This offseason, Kiké Hernandez was, to some extent, positioned as the face of the Red Sox, appearing in numerous publicity and social media campaigns. For the first two months of the season, though, he is, to some extent, emblematic of some of the team’s biggest issues, particularly on defense. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)
But Kiké is hardly the only player proving to be a problem with the glove. As Alex Cora put it bluntly: “[The Red Sox] are not a good defensive team.” Bob Osgood told you this one week into the season.