He is ultimately going to be a utility guy. He has just been playing outfield way too much. Needs work out there, and let him go mash in Charlotte for a month or two.
What else am I supposed to do? The Sox season is over so I’m rooting for the Cubs to be failures. Also, and I don’t mean this in a derogatory way or anything, but you don’t live here. It makes it less annoying for you when they are good.
Eh. The young guys you want to see succeed (Meidroth, Vargas, Edgar) are succeeding for the most part. What is killing this lineup is Vaughn and Robert. If those two were even...slightly below average it'd look so much better.
I don't know if it's a "huge disaster" if he becomes a successful closer. Far many players drafted far higher have failed way more than that. I trust the Sox with their pitching. The one thing they seemingly get right more often than not.