WEEI's Rob Bradford joins Gary Tanguay and Lou Merloni on Sports Tonight from the Winter Meetings to discuss the Sox' signing of Mike Napoli among other things.
Napoli can play catcher, but will the Sox use him there? Bradford doesn't think so.
"No I think he's your first baseman and here's my thinking on the matter: I think he's OK at first base. There's some potential that if he plays there a little bit more he might get a little better. I don't think it's a huge potential, but a chance. The biggest thing, Lou, is the fact that you signed Mike Napoli to be in the lineup, to be a hitter, to be a middle-of-the-order hitter, one that's one of the rarest things in baseball. In order to get the most production out of him and keep him in the lineup, it's not to catch."
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Bradford also touches upon the possibility that Jarrod Saltalamacchia could be traded, and impossibility of the Sox trading two top prospects for R.A. Dickey.