For Jacoby Ellsbury, 2015 couldn’t have started any better and couldn’t have finished any worse. Borrowing from Mike’s post, Ellsbury hit to a .324 average and a .412 OBP with 14 steals in the first 40 games of the season. There isn’t much more you could ask of your leadoff hitter. But if the beginning of the season was the best of times for Ellsbury, the end of the season was certainly the worst of times for him. In a move that would’ve been unimaginable in April, Ellsbury did not start the Wild Card playoff game against the Astros and their brilliant lefty starter Dallas Keuchel.
Room for Improvement: Jacoby Ellsbury
