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The Red Sox Found Their Second Baseman — Not Who You’d Think!

Since the Pedroia injury, no permanent replacement was found until now, perhaps.

After the Machado spiking and complications, Pedey called it a career and retired after fourteen seasons. One of the greatest second baseman in Boston history. Tough cleats to fill, no doubt.

The guy they drafted for second went to RF and then LA. Oops, Mookie, we’ll miss you.

Chavis could’ve been it but wasn’t.

Over the winter, they picked up Kike Hernandez and Marwin Gonzalez, hoping Hernandez would stick at second, and Gonzalez would be their new Holt-type utilityman.

Hernandez has played more OF, while second has been filled primarily by Christian Arroyo, hitting .341 with a 1.000 fielding percentage.

Stephen Dalton is a retired US Army First Sergeant with a degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and a Certified US English Chicago Manual of Style Editor. Top Writer in Fiction, Transportation, VR, NFL, Design, Creativity, and Short Story.

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