They're thinking they've shored up a hurting pitching staff and with Iglesias fading offensively, Xander Bogaerts can be moved back to short stop and make a big difference offensively. He's hitting .302 and .423 with men in scoring position for July.
“He’s hitting .302 and .423 with men in scoring position for July.”
The history of baseball is full of one-month wonders (and one-month slumps, for that matter), and Iglesias plays an excellent short-stop.
Let’s hope the Sox are right; they have a good chance at making the playoffs this year, provided they don’t go into their customary end-of-summer slump.