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Post by kungfuizzy on Dec 13, 2017 18:04:27 GMT -5
6/180. Hopefully the signing that ends Dombrowski. 6/195. It’s going to be a disgusting albatross of a contract. I hope that you’re right about the other thing. DD has been an absolute disaster.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Dec 9, 2017 15:48:08 GMT -5
Yenci Pena just signed with the Rangers. Looks like the Sox are going to just sit on the sidelines with these guys. Amazing. Anyways it doesn't help the go for broke mentality so I shouldn't be surprised here. Yeah maybe they have some wonderful players slotted for this money that they'll use next year who knows. But some decent prospects other than Maitan were signed. Sox will have the 30th ranked system in no time if they keep neglecting the farm.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Dec 8, 2017 14:22:26 GMT -5
The Diamondbacks claimed Owens. Not surprising given who runs their dugout and front office. Owens wasn't that great. He really fell off. But what was the reason of completely removing him from the 40 man? DD couldn't get something from a team that was pretty quick to claim him? Kind of crappy asset management. Even though he wasn't much of an asset anymore. Cash? Someone who was left unprotected in the Rule 5 draft? International Signing money?
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Post by kungfuizzy on Dec 5, 2017 12:48:50 GMT -5
Welp cross another one off the list. I remember a time where the pipeline was almost as important as the big club. Wonder what the Angels got Maitan for? Its a massive signing for that system. Sox going to completely sit out on these former Braves prospects?
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 30, 2017 15:35:35 GMT -5
If a team doesn’t win the World Series, can you honestly say you got no enjoyment at all from watching them for the entire season? I don’t think baseball is right for you if that’s the case. I really enjoyed the last two seasons, especially watching the kids blossom and struggle and figure things out and I’m counting on enjoying at least 2-3 more years under a smart young manager. I think it’s more likely that I win the next two PowerBalls than the Red Sox have thought about blowing the team up for more than two seconds. 2016 was enjoyable yes. Last year? That was the one of the most joyless teams I've watched play. The bright spots was Devers and Benny. Other than that nothing else really. I saw a team that took a big step back while carrying an almost 200 million dollar payroll. So when you hold a payroll like that your goal needs to be winning the World Series.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 30, 2017 15:33:11 GMT -5
Understood, but what happens when Xander bolts or gets overpaid? JBJ in 2020? Not to mention all of the other players coming up? Can we agree that the Red Sox will not win the World Series next year? So why not at least trade the guys you know are going to test the market like Pomeranz Xander and Kimbrel? JBJ is going to be an awful contract for whoever gives it to him in a couple years. Take one step backward to take two forward. 1) Give him a QO and receive draft pick compensation. 2) See 1) 3) No really though, it's ok if guys leave as free agents sometimes. It happens. 4) You are unrealistically pessimistic, my friend. Rather than the broad generalities of saying this team has no chance, let me ask you to provide this: In what specific ways do you expect last year's 93-win team to get WORSE this coming season? Because I can point to at least three major ways you can expect them to be better this year: starter at 3B is now a competent major league baseball player; David Price, in theory, pitches more than 1/3 of a season; team will acquire a middle-of-the-order hitter for 1B/DH. I'd also say it's fair to speculate that Bogaerts, now healthy, will be much better. Maybe make that 2a along with the Price thing, since his health is uncertain. So again, I ask - how is last year's 93-win team any WORSE in 2018? They lost no significant free agents and can be expected to have better health after an unlucky year on that front. Okay so give Kimbrel Xander and Pomeranz QO's then what? You get someone in the draft probably about 4 years away from seeing the majors as opposed to trading them now and getting someone who might end up being apart of the 2018 team. I see an opportunity for this organization to do what the Yankees did and trade off pieces and get cost controlled talented players in return. None of these three with the possible exception of Kimbrel should be resigned so I'm okay with them leaving for nothing if it comes to that. The team is not actually