That?s the report from Nick Cafardo.
Napoli would be who I?d go after first if I was running the Sox. ?He?s two years younger than LaRoche. More flexible too, obviously, as he can catch even if he is more likely to play first base in Boston. He had an off year in 2012 but still smacked 24 homers in 108 games and took a lot of walks.
LaRoche hit .271/.343/.510 with 33 homers and drove in 100 in 2012. And he?s slick with the glove. But one gets the sense that that was a peak. He hasn?t been a substantially above-average hitter like often in his career. Hard to gauge him though, however, due to the shoulder injury and surgery he had in 2011. 2012 could be the new normal for him. Or it could be a feel-good year fluke.
Of course at the moment the Red Sox are looking to replace James Loney, so it?s not like either of them wouldn?t be a massive improvement.
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