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Originally Posted by One Red Seat
Damon has played CF to the tune of a -8.5 UZR/150 during his tenure in NY. That was at -27.3 last year. He's about as good in CF as Jeter is at SS.
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So that's really, really good, right?
Honestly, the Sox would have been hard pressed if they had Damon on their team. They would have felt compelled to have Damon in CF (that's what they would have paid him for, right?), and with Ellsbury in the wings they likely would have either moved Damon to LF when they dealt Manny, or dealt Ellsbury to get Santana and would now be confronted with having a useless and vastly overpaid Damon for a year, and would likely also be looking for Manny's replacement.
I'm sure they would have managed to do something, but I like them better in their current situation.