going to be worse than 2017, heck it might even be slightly better. However, will the Astros become better having another year of experience? Yes. The Indians? Yes. Even though they're losing Santana. That's an extremely resourceful organization. They'll get someone like Matt Adams and semi duplicate Santana for pennies on the dollar. The Yankees will be better as well than last year. Theres about 4 or 5 other teams depending on how free agency shakes out who could be on the same level as Boston or slightly below when the season starts. Think of it as the Western Conference in the NBA. Are you content with being the Clippers of the last few years or do you want to take that step back with the reward potentially being a dynasty. They don't even need to do it multiple years. They have a good core. Just this year is where it makes the most sense.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 30, 2017 14:41:26 GMT -5
A few points -The Sox have ZERO chance. Did you not just see the team that won the WS? A home grown monster. Kuechel, Altuve Springer, Correa, Bregman, Verlander. The Sox cannot touch that. Yes they got "closer" this year. -The 2013 Sox was a team that I love and cherish but that was the one and a million team that got insanely lucky. They had no business making the playoffs let alone winning it all. We all know that. -Pedroia has his 10-5 rights but guys wave those all the time to go to a better situation. I'm not saying cut him because I think Pedey can still be a semi productive player but he really has no future here. Better to give him a shot elsewhere. -Wasting Betts and Sale's prime would be giving them a situation where they actually become better off in the long run? They aren't going anywhere with this roster. What do the Sox gain from letting Kimbrel Xander and Pomeranz walk next year? Or worse how about overpaying them? Then the player turns from an asset to a net negative. You mean they can't touch the team they got a couple outs from forcing a winner-take-all game 5 in the ALDS? I understand when some people take a more pessimistic view on things, but this is just going way overboard entirely. Once you make the playoffs anything can happen. To say that this team has zero chance of winning the WS is insane. Can they make the playoffs? They most certainly can, which means they definitely have a chance of winning. The Astros are obviously a great team, but anything can happen in a long series like the playoffs. On top of that, there is a chance that really anything can happen in sports. Can the Padres win the WS next year? It would be highly unlikely, but if things break right and many of there players improve over last year than sure they have a chance. There is almost never a 0% chance before the season actually begins because you have absolutely no idea what is truly going to occur. You asserting that there is zero chance as of this moments doesn't help your point, it only makes it look like you are trolling. They can make the playoffs. Not questioning that. But there is legitimately zero chance they can make the World Series. They just don't have the horses. Seriously, who do you consider untradeable on this team? Sale, Betts, Benny, and Devers. I just gave you 5 or 6 players from the Astros alone. Cleveland you have more of the same issues. Yankees are going to be there if they aren't already the prospects they have are too damn good not to be. Thats two or three teams right there ahead of you in the American League. Sure a couple of bounces and yes the Sox would have forced Game 5. But can you ever truly say you watched that series and expected the Sox to win? The answer is no. The one outlier is Anaheim. If they can get actual players around Trout who is the best player in baseball then they don't need the core the Astros or Cleveland has in the American League.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 30, 2017 14:07:27 GMT -5
Hell no. I want a potentially homegrown team that can win multiple titles. You can't tell me that the team as constructed right now can do that. They won two division titles. Great. Raise the banners. 