Rasputin said:
I'm going to have to be convinced that Cespedes is going to be acceptable in right. It would make things easier if he could play there but, well, I'm skeptical.
He had enough range to spend a good chunk of his first year playing CF, though not really well, and has been a positive fielder by UZR (for what that's worth) in LF for Oakland, the Colosseum is a pretty big OF to both corners.
With his arm and Bradley's range I think they could make a pretty good tandem covering 2/3rds of the OF, and the other 1/3rd is the least range dependent corner OF job in baseball, so an ideal place for Craig.
If Craig bounces back a full year removed from his lisfranc injury the OF will be pretty good even if Vic can't get healthy. If instead Vic can be a 4th OF type who backstops Bradley never getting it going offensively there is some real production potential to be had.
This isn't even accounting for the fact that both Craig and Cespedes are pull power RHBs and will probably enjoy Fenway a good bit more than their current home stadiums.
My only real concern is Craig bouncing back. If he does he's a huge value. If he doesn't he's going to start looking like an albatross come 2016 when he takes another big step up in annual salary. If I was nitpicking I'd also question just how right handed the lineup has gotten, but again, that's super nitpicky.