Less than 24 hours after the 2009 MLB season officially ended, the Red Sox have begun constructing their 2010 club.  The team acquired Florida Marlins outfielder Jeremy Hermida for a couple of fringe left-handed relievers (Hunter Jones and Jose Alvarez).

It’s hard to not like this deal from Boston’s perspective, as Hermida is only 25 and has a ton of upside.  In his first full season, he hit.296/.369./.501, but has been somewhat disappointing ever since. The Sox didn’t really give anything of immense value to Florida; so this looks like a case of the Marlins (notorious cheapskates) not wanting to pay for a guy who is in the arbitration stage of his career.

Here are a couple of reasons to be optimistic:

The downsides: he struggles a bit against left-handed pitching, he’s not exactly a defensive wizard.

Hermida would make a terrific 4th outfielder.  As a starting left-fielder, he’d probably be on the lower end of the American League spectrum, barring an immediate return to his 2007 form.  He’d be a palatable place-holder if the Sox upgraded the offense elsewhere (cough cough Adrian Gonzalez cough cough).

In somewhat related (but not unexpected) news, Jason Bay officially filed for free agency yesterday.  It will be fun to see how quickly that whole “down-to-earth Canadian nice guy” aura fades once negotiations start to heat up.

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