FORT MYERS, Fla. – Caleb Durbin is used to being asked about his height. “I hear questions about it every time I do press conferences,” said the newest Red Sox infielder, whose MLB profile lists him as being 5-foot-7. “It’s always going to be there. Not really something I worry too much about when I’m playing, but I’ve been the smallest guy on the field at every level. So it’s nothing new to me.” Growing up, Durbin drew inspiration from another Red Sox infielder, one who was similarly built and immensely, odds-defyingly successful. “He’s definitely one of my favorite players growing up,” Durbin said of Dustin Pedroia, “and a guy that I would definitely try to model my game around. Obviously, a long way to go, but he was a dude that I really enjoyed watching.” According to StatHead, the Red Sox have had 38 players who were 5-foot-7 or shorter, most recently Jamie Westbrook (2024) and Donnie Sadler (1998-2000). Pedroia is listed as 5-9, though that has been disputed and even disproven by the man himself in the past. “I’m 5-foot-8,” he told Boston Magazine during spring training in 2009. “His size is part of who he is,” then-Red Sox general manager and current part-owner Theo Epstein told Boston Magazine for the same story. “His whole life people have been reacting to him, initially, in a certain manner, and his whole life he’s been channeling that and turning it around and laughing as he steps right over them.” Inducted…

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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Caleb Durbin is used to being asked about his height. “I hear questions about it every time I do press conferences,” said the newest Red Sox infielder, whose MLB profile lists him as being 5-foot-7. “It’s always going to be there. Not really something I worry too much about when I’m playing, but I’ve been the smallest guy on the field at every level. So it’s nothing new to me.” Growing up, Durbin drew inspiration from another Red Sox infielder, one who was similarly built and immensely, odds-defyingly successful. “He’s definitely one of my favorite players growing up,” Durbin said of Dustin Pedroia, “and a guy that I would definitely try to model my game around. Obviously, a long way to go, but he was a dude that I really enjoyed watching.” According to StatHead, the Red Sox have had 38 players who were 5-foot-7 or shorter, most recently Jamie Westbrook (2024) and Donnie Sadler (1998-2000). Pedroia is listed as 5-9, though that has been disputed and even disproven by the man himself in the past. “I’m 5-foot-8,” he told Boston Magazine during spring training in 2009. “His size is part of who he is,” then-Red Sox general manager and current part-owner Theo Epstein told Boston Magazine for the same story. “His whole life people have been reacting to him, initially, in a certain manner, and his whole life he’s been channeling that and turning it around and laughing as he steps right over them.” Inducted…

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