Pedroia to SS

[OregonDuck1989]

what worries me most is a) a poor defensive season from Pedroia leaving the team stuck with little options because they signed a high dollar overrated 2B and b) a significant loss in offensive production from Pedroia as a result of the move.

lets not fool ourselves....as Sox fans we see Yuke and take him for granted. I know of very few players ever that can swap positions like he does and not see an offensive deduction.

Agreed. A guy who can play first and third at a gold glove level AND not lose average is a valuable commodity.

Moving Pedroia is a risk, we all know and agree on this. But is the risk worth the possible gains? I mean say they don't move and they are stuck for another season with a black hole in the lineup at whoever is playing shortstop.

Little risk=little gain.

[Alloutwar]

Count Michael Young as a firm believer that Pedroia could pull off the switch.

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/ar...=.jsp&c_id=bos

The site also shows some video of Pedroia playing short for the Sox, in the big leagues. Also, as I'm sure was pointed out, Pedroia routinely takes grounders and makes plays from shortstop as part of his warmup routine every game. I understand that switching the position for everyday play may not be easy as pie, but I don't think this breaks him.