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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball
That was one of their 2 main goals this off-season : fix the defense and do something to fix the bullpen (bullpen probably only gets figured out during Spring Training).
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Yeah, their defense is ridiculously better this year. The only position with subpar defense seems to be Martinez at catcher. Hard to argue that they don't have the best defensive team going into next year.
Going from Bay to Ellsbury and Ellsbury to Cameron is definitely huge. What I saw from Lowell last year (when they played the Yanks) he could barely move at third base. While Beltre is one of the best defensive 3B in the game.
Pretty obvious what the Sox went for, pitching and defense. Yankees kinda going the same route with Gardner in LF. Taking a hit on offense to get a huge defensive upgrade. Hope they actually put Gardner in CF and Granderson in LF though.