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Should Desmond Jennings be the Rays full time left fielder in 2016?

Desmond Jennings has always been an enigma wrapped inside a puzzle. He was seen as the successor to Melvin (B.J.) Upton in center field after Upton left for free agency in 2013. Jennings certainly had a lot of Upton’s skills showing outstanding speed, power and defense but he also had a lot of his weaknesses. Like Upton, Jennings could not decide whether he was a top of the order speedster or a middle of the order power hitter and as a result, did not stand out in either category. His career slash line is .249/.327/.398 and, in any full season, has never hit above .