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Rob Refsnyder making the most of his chance as Red Sox try to do the same

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Let me throw a couple names at you: Dave McCarty and Bobby Kielty. Daniel Nava a bit easier to recall? José Iglesias for sure, given recency.

It might be a little too early to add Rob Refsnyder to that club, but he has certainly nominated himself in just nine games of early summer action for the Red Sox.

The bit players who help good seasons stay on the rails.

“I just try to be a small piece to the puzzle,” Refsnyder said earlier this month, after his five-star catch in Seattle helped win a game on what’s, so far, a defining road trip in a turnaround.