Boston Red Sox's Infield: Potentially in Flux for 2009?

The Boston Red Sox were a few breaks from another World Series appearance in 2008. But if we know anything, it is that this will not stop them from working to improve the team by any means possible.

Absent an unexpected trade, the outfield is probably set, with Jason Bay in left, Jacoby Ellsbury in center, and J.D. Drew in right, although there is still the matter of finding a fourth outfielder to replace the departed Coco Crisp.

If changes are to come, it will likely happen within the infield. Aside from Dustin Pedroia, the reigning American League MVP, it is conceivable that the infield could undergo a major overhaul between now and Spring Training.

Here are the potential moves (or lack thereof).

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