 The Red Sox eventually won the World Series in a four-game sweep over the Rockies, giving Ellsbury his first career championship title.Heading into the 2008 season, Ellsbury was ranked the 13th-best prospect in baseball by "Baseball America", the 16th-best prospect by "Baseball Prospectus", and the 19th-best prospect by "ESPN Scouts Inc".Ellsbury hit .224, with .291 on-base percentage (OBP), and a .347 slugging percentage in 16 spring training games and started in center field on Opening Day of the 2008 Major League Baseball season against the Oakland Athletics on March 25 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.