The Red Sox have spent much of this season piecing together their middle infield, and somehow the patchwork has held up better than expected. Injuries have hit that group hard - harder than almost anywhere else on the roster outside the pitching staff - but Boston hasn’t been dragged down by it. If anything, the club has found production in places nobody was really counting on.
Anthony Seigler has helped steady second base and given the lineup a lift with his ability to get on base and manufacture runs. But the bigger surprise has been at shortstop, where Andruw Monasterio has gone from depth piece to one of the most productive hitters on the team.
Monasterio wasn’t supposed to be a headline name. He and Seigler were both add-ons in a trade centered on Caleb Durbin, who replaced Alex Bregman.
Seigler wound up in AAA, while Monasterio settled in as a back-of-the-bench utility man for Boston. At the start of the season, it looked like he’d be buried on the depth chart.
Then the injuries hit. Trevor Story, Marcelo Mayer, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa all landed on the IL, and Monasterio suddenly found himself as the starting shortstop.
Since then, he’s been the best one Boston has used there.
July has been especially loud. In 67 plate appearances this month, Monasterio has hit .357/.439/.679/1.118. His 203 wRC+ ranks fourth in July, trailing only Yordan Alvarez, James Wood, and CJ Abrams.
For the season, he’s batting .259/.320/.459/.780 with 17 doubles, six home runs, and 20 RBI in 67 games. Those 17 doubles put him 43rd in the American League, and he’s also fifth on the Red Sox in doubles despite not playing every day, even while filling in as the team’s starting shortstop.
Boston also has some runway with him. Monasterio has three more years of team control after this season, and he’s made a strong case that every one of them matters.
He may not be a star and he may never be an everyday fixture, but Monasterio has given the Red Sox exactly what they need from a player in his role: real pop, real flexibility, and a bat that can keep the lineup afloat when the injuries start piling up.
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