Red Sox manager John Farrell met with Jose Iglesias and Will Middlebrooks separately in the visiting manager’s office at Tropicana Field on June 10 and laid out a plan he thought made sense.
The Red Sox would use Middlebrooks as their third baseman but play Iglesias at least three or four days a week. Most of those games would be at third base with an occasional start at shortstop.
The well-intentioned arrangement lasted eight days. Iglesias kept getting on base so often that the Red Sox had no choice but to play him every day.
“It’s hard to ignore two or three hits every night,” Farrell said.
“He’s playing with a lot of confidence and doing a heck of a job for us.” Full story for BostonGlobe.com subscribers.
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