His numbers in Fenway are all against the Red Sox. How does that matter?
He makes the rotation a lot stronger, and gives them protection if Beckett walks after next year or if Wake has to hang 'em up, or if Buchholz is dealt. Good pickup.
They can still overpay for Bay, now that Boston has called his agent’s bluff. Holliday looks like he’s going to get rich(er) in St. Louis, and good luck to both him and the team there.
There’s more to come. I don’t think he’d have signed just now unless he were being assured he’d be a starter, but I don’t think Boston would have made the offer unless they really were letting Bay go. He could be adequate in CF for a couple of years if Ellsbury goes to SD (along with Buchholz) for Adrian Gonzalez. And that guy had damn well better be coming here, too, even WITH Bay returning. There was already a serious wood shortage in Fenway last year.
I do like Cameron as a bench player, the type you’d add at the trading deadline for the stretch run, but as a starter? Hmmm …