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Red Sox option: Give Ortiz some first base time

For the Red Sox Mike Napoli has done little this season and the reality is Napoli has done little since he has been in Boston. The selling point has been his personality, his glove and the fact he had one dominant month (September, 2013) that was the push for a championship.

Napoli had significant off-season surgery that was supposed to correct a sleeping condition – it works for Napoli, but his bat has been in deep slumber since the season began creating a void against left-handed pitching.

Napoli was supposed to feast off the portsiders with a career .