Will Middlebrooks adamantly believes the Red Sox should retire Dustin Pedroia’s number someday.
Middlebrooks, who played three years with Pedroia, praised the second baseman when Pedroia formally announced his retirement Monday. He noted that even though Pedroia didn’t have 2,000 hits, and likely won’t make the Hall of Fame, he deserves to be up there with David Ortiz, Jim Rice, Carl Yastrzemski, and the rest of the Red Sox greats.
“That’s how much he meant to the city of Boston, the organization of the Red Sox, to me, to every teammate that ever was lucky enough to play alongside Dustin Pedroia,” Middlebrooks said.