Hanley's final fWAR for 2015 is -1.8. An average player's fWAR is about +2. So Hanley cost us roughly 4 games compared to an average player. And he only played about 2/3 of the season.
Seriously, you haven't noticed a huge difference in our outfield defense over the last month?
Hanley's negative impact is quantified in his defensive ratings, which I believe are the worst of any outfielder in baseball this year.
I think the improvement in the outfield defense has also been a sizable factor. His absence from the lineup hasn't hurt the offense either. Let's face it, the guy was horrible. It's not easy to pull off a WAR of negative 1.8.
Hanley was brutal this year except for his power surge in April. How much of it was s*** luck and how much was his own doing, who knows. But I too would be happy to see him go. Once he stopped playing we started playing like a good ball team.
They will probably have Pineda ready to come in right behind him. In fact Girardi will probably be setting up the entire staff for that game. As he should, it's the whole season now.
According to Forbes Magazine the Red Sox gross income last year was 370 million.
The team's market value or projected selling price was 2.1 billion.
http://www.forbes.com/mlb-valuations