His OPS is under .700. That is a more telling stat than his 10 HRs. Not impressed by that unless his OPS is reasonable, which it is not. Furthermore, just watching him play, he has no concept of the strike zone. He is like a very bad version of Vlad Guerrero. Maybe he is working his ass off to improve his defense, but this is a results oriented game, and so far the results are not there. Maybe he is a better defensive 3B than Holt...maybe...but at least Holt isn't useless with a bat in his hands.
I am not saying he is hopeless, but I am saying that his performance to date has been pretty bad.
Pedroia might be back, but not regularly. He is toast.