The attentive owner who needs help at third base is going after the Phillies' Cody Asche right now, but the clever one is going after the Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts.
Anyone who needs help at shortstop might want to jump on that bandwagon as well. After all, that's the position Bogaerts has played throughout his minor-league career and projects to play long-term. But lately, he's been playing third base, where the Red Sox have a need in the majors right now. And according to the Boston Globe, manager John Farrell isn't exactly shooting down the possibility of him joining the big club, "whether that's this week or next month."
Bogaerts is only 20, so who knows if he's really ready? But he has stormed up the minor-league ladder this year and has the potential to be a Hanley Ramirez-type hitter. He doesn't run like Ramirez, mind you, but you can't have everything.
I'll take that over Asche.