Pedroia Among Elite 2Bs, Foot May Cooperate.

by Justin Bopp on Feb 12, 2011 1:25 PM EST in Positional Reviews

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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia reported early to spring training camp Friday and said his broken left foot is fully healed.

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I should mention that with

two early years above 5.0 WAR under his belt (in his first 4!), Pedroia is on my “embarrassingly too early to say but I will anyway: Hall of Fame” list.

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by Justin Bopp on Feb 12, 2011 1:29 PM EST reply actions

It's great.

Such an underrated position. It also makes me want to go get a orange/mango/kiwi smoothie.

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by Dave Gershman on Feb 12, 2011 1:43 PM EST reply actions

Todays lesson?

Chase Utley is AWESOME, and we still don’t realize that often enough. That’s an almost Pujols-ian gap between Utley and the competition.

Is he Albert? No.. But damn, he’s good.

by Patrick42 on Feb 12, 2011 3:00 PM EST reply actions

I don't know, he might actually be 2B's Albert.

That much power combined with that much lateral movement (fielding, I presume) is so damn rare. Power MI’s are always my favorite players.

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by Justin Bopp on Feb 12, 2011 3:07 PM EST up reply actions

I just remember two years ago in the World Series, against Sabathia...

Utley was absolutely crushing the ball off of Sabathia. My faulty memory says that in the first two CC starts, Utley hit two home runs, and in the third, he hit a ringing double off the top of the same wall.

I turned to my roommate and said, “Well, CC kept him in the park. That’s an improvement.”

by Patrick42 on Feb 12, 2011 3:12 PM EST up reply actions