2016 and 2017 AL East Champions. The Yankees from going backwards in 2016 will be able to raise AL East banners from 2018-2024 and 1 or 2 WS ones potentially. Why? Because they hit the reset button. As for JimEd your question of why you don't trade Mookie is very simple. You still need top end talent. He's an MVP candidate and Sale is a Cy Young candidate on a yearly basis. Those pieces you keep. Xander? Trade. JBJ? He's replaceable. Trade him. But you can absolutely reboot this entire farm system with players that have SIX years of control as opposed to having to pay JBJ and Xander top money when they aren't worth it. Paying Porcello that contract after this one. Pomeranz whatever he's going to want after next year. This team has zero shot at a ring next year so why not cash in on players who are going to be free agents soon? You want Kimbrel back after 2018? Do what the Yankees did with Chapman and sign him back. Price Hanley and Pedroia can be had for international spending pool money for all I care. You do know that Pedroia is a 10-5 guy and can't be traded without his permission, right? And the team has 0 shot next year? Really. They won 93 games, had underperformances from a lot of players, will likely upgrade either the DH/1b position and have a staff headed by Sale, Price, and Pomeranz with Kimbrel heading the bullpen. Yeah, they totally suck. It's amazing - you get the yahoos who can't understand a scenario in which the Red Sox don't win 100 games in the upcoming season (the same yahoos who couldn't see how the Patriots could actually lose a game this season). And then there's you on the opposite end of the spectrum. The Red Sox most certainly do have an excellent chance of making the post-season, and certainly a solid chance at making serious noise in the playoffs, and they could even win it all if everything breaks right for them. The 2013 Red Sox didn't look nearly this good! Your pronouncement that the Red Sox have 0% chance is asinine. And you want to rebuild(destroy) this team but keep Sale and Betts? Why? So the Red Sox can win 75 games and not get the best returns on their most valuable players? If you're going to blow it up you go all the way, and doing so when the Sox clearly have 2 if not 3 years of having a realistically solid shot of winning the Championship, is absolutely moronic. What good is it if you waste Mookie's or Sale's best years when it doesn't matter, watch him leave for little or nothing, and then have some kids coming up who by time they come wish they had a Sale or Mookie available to them in their prime. And YOU complain about Dombrowski as GM? Sheesh. A few points -The Sox have ZERO chance. Did you not just see the team that won the WS? A home grown monster. Kuechel, Altuve Springer, Correa, Bregman, Verlander. The Sox cannot touch that. Yes they got "closer" this year. -The 2013 Sox was a team that I love and cherish but that was the one and a million team that got insanely lucky. They had no business making the playoffs let alone winning it all. We all know that. -Pedroia has his 10-5 rights but guys wave those all the time to go to a better situation. I'm not saying cut him because I think Pedey can still be a semi productive player but he really has no future here. Better to give him a shot elsewhere. -Wasting Betts and Sale's prime would be giving them a situation where they actually become better off in the long run? They aren't going anywhere with this roster. What do the Sox gain from letting Kimbrel Xander and Pomeranz walk next year? Or worse how about overpaying them? Then the player turns from an asset to a net negative.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 30, 2017 13:58:00 GMT -5
The reason the Red Sox don't have a Torres and Frazier on the farm is because Benintendi and Devers shot through the minor leagues so fast. Understood, but what happens when Xander bolts or gets overpaid? JBJ in 2020? Not to mention all of the other players coming up? Can we agree that the Red Sox will not win the World Series next year? So why not at least trade the guys you know are going to test the market like Pomeranz Xander and Kimbrel? JBJ is going to be an awful contract for whoever gives it to him in a couple years. Take one step backward to take two forward.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 30, 2017 13:53:37 GMT -5
The Yankees traded two relievers, one of whom had an expiring contract and they resigned later, their catcher who was relegated to backup duties when surpassed by Gary Sanchez, and their part-time DH. They did this at the trading deadline of season in which they were under .500. They're also worse than the Red Sox, and older. I disagree with them being worse than Boston. Yankees have an excellent core, not to mention they have Torres and Frazier in the farm (Both acquired for those two relievers). Sox really have no one even close to that in their system. Miller and Chapman are big time players. Lets not kid ourselves and make it seem like they traded Adam Warren. After 2018 Xander and JBJ become pricey. Xander gets his 150 and JBJ gets closer to his free agency payday. Years of control comes into play too.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 30, 2017 13:40:20 GMT -5
