Comments on: On Replacing David Ortiz http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/02/23/on-replacing-david-ortiz/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Walt in Maryland http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/02/23/on-replacing-david-ortiz/#comment-11612 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:13:00 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=15894#comment-11612 Ortiz himself probably wouldn’t have replicated his 2016 production. He was a 5.1-win player last year, but it was the first time he’d reached that level since 2007. He was at 3.2 wins in 2015, and 2.9 the year before.

The Sox have enough lineup depth and emerging young players to make up most, if not all of what Ortiz provided. Improved pitching should take care of the rest.

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