Nexus wrote:

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These are some truly priceless quotes from Bay's agent, per Bradford at WEEI (link):

"I think the only defensive statistic that I know for sure that is easily measurable is outfield assists and errors committed, and Jason is just the third outfielder in major league history to lead the league in outfield assists while not creating an error all season, the last guy being Carl Yastrzemski," the agent said.

"If you go back to Jason's days back in Pittsburgh, he's all over the map," Urbon explained. "But the one thing that is clear to me is that some of the range on balls over his head he's gotten worse -- of course, because the ball is hitting the wall. But his arm has gotten better and maybe that makes sense because he's got a shorter throw.

"But I really think that the most important of all of this is let's not over-focus on the defense. We used to not focus on defense at all as a free agent. Now it seems like that's all we're focusing on and there has to be a reason for it."

"I think the most important thing about Jason Bay is that he is truly the most complete player in this free-agent class. I don't think, I know," the agent said. "If you take what we've divided into six categories - offense, defense, baserunning, consistency/durability, intangibles, handling the media, and the ability to succeed on a platform like Boston - and you look at them, there's not a more complete player in this free agent market this year, and arguably last year, as well."

Wow.