Rebuild, but keep everyone who is really good. Should work. Yankees did it. Keep Benentendi Devers Sale Betts. Anyone else can be moved. If you believe they only have 4 really good players then thats the issue. True contending teams could use guys like X JBJ Porcello Price to get over the hump.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 30, 2017 13:38:52 GMT -5
Why keep Mookie? He'd be a FA by the time the team was rebuilt. Why keep ERod? Why keep Sale? When was the last team to completely blow themselves up for a rebuild after winning the division title for 2 straight years with a young team? When was the last time a team that was young also had luxury tax issues? Pablo you can't do anything about. He's dead money. Thats 40 million right there. Hanley will hit his vesting part of the contract he's going to be another 40 + million over 2 years. Porcello still has value he's going to be 43 or something over the next two years. Xander is going to want at least 150 million. Bradley also switched to Boras which means more of the same there. Kimbrel will want north of 15 million a year after next year. This is the perfect time to do it. See what you have with the rest of your post prospects down in AAA. Take a 65-70 win season pick in the top 7-10 and restock the farm with those picks and the young talent you get from trading guys who are probably gone anyways.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 30, 2017 13:34:56 GMT -5
What about blowing it up? Keep Sale. Thats fine. But trade Kimbrel for prospects. Pedroia can be dealt in July if he shows that he's healthy. Bradley would have a ton of value to a contender. Porcello would be a nice chip as would Pomeranz. Xander would get a haul as well. Do what the Yankees did two years ago. Then if you want to resign Kimbrel in the offseason next year then go ahead. But they need to punt in order to restock the farm. Tank for the best pick possible then get back on track what they were before 2016 which was a player development machine. So my idea is to deal Xander, Pomeranz, Porcello, Bradley and Kimbrel for high end prospects. Hanley, Pedroia and Price for whatever they can get for them. Then run out this team for 2018 C-Vazquez 1B-Travis 2B-Holt SS-Nunez (Resign 1 year 11 mil option for a 2nd) 3B-Devers LF-Benentendi CF-Maybin (1 year 10 million) RF-Betts DH-Brentz (Or if Otani picks the Sox for some reason that would be amazing) Rotation Sale Erod Wright Velasquez Chatwood (Signed 2 years 18 million) Closer - Give Kelly the job and see how he handles it. Thornburg is coming back and Smith is probably 100% by the spring Yes the team is an eyesore but thats the point. The Sox have been built as a treadmill squad. Need to break it up and start relying on becoming a player development machine again. Cut the payroll down to 100-120 million for a couple of seasons. It can be done. Look at Houston. You're a Yankee fan or a Baltimore fan? I can't quite tell. Hell no. I want a potentially homegrown team that can win multiple titles. You can't tell me that the team as constructed right now can do that. They won two division titles. Great. Raise the banners. 2016 and 2017 AL East Champions. The Yankees from going backwards in 2016 will be able to raise AL East banners from 2018-2024 and 1 or 2 WS ones potentially. Why? Because they hit the reset button. As for JimEd your question of why you don't trade Mookie is very simple. You still need top end talent. He's an MVP candidate and Sale is a Cy Young candidate on a yearly basis. Those pieces you keep. Xander? Trade. JBJ? He's replaceable. Trade him. But you can absolutely reboot this entire farm system with players that have SIX years of control as opposed to having to pay JBJ and Xander top money when they aren't worth it. Paying Porcello that contract after this one. Pomeranz whatever he's going to want after next year. This team has zero shot at a ring next year so why not cash in on players who are going to be free agents soon? You want Kimbrel back after 2018? Do what the Yankees did with Chapman and sign him back. Price Hanley and Pedroia can be had for international spending pool money for all I care.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 30, 2017 12:40:30 GMT -5
What about blowing it up? Keep Sale. Thats fine. But trade Kimbrel for prospects. Pedroia can be dealt in July if he shows that he's healthy. Bradley would have a ton of value to a contender. Porcello would be a nice chip as would Pomeranz. Xander would get a haul as well. Do what the Yankees did two years ago. Then if you want to resign Kimbrel in the offseason next year then go ahead. But they need to punt in order to restock the farm. Tank for the best pick possible then get back on track what they were before 2016 which was a player development machine.
