The Red Sox can afford free agent slugger Josh Hamilton, but would offering him a huge contract be the wise move?
For Ben Cherington and Red Sox, it’s a balancing act
The Red Sox can afford free agent slugger Josh Hamilton, but would offering him a huge contract be the wise move?By Peter Abraham
Globe Staff /
November 9, 2012
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Discipline, there’s that word again. It is a quality the Red Sox lacked in recent years as they turned more into less. The coming weeks will be a test of their second chance at getting it right.
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Rick Schu is a candidate to become the new hitting coach and will interview with Cherington Saturday, according to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.
Schu, 50, was the hitting coach of the Diamondbacks, then become a minor league instructor with the Nationals. He played nine years in the majors with five teams.
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