"When Bobby Valentine became the New York Mets manager in 1996, he inherited a defensively superior but light-hitting shortstop from Cuba and stuck with him for most of the next six seasons.

Could Jose Iglesias be the Red Sox' version of Rey Ordonez?

"He's a very intriguing player," Valentine said of the Sox prospect yesterday as pitchers and catchers reported to camp and held another voluntary workout. "I'm very anxious to see him, work with him and figure out who and what he is."