So my idea is to deal Xander, Pomeranz, Porcello, Bradley and Kimbrel for high end prospects. Hanley, Pedroia and Price for whatever they can get for them. Then run out this team for 2018
C-Vazquez 1B-Travis 2B-Holt SS-Nunez (Resign 1 year 11 mil option for a 2nd) 3B-Devers LF-Benentendi CF-Maybin (1 year 10 million) RF-Betts DH-Brentz (Or if Otani picks the Sox for some reason that would be amazing)
Rotation Sale Erod Wright Velasquez Chatwood (Signed 2 years 18 million)
Closer - Give Kelly the job and see how he handles it. Thornburg is coming back and Smith is probably 100% by the spring
Yes the team is an eyesore but thats the point. The Sox have been built as a treadmill squad. Need to break it up and start relying on becoming a player development machine again. Cut the payroll down to 100-120 million for a couple of seasons. It can be done. Look at Houston.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 28, 2017 11:08:43 GMT -5
What about this. The Sox go out and sign Darvish to whatever since he's probably coming out cheaper than Martinez. Then they move Porcello and Price for Stanton. Saves the farm and gets Price out of a place he badly wants to leave. The Marlins want to drop salary. I'd certainly kick the tires on Darvish, with an eye to moving Porcello (and Darvish would do well to get out/stay out of the brutal conditions of Texas and similar climates), but it won't be to FL. If the injuries and playoff troubles of Darvish lower his bidding enough, I like him as a Porcello replacement, particularly with no draft pick attached. But the injuries make for a dangerous game with him, and really any of these pitchers beyond Ohtani (who's basically zero-risk right now). 5+-year deals for pitchers 30 and over are massively risky. Well if Price pitches well he's going to opt out. Marlins would be left with Porcello who costs 10 million less than Stanton and is easy to move in this climate. Easy to get fans to buy into trading an MVP when getting two "front line" starters in theory as the return. Sox then sign Darvish and everyone is happy. Sox don't have prospects outside of Groome and Chaves I guess. So they need to get creative.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 28, 2017 10:49:24 GMT -5
What about this. The Sox go out and sign Darvish to whatever since he's probably coming out cheaper than Martinez. Then they move Porcello and Price for Stanton. Saves the farm and gets Price out of a place he badly wants to leave.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 27, 2017 19:35:38 GMT -5
Thinking he's a Yankee. He slots right in perfectly where Sabathia is leaving. They'll have a DH spot waiting for him as well on off days. This is the guy who the Sox should have been planning for. The Sox should be trying to find international bonus money wherever possible. Even if it means selling off guys on the roster like Holt Brentz Marrero and other fringe pieces. Someone is bound to pay. Hell I'd trade Hanley's entire poisonous contract for a minimal amount of international pool cash. This guy is going to be great. Was your only reason for this post to bash the front office? Is that the only tune you know? I don't always agree with their moves, but if you've been paying any attention at all you know that Ohtani's motivation isn't international pool cash. If you've read up his agent has given all interested teams six issues to write about and none of it has to do with money, and $ amounts are not to be discussed. As far as "planning for" what in the hell does that mean? I think he's going to NY, but he's going to go to the team that does the best answering his concerns, etc. You can't "plan" for it. You do the best recruiting job you can do and hope he picks you. Nobody can "plan" for his signing. That's silly. I hope and think the Sox give their max effort, and I don't know why they wouldn't, but you can't be mad if he doesn't choose to go there. Fit is a big thing and the Sox need a ton of production out of DH - some here disagree but I think the Sox need to essentially replace David Ortiz. It's not known if they can afford to gamble on Ohtani's bat which has question marks. They could certainly, like everybody else, use him in the rotation. If the Sox sign Ohtani and DH that means Hanley at 1b or they have to sign a lesser 1b to platoon with Hanley or sign Hosmer or Santana. They wouldn't be able to sign JD Martinez unless they play him in LF. The Yankees could simply slide Ohtani into the DH spot and DH Sanchez on the days Ohtani pitches. It's an easier fit for NY, not that I want them to get him, but they can sell the idea of him getting more playing time as a hitter than the Sox can. Its been common knowledge he was getting posted this year since 2015. So yes, they had 2 years to plan for him.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 27, 2017 19:15:50 GMT -5
Thinking he's a Yankee. He slots right in perfectly where Sabathia is leaving. They'll have a DH spot waiting for him as well on off days. This is the guy who the Sox should have been planning for. The Sox should be trying to find international bonus money wherever possible. Even if it means selling off guys on the roster like Holt Brentz Marrero and other fringe pieces. Someone is bound to pay. Hell I'd trade Hanley's entire poisonous contract for a minimal amount of international pool cash. This guy is going to be great.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 27, 2017 14:26:29 GMT -5
