The 'bag is back! First mailbag of the regular season filled with questions about Drew, the CF dilemma, Japan leftovers, and the Leominster Outback

Ron, I think it's Terry trying to make the best of a tricky situation until it can be resolved with a trade. It probably will be difficult for either Coco or Jacoby to get real comfortable as long as they're not playing regularly. Neither one of them is accustomed to part-time duty. I don't think Coco's defense should be so easily dismissed; one of the big reasons the Sox led the AL in run prevention last season was Coco's spectacular glovework in center. Can Jacoby be an above-average CF in this league? Of course. But Crisp's defense last season was far above the norm. Eventually, I believe Jacoby will play everyday, but the trade market for a CF has developed slowly and may not do so until midseason.

How can any Sox fan's player be JD Drew? he only possibilities I can see are that he's (i) seven, and in his first game Drew happened to hit a home run, or (ii) related to Drew.

Those are good reasons for now, but I withhold judgment based on two things:

1) First-year jitters in Boston last season, and
2) His kid was in a body cast most of the year- that HAS to be distracting.

I don't mind Drew -- that isn't what I was saying. I actually expect him to have a good year if he stays healthy (like I expected him to last year).

I just can't see him being anybody's favorite on the team. (Just like I'd be hard-pressed to imagine, say, Lugo being anybody's favorite player.)