Even if the Red Sox don't reach a deal to bring back shortstop Stephen Drew, it seems the team is fine with moving forward with Xander Bogaerts as the team's starting shortstop.
Manager John Farrell was overly complimentary of the 21-year-old infielder Tuesday during a Hot Stove Cool Music Baseball Roundtable in Boston.
"Every report, every person that’s seen Xander play is comfortable with his ability to play shortstop," Farrell said, per MassLive.com. "Even though he’s got just a handful of at-bats at the big-league level, there’s going to be some challenges along the way that he’ll grow through, and we’re fully aware of that and accepting of it."