The Red Sox declined a 1-year $6 million option on slick-fielding shortstop Alex Gonzalez this weekend.  Given the dearth of viable replacements in the organization, I find this move rather surprising.

There are several explanations I can think of:

1. The team has a tacit agreement in place with Gonzalez to re-sign him at a lower price.
2. Jed Lowrie’s wrist was recently reinforced with the same unbreakable metal alloy used to create Wolverine’s claws.
3. Epstein plans on fast-tracking 19-year-old Jose Iglesias (currently hitting .222/.286/.378  in the Arizona Fall League.
4. Nick Green is sleeping with someone else, someone with much more power than a sideline reporter.

Since the Red Sox are not the Seattle Mariners, we can scratch #3 off the list.  I think #1 is the most likely of the four options.  We’ll monitor this one closely.

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