Pedroia To SS?

Faced with a vacancy at shortstop following the departure of Alex Gonzalez via free agency, the Red Sox are thinking outside the box.

The team has asked second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who won the AL MVP Award in 2008, if he could play shortstop for the team if needed next season.

"Pedroia They've put it out there and I've told them I'm all for it. I can do it. I can't wait for [Terry Francona] to call me and ask, 'can you do it?' I can do it. I really want to do it.
” -- Dustin Pedroia

"They've asked me if I think I could play shortstop," Pedroia told ESPN's Peter Gammons. "They've put it out there and I've told them I'm all for it. I can do it. I can't wait for [Terry Francona] to call me and ask, 'can you do it?' I can do it. I really want to do it.

Well that's what the Sox think anyways. I'm intrigued by this though, because I'm not worried so much about Pedroia's transition to SS, as much as I'm excited to see who we could get to play 2nd. Imagine if Pedroia committed to SS, and we traded for a guy like Dan Uggla(who is already on the marlins chopping block). That would be a pretty sweet infield. I think a more sensible argument would be flip flopping Youk and Lowell, because Mikey playing 1rst wouldn't be that taxing for his old bones. At the end of the day do I think this will happen? No. but It's fun to dream.