Report: Pirates, Tigers, Red Sox interested in shortstop Stephen Drew

By Navin Vaswani

Jul 19, 2012 • 1 min read

The Pirates, Tigers, and Red Sox are interested in the services of Diamondbacks' shortstop Stephen Drew, wrote FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal.

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Drew's struggled at the plate in 15 games since returing from right ankle surgery. He's batting .192/.246/.250 with no home runs, three doubles, and three RBI.
Drew's earning $7.75 million this season. There's a mutal option on his contract for 2013 worth $10 million, which likely won't be exercised. If that's the case, Drew will walk away with a $1.35 million buyout.
Were he acquired by Pittsburgh, Drew would become the Pirates' everyday shortstop, Rosenthal noted.
In Boston or Detroit, Drew would be more likely to come off the bench.
If the Diamondbacks move Drew, they'll go back to John McDonald (currently on the DL) and Willie Bloomquist at shortstop. McDonald has a .796 OPS in 33 games, and Bloomquist has a .717 OPS in 68 games. Both players are signed through 2013.