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Found November 06, 2009 on Fenway West:
PLAYERS: Orlando Cabrera,  Juan Castro,  Alex Cora,  Craig Counsell,  Bobby Crosby,  Adam Everett,  Chris Gomez,  Alex Gonzalez,  Khalil Greene,  Luis Rodriguez,  Marco Scutaro,  Miguel Tejada,  Omar Vizquel,  Jerry Hairston Jr.
TEAMS: Minnesota Twins,  Los Angeles Dodgers,  New York Mets,  Milwaukee Brewers,  Oakland Athletics,  Detroit Tigers,  Baltimore Orioles,  Boston Red Sox,  St. Louis Cardinals,  San Diego Padres,  Toronto Blue Jays,  Houston Astros,  Texas Rangers,  New York Yankees

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Left field is the biggest hole that the Red Sox need to fill this offseason, but there is still the issue at short.  Here are the free agent shortstops from MLB Trade Rumors: Orlando Cabrera (35) - Type A, can't be offered arbitrationJuan Castro (38)Alex Cora (34)Craig Counsell (39)Bobby Crosby (30)Adam Everett (33)Chris Gomez (39)Alex Gonzalez (32) - $6MM mutual option with a $500K buyoutKhalil Greene (30)Jerry Hairston Jr. (34) - Type BJohn McDonald (35)Luis Rodriguez (30)Marco Scutaro (34) - Type AMiguel Tejada (36) - Type AOmar Vizquel (43)Jack Wilson (32) - $8.4MM club option with a $600K buyout Quite a few familiar names on the list.  The easy choice is to just pick up the option on Alex Gonzalez.  He has a good glove and showed some improvement at the plate once he re-joined the Sox but I wouldn't do it.  The name that jumps out at me is Bobby Crosby.  Being out here in the Bay Area I have been able to watch him play many games with the A's.  Crosby has struggle...
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