hole at 3B, a problem that XB could fix for the short term without having to sacrifice significant talent to acquire an outside 3B. He will still play SS against lefties, to boot, so it's not like his development will be stunted either way.