Alex Gonzalez To The Blue Jays, Should The Red Sox Have Kept Him?  

I know this isn't new news but I had wrote about it and forgot to post it before. I'm quite shocked that the Boston Red Sox didn't resign Short Stop Alex Gonzalez. Gonzalez, who is 32 signed a 1 year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays worth 2.75 million, and option of the 2011 season worth 2.5 million. It's fairly certain that Gonzalez will be the replacement at Short Stop for the Jays since Marcos Scutato is said to be leaving as a free agent. This is a great pickup in my eyes for the Blue Jays but a bad move by the Boston Red Sox not to resign him for next season or multiple seasons.

Alex was traded by the Reds on August 14, 2009 to the Red Sox who he played for in 2006 as well. While with the Red Sox for the remainder of the 2009 season Gonzalez had a .284 batting average, and five home runs in 148 at bats for them.

It just totally boggles my mind why the Red Sox wouldn't resign him considering Short Stop has been a huge problem for the Red Sox through out the past few seasons. When Julio Lugo was with the team, he wasn't very productive and than with Jed Lowrie being injured than uninjured, the Sox don't have the stability they need at the position. They had a great amount of stability with Gonzalez, however now their back to square one.

Who do you all think the Red Sox should have at Short Stop, do you think they should have kept Gonzalez like I believe they should have? As a long time Red Sox fan, this problem at SS is getting tiring year in and year out.

Alex Gonzalez's Career Numbers(Via MLB.com)
Games: 1229
AB: 4393
R: 508
H: 1087
TB: 1737
2B: 256
3B: 26
HR: 114
RBI: 521
BB: 236
IBB: 45
SO: 879
SB: 26
CS: 19
Avg: .247
OBP: .294
SLG: .395
OPS: .689
GO/AO: 0.69

(He's been productive through out his career, if you ask me considering most of the time he's come off the bench, bad move Boston.)