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whodunnit
Eovaldi? That’s hilarious. Perhaps if they want to lose they should. Tanaka or Servino are the better options, seriously….
East Coast Bias
The Yankees’ moves of trading for Eovaldi and Didi are paying off right now, as is the non-trade of Severino. Too bad the Jays are in beast mode and can’t be caught!
Disagree with Sherman though. Tanaka is the ace and Severino is the second best option.
Fever Pitch Guy
Add Porcello for Cespedes to the list of Dombrowski fleecings. Thanks to that ridiculous trade, the Sox in essence received for Jon Lester a pitcher with a five and a half ERA who will be paid $95M over 5 years. That alone warranted Ben’s removal as GM.
mookiessnarl
Let’s let the contract start before we call it a bust. Plenty of pitchers had bad first seasons with the Red Sox before going on to be successful. See Beckett, Josh and Lackey, John.
ianthomasmalone
I don’t see why you would use that example, which wasn’t the trade at all, when you could point to the Lackey trade instead. Putting aside the Lackey retiring threats, taking on Craig’s salary given his performance and lack of clear position on the Sox was just silly when Lackey was going to be paid the league minimum.
Porcello hasn’t worked out. Doesn’t mean that trading Lester for Cespedes and the comp pick wasn’t a a smart move. The extension seems like an unnecessary risk, but it doesn’t really reflect on what he did with Lester.
rmullig2
Technically the Sox had to kick in a couple of prospects in that deal too. Sot it’s worse than you said.
bradthebluefish
Sherman is reading too much into Eovaldi’s 13-2 / W-L record. Eovaldi has been doing great but he’s still not an innings guy like Tanaka nor is he as consistent. Servino has been great but it is debatable who the #2 is between him and Eovaldi.