has been no better time all season long to promote shortstop Jose Iglesias to the Boston Red Sox.

If you would’ve asked me a week ago, I would’ve said no. Two days ago, still no. But today, yes. In just a matter of hours, everything has changed, and it really has nothing to do with the performance of Iglesias last night in Triple-A Pawtucket. Instead, it has everything to do with what happened in Cleveland last night.

Red Sox rookie third baseman Will Middlebrooks was hit in his wrist during the ninth inning and was forced to leave the game. Middlebrooks had X-rays taken after the game and it was then learned that his wrist was broken, according to Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe.

 

Source: Will Middlebrooks has a broken wrist. #RedSox will call up Danny Valencia forSaturday's game.

— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) August 11, 2012

 

Rob Bradford of WEEI wrote Saturday morning that Middlebrooks’ ...

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