The Boston Red Sox are trapped. Their payroll is trapped and the ability to mix and match on the field is trapped. One reason among many is simple – Hanley Ramirez.
Ramirez in the field at first base – his only real defensive option – can be adequate at best. I will leave out the statistics for left field in 2015.
In 2016, Ramirez was part of a weak collection of defensive players at the first base sack in the American League. Touching on just two metrics shows what digger deeper with the rest will trend.