Keefe: The Red Sox should give Kristian Campbell a shot at first base

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00:00How do the Red Sox replace Tristan Kassas?

00:03Christian Campbell.

00:04I'm going with Christian Campbell.

00:06We had talked a bunch of different scenarios when Kassas was struggling,

00:11and that was one of them that came up.

00:12A lot of different names have been tossed in there.

00:15But I kind of like that one because he plays a few spots.

00:17You're not even locking him into one position.

00:20If he was your second baseman every single day, then that's one thing.

00:24But you're putting him in the outfield.

00:25You're moving him around.

00:26And he's not like a gold glove second baseman or a gold glove outfielder.

00:29I slide him over to first base.

00:31It allows you to bring Marcelo Meyer up.

00:34So right now you're also kind of combining this Kassas injury

00:36with a chance to kind of shock the system a little bit

00:39and get everybody kind of fired up.

00:40So I'd have Meyer play second, and I'd have Campbell play first.

00:43So I think Campbell's an interesting one

00:44because I think long-term the best fit for him is second base,

00:48but he might not be ready for it.

00:50What might be best for the team is shifting him over to first.

00:52It's a way to get Meyer up, as you suggested.

00:55He's a big target over there.

00:56I wonder long-term how the bat plays,

00:58but trying to figure things out and win games in the meantime,

01:01that may be the best way to go about it.