Tyler Flowers was our best defender:

 

http://sabr.org/sdi/2015-final

 

If the Sox want to get better quickly this offseason, first order of business is the outfield defense. Absolutely atrocious showing by those 3 in 2015.

Quintana was pretty good, apparently.

 

Also, Kevin Kiermaier and Hanley Ramirez... jfc

Quintana was pretty good, apparently.

 

Also, Kevin Kiermaier and Hanley Ramirez... jfc

Lol and there's a thread on a Hanely trade

Lol and there's a thread on a Hanely trade

 

Is there one that suggests playing him in left field?

I think that if they focus on improving on defense, that they could be .500 team.

Yes. Base running and defense just awful. I remember Hawk saying "This defense sucks" earlier in the year. I was shocked to hear it come out of his mouth, but it goes to show how poorly disciplined this team was in 2015. I know , Its not Robins fault. Lol.

The more I think about it, I'm all for giving Thompson a look in CF, sliding Eaton over to LF, & moving Melky to DH. We'd still need to add a strong two-way player for RF and dump LaRoche, but that would greatly improve our outfield defense vs. last year. Just have a bad feeling Avi is still in the plans for RF.

The more I think about it, I'm all for giving Thompson a look in CF, sliding Eaton over to LF, & moving Melky to DH. We'd still need to add a strong two-way player for RF and dump LaRoche, but that would greatly improve our outfield defense vs. last year. Just have a bad feeling Avi is still in the plans for RF.

I think Eaton could handle RF. His arm is extremely good for being a slappy lead-off man (I know he's not that, but still. Better arm than you imagine looking at him).

The more I think about it, I'm all for giving Thompson a look in CF, sliding Eaton over to LF, & moving Melky to DH. We'd still need to add a strong two-way player for RF and dump LaRoche, but that would greatly improve our outfield defense vs. last year. Just have a bad feeling Avi is still in the plans for RF.

 

I've said it once and I will say it again: Jason Heyward makes way too much sense for the Sox. I know it's a massive pipe dream, but if they were to sign him and somehow trade LaRoche, an alignment of Eaton-Thompson-Heyward would be a massive jump in DRS for our outfield. I dont see a lot of balls dropping in that outfield.

I think Eaton could handle RF. His arm is extremely good for being a slappy lead-off man (I know he's not that, but still. Better arm than you imagine looking at him).

 

Eaton has a pretty average to below average arm in the time I've watched the Sox. He fits best in LF.

eaton has above average arm strength and below average brain strength when using it.

Eaton has a pretty average to below average arm in the time I've watched the Sox. He fits best in LF.

That's why I advocate trading him. His defense is not good and we got what I believe is a career year offensively out of him. And he clowns it up too much.

If I'm hero worshiping, Heywars in right Thompson in center Avi in left. I just don't see Heyward as an elite bat.

You can be critical overall of his defense but he certainly does not have a below average arm.

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Yet another reason why hawk is out of it, he thought the outfield defense was one of the best in baseball going into the season....

 

How any scout they have thought Garcia was anything more than a below average is just plain bad scouting. They thought he could play center.....sigh

This is why I am more optimistic about 2016 than most. There is a lot of low hanging fruit for the team to make big improvements on. Defense is one spot. We also have multiple spots with really bad offense that could take a quick leap forward depending on what we can bring in.

Tyler Flowers was our best defender:

 

http://sabr.org/sdi/2015-final

 

If the Sox want to get better quickly this offseason, first order of business is the outfield defense. Absolutely atrocious showing by those 3 in 2015.

Thanks for this link. A little surprised Sanchez didn't do better.

 

I've been favoring a quiet offseason for the Sox focused more on building for the next couple years, but man I wouldn't mind having Heyward. Throw everything at him, he'll probably opt out when he's 31 anyway.

 

Keuchel being leagues ahead of every other pitcher is interesting.

Thanks for this link. A little surprised Sanchez didn't do better.

 

I've been favoring a quiet offseason for the Sox focused more on building for the next couple years, but man I wouldn't mind having Heyward. Throw everything at him, he'll probably opt out when he's 31 anyway.

 

Keuchel being leagues ahead of every other pitcher is interesting.

 

I think Keuchel's rating has to do largely with his GB%

That's why I advocate trading him. His defense is not good and we got what I believe is a career year offensively out of him. And he clowns it up too much.

If I'm hero worshiping, Heywars in right Thompson in center Avi in left. I just don't see Heyward as an elite bat.

 

i disagree and for this main reason, his offense.

 

until the sox can really establish a #1 type of hitter in the big leagues the team needs a #1 hitter.

 

now if he had better players on either side, then the look will be different. mean the defense.

This is why I am more optimistic about 2016 than most. There is a lot of low hanging fruit for the team to make big improvements on. Defense is one spot. We also have multiple spots with really bad offense that could take a quick leap forward depending on what we can bring in.

 

not bad.... i like the analogy . creative.

 

great job.

Tyler Flowers was our best defender:

 

http://sabr.org/sdi/2015-final

 

If the Sox want to get better quickly this offseason, first order of business is the outfield defense. Absolutely atrocious showing by those 3 in 2015.

 

i really think the first order of business is a 3b man then maybe a outfield in the others needs to address.

i really think the first order of business is a 3b man then maybe a outfield in the others needs to address.

 

Of course there is a hierarchy of what we want, but that doesn't mean you don't make other moves that improve the team.

Of course there is a hierarchy of what we want, but that doesn't mean you don't make other moves that improve the team.

 

uh... what ever

uh... what ever

 

"No Angels, we can't take Mike Trout in a trade, we have to have a third baseman first."

You can be critical overall of his defense but he certainly does not have a below average arm.

Gotta disagree here. His arm is way below average for a RF. He occasionally got off some solid throws to third from left center that looked good, but if he is in RF, we will see a lot of first to third base running from the bad guys. He would be a very good LF, however, but then you have to find a CF who can hit a little bit, and that person is not now on the roster.

 

So Eaton will probably stay in CF for the duration.

This is why I am more optimistic about 2016 than most. There is a lot of low hanging fruit for the team to make big improvements on. Defense is one spot. We also have multiple spots with really bad offense that could take a quick leap forward depending on what we can bring in.

Yeah, except these problems are not new. They haven't addressed them for years.