Brock Holt and riding the hot hand

In terms of who actually makes the playoff roster, the Red Sox don’t have a whole lot of questions on the position player side of things. There is some debate over the last roster spot — seemingly between Christian Vazquez, Tzu-Wei Lin or carrying an extra pitcher — but for the most part the players who will be there in October is settled. How those players are utilized, however, is a different discussion. There are actually a bunch of spots on this roster that could go in a number of different directions, with catcher, first base, second base and third base all having multiple realistic options to serve as the starter. It’s a tough situation for Alex Cora to parse, and a lot of the discussion around those spots revolve around the idea of the hot hand. No one represents this discussion better than Brock Holt.

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