Chris Young to Red Sox

743 OPS having played for Arizona, Oakland, the New York Mets and New York Yankees.

The Sox reached an agreement on a multiyear contract with free-agent outfielder Chris Young, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.

So what does this mean for the current Red Sox outfield of Mookie Betts, Rusney Castillo and Jackie Bradley Jr.?

The Red Sox have now made two significant moves before the Winter Meetings, which begin next week in Nashville. Against lefty pitching, he hit.

On the surface, signing Young makes flawless sense, especially with Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski publicly expressing his desire to add an outfielder this offseason. 453 slugging percentage in 140 games for the Yankees in 2015. He has excellent numbers against lefties, with a.263/.362/.474 line yielding an. Castillo has been injury-prone in his brief major-league career while posting a career on-base rate of just.302. But both Bradley and Castillo remain unproven despite the glimpses they showed in 2015.

Though advance defensive metrics suggest that the 32-year-old has declined from one of the best outfielders in the game to roughly average, he’s capable of playing all three outfield spots, meaning that the Sox can use him – along with the leftthanded Brock Holt – to manage the playing time of Betts, Bradley, and Castillo. He’s hit same-handed pitchers at a career.224/.293/.411 clip. Boston will be his fifth team, most recently with the New York Yankees last season. He’s also a dead pull hitter, which should enable to take full avantage of Fenway Park’s dimensions. Once a promising five-tool prospect, Young is merely a platoon player at this point.