Arquimedez Bozo wrote:

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adiospaydro2005 wrote:

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However, do the Red Sox make this move at the peril of losing one or more games while Drew is on the shelf until at least Wednesday with a groin pull? Anderson has no stick and his defense looked a little suspect last night. Reddick is a good defensive player, with strong arm, who is a much better hitter than Anderson. In Reddick's short stay with the Red Sox, he had one HR and two other near HR which were either just foul (against Yankees) or caught at the top of the wall (against Rangers). Every game counts with the AL East division slipping away and the Red Sox only a half game up in the Wild Card standings. Given the lack of offense from Varitek and Gonzalez/Green, I don't see why the Red Sox think that there is any more margin of error with their lack of offense by sticking with Anderson vs. Reddick, even for three or four games. With the benefit of hindsight, Theo has made of number of questionable decisions this year (signing Smoltz and Penny, not acquiring a major league shortstop when Lowrie was experiencing discomfort prior to the July 31 trading deadline) and this appears to be the latest blunder.

Clearly the Red Sox disagree with your assessment, otherwise they'd have kept Reddick in the Majors.

Reddick had a home run and two near home runs. Super. He was also hitting .188/.212/.406 and clearly isn't ready to hit at the Major League level. He struck out 9 times in 33 plate appearances. He showed an inability at times to recognize breaking pitches and showed a mediocre approach at the plate.

Anderson may not be a slugger by any stretch. However, his .239/.322/.319 line in the Majors this year is better than Reddick's. He's also a fine fielder by most defensive metrics, one or two plays last night notwithstanding.