Boston Globe Online / Sports / Merloni finds his fans aren’t only in stands
The hed is about Merloni, but the tidbit that is interesting is that Merloni and Carlos Baerga appear to have the inside track on jobs in Boston. Whither Jose Offerman?
John Henry says he’d be willing to eat a big contract if it would help the team. I know I said a couple of weeks ago that it made more sense for Offerman to start and Rey Sanchez to play backup, but it looks like Offerman’s defense is about to do him in. After talking to a number of Bostonians who swear Offerman single-handedly destroyed Derek Lowe’s 2001 season, I’m convinced.
It hasn’t happened yet, but it looks like Offerman is out.
Will he get picked up somewhere? It can’t help that he’s hitting just .229 this spring.