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Post by scottysmalls on Sept 13, 2016 21:53:16 GMT -5
Beltre should be a surefire Hall of Famer, but he's not really talked about like that. Except for his lost years in Seattle, he's been consistently great. And one of the bigger "what ifs?" in recent Sox baseball history. *True story: before the trade we were looking for a 1B, and my first recommendation was to deal for a fading top prospect named Adrian Gonzalez, whom I was convinced was the real deal. I remember Josh Byrnes e-mailing me and asking for a version of my rationale in a nutshell*, so I know they took the idea seriously (they also later took a flier on my second choice, Carlos Pena). The Rangers traded him to the Padres six weeks after the Beckett trade; I spent the whole time in between hoping we could unload Lowell and get AGon. So there's another irony in the whole "Which Adrian?" dilemma from 2010 and 2011: the Sox might have had Beltre in 2005 or Gonzalez in 2006. *I thought his year in the PCL at age 23 was still very promising -- and in retrospect, Davenport has him at a .298 Peak Translation, so my rough calculations were in a similar range. I just want to comment that this perspective from inside the front office is really fascinating for me to hear, and I love these anecdotes.
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Post by brianthetaoist on Sept 14, 2016 9:45:06 GMT -5
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