Sure. He would however be a pretty solid bat off the bench. Especially on those days where Hanley is too "hurt" to play 1B. The Sox don't have the minor league talent to beat out a team that actually might want him. This is what happens when you have the worst farm system in baseball. You can't even swing a trade for a soon to be non tendered Matt Adams. They can easily trade for him and our farm system is no where near as bad as YOU think. The top prospect Groome just finished a tremendous season where he saw his stock plummet from top 40 to borderline top 100. I'd say its a pretty good indication that this system is the worst in baseball. Bottom 5 at best. In a vacuum they could make a trade for Adams. But if another team wants him they can easily outbid the Sox.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 27, 2017 14:21:11 GMT -5
Matt Adams is an extreme split guy, even more than Duda. He can't hit LHP. If you needed a cheap platoon player you could do a lot worse. I think that it's just too early to trade for him now. Before you know what happens in free agency. Sure. He would however be a pretty solid bat off the bench. Especially on those days where Hanley is too "hurt" to play 1B. The Sox don't have the minor league talent to beat out a team that actually might want him. This is what happens when you have the worst farm system in baseball. You can't even swing a trade for a soon to be non tendered Matt Adams.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 21, 2017 14:23:57 GMT -5
Would the Braves prospects still be under the international signing rules? If not this is what the Sox need to do instead of going after JD Martinez or other big names. The farm needs to be rebuilt badly.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 21, 2017 9:50:35 GMT -5
Mark Appel also just got DFAed. Good. Grab him and put him in the pen. Not a big enough splash move for DD to make. But would make a ton of sense. The worst farm system in baseball can only go up and we need talent and youth any way that the Sox can get it.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Nov 21, 2017 9:49:04 GMT -5
What a bust Trey Ball was. Austin Meadows was the pick there. Why the last second change? The one blemish on Ben's sterling player development career. I guess the one positive of having the 30th best farm system in baseball thanks to DD is the fact no one is going to get taken from our rule 5 stash, except maybe Ball.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Aug 6, 2017 8:34:12 GMT -5
Still think Moncada turns out to be a better player than Profar. He can impact the game in so many ways. At the same time his strikeout issues could keep him from ever becoming an elite player. He could still bust out after a few rough years like Bradley did. He has a ton of talent. Hes so young. I still think he's a future MVP. Kopech has filthy stuff. Short term Boston got the better end but over the next decade its still Chicago. If I could do the trade over again I'd hold at keeping Moncada. Its a fair deal but when Sale is getting paid by Henry 30 million a year Moncada will still be on his rookie contract taking the league by storm.
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Post by kungfuizzy on Aug 3, 2017 12:25:30 GMT -5
Thank god Ownership stepped in and stopped this travesty. He's been as advertised. Overrated. He strips farms barren in order to try and chase a title everywhere he goes. Team could have Espinoza (Tommy John I know) Shaw (Possible NL MVP) Moncada Margot Kopech and others instead all they have to show for all of those deals more or less is Pomeranz Kimbrel and Sale. Fine players but 5 years from now give me Moncada Kopech Margot Shaw Espinoza and others. This guy has needed to go for a while now and can take Manager John with him. Trade Pedroia for a few prospects which they should have done two years ago. Team should be getting younger not aging. If he wants to do something good this offseason trade anyone on the roster over 31 and build like the Astros have. Put an emphasis back on player development. I never thought I would say the organization took a step back from Ben but at least we were flush with elite talent in the minors. Devers being promoted has put the Sox as a bottom 3 farm system maybe the worst in Baseball. Groome isn't a true #1 prospect he's shown more Trey Ball than anything else. So you would rather prospects over a team that leads division? You will never get enough prospects to build a title contender, without making trades. We have gone through this before, no team has done that in recent memory. You never get the hitters and pitchers to line up. Trades are a massive part of team building to fill the holes in minor league system. Look at Theo with the Cubs for a perfect example. Much rather DD, than Ben. Any day of the week. You're looking at this short term. Look at Detroit. I'm sure 5 years ago they would have rather had Miggy and Verlander than top prospects. Now they're in financial hell and have no shot of contending any time soon. Thats what DD does best. Quick fixes that set up long term rebuilds. The Sox with all of those talented players were set for a decade of dominance once the prospects graduated. However the farm has been gutted to the point where the Sox have one of if not the worst farm system in all of baseball. Take away Groome and the farm that DD has built makes Dan Duquettes tenure in Boston look excellent. You don't even need to blow it up. Just deal Pedey Hanley Pomeranz Price Porcello Kimbrel for prospects in the offseason. Do the right thing and retool this team to get them back on the right track. The Yankees are where we thought the Sox would be this year 3 years ago. Its sickening.
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