Hosmer/Dalbec/Refsnyder? Maybe, but it depends on what good enough is?
Cordero? No.
Valdez? Who knows?
Arroyo? Don't complain about mediocrity and then use Arroyo as a solution to anything.
He was good, but not great. As I said the other day, a lot of his value came from being in the shift. When he was not shifting, his defense was a net negative.
Fine as in his dollar value per fWAR will even out to his contract value.
I don't think the Sox are in danger of having an annual net loss at any point. Will he put butts in the seats? Maybe? Will they plaster his face everywhere? Oh yeah.
Keirmaier tOPS+ by Stadium 100+ AB Only
Fenway 140
Yankee3 136
Rogers 132
Tropicana 97
Camden 92
Home 98
Away 102
Seems like he'd be better off leaving Tampa?
He's probably not going to ever have another 10 fWAR season. However, he needs to average 5 fWAR for 8 years and then have 2 years where he's a flat zero for the contract to be fine.
Will Boras have Xander opt out during the 9th inning of the World Series a la ARod?
That would be a nice 1990's wrestling heel turn. "It was me all along, Boston!"
Say it ain't so Xander... but alas it was so.