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hyraxwithaflamethrower
Nats have a funny idea of “aggressively”, considering the story at the time was they weren’t willing to part with any decent prospects or take on all of Robertson’s salary. Don’t know how they expected to get a deal done if they weren’t willing to give the Sox either of the things they wanted.
bollo
Nats stole Eaton. The rookies they gave up aren’t as good as the sox thought they’d be. But then again the sox front office is a group of failures. They haven’t produced anyone from their system that’s been successful in years.
thor would look better in red
I would have to say that Sale was pretty successful as well as Quintana and Anderson is starting to look like a stud. But, you are right three players in 5 years is probably the worst I can think of maybe the Padres have been worse but the Sox have not been good at all.
chesteraarthur
Kenny Williams is a failure, Rick Hahn seems like he’s a pretty smart dude who has a good idea of what he’s doing.
Their position player development has certainly been lacking in recent years. I’m not sure if that’s on the front office, player development, or luck. I guess you could argue that since the front office is in charge or hiring player development people that it’s their fault though.
hyraxwithaflamethrower
No idea what that has to do with my comment. I’m talking about the Robertson trade, not the Eaton one.
theruns
The 3 pitchers they got are all 22 years old, I highly doubt the Sox (or anybody) are judging them off of 2 or 3 April starts.
There are plenty of other teams who will take their chances on Giolito if they are ready to give up on him lol.
Dunning is a talented dude too, he’s a 1st round pick with legit stuff who has been fantastic in his first few SAL starts.(1 ER in his first 20 IP, with 26 K.)
lesterdnightfly
If the sample is too small to judge the 3 pitchers you cited, why is it large enough for you to drool over what Dunning has done