What a difference a year makes! The Boston Red Sox brought Hanley Ramirez back to Boston in 2015 along with “The Panda” Pablo Sandoval in two of the bigger free agent acquisitions that offseason. Unfortunately for Ben Cherington, the plan to put Hanley in left field and Pablo at third base completely backfired, blew up in his face and probably cost him his job.
Ramirez was a complete disaster in left field and was no match for the Green Monster at Fenway. With the departure of Mike Napoli to Cleveland, an opportunity arose for John Farrell and company to move Hanley back to the infield at first base in 2016.