Moving to Boston provides Bay with the best protection he's
Moving to Boston provides Bay with the best protection he's had since arriving in the Majors, which should lead to increased all-around production. He replaces Ramirez as the starting left fielder and, likely, the cleanup hitter, batting behind slugger David Ortiz. On the other hand, joining the Dodgers figures to hurt Manny's power numbers. Hitting homers is tougher to do in Dodger Stadium than it is at Fenway Park, and instead of Big Papi batting in front of him, he'll have Jeff Kent and James Loney protecting him. If the Dodgers outfield was crowded before Manny Ramirez, playing time figures to be even more sparse. With Manny locked in as the starting left fielder, that leaves Andruw Jones, Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier and Juan Pierre fighting for two spots.
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