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Red Sox hot-corner battle heats up down the stretch
- Updated: September 22, 2016
BALTIMORE — Though the Red Sox have just 10 games left in the regular season, third base is a position still up for grabs as the postseason nears.
Travis Shaw, the starter for Thursday night’s series finale with the Orioles, leads the team with 97 starts at the hot corner.
The position has turned into more of a rotation of late, with manager John Farrell waiting for someone to get hot.
Shaw, Aaron Hill and Brock Holt are the three players jockeying for playing time at third. Top prospect Yoan Moncada was added to the roster in September, but the club has since determined that he’s not ready to play regularly in a pennant race.
“That’s a position, to be very candid, that’s why Moncada came here,” said Farrell. “We’re looking for production at third base to continue to climb. Guys are here that have done it. It’s a spot that can further be …
