MLB 2009-2010 Off Season Thread

[Emperor Smeat]

Originally Posted by Dragon Apparently the Sox named Ellsbury as their LF and Cameron as their CF next year. Not a huge announcement but a good move for them I think. Even with his age Cameron has been one of the best fielders in the game and according to defensive metrics and all that stuff Ellsbury was pretty bad last year in center. Their offense hasn't improved too much IMO, but their defense got miles better with Beltre, Ellsbury in LF and Cameron in CF.

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).

[Dragon]

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).

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.