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The idea of the Red Sox signing
extremely affordable Seattle 1B
Danny Valencia instead of
wicked pricey
Eric Hosmer seems, on the surface, to be silly. But, according to
Issac Gamboa of
OffTheBenchBaseball.com,
it might not be so nutty. Valencia would cost Boston about $4 million, Hosmer around $200 million. The left-over cash could easily be used to sign a truly big bat in
J.D. Martinez. Valencia (who hits lefties
great) could be
platooned at first with
Hanley Ramiez (who is now a
crappy hitter against lefties). Hey, it's a thought. And,
any move by
Dave Dombrowski at this point would be welcome! (By the way, for those who may have forgotten, Valencia played 10 games for the Red Sox in 2012—the dreaded
Bobby V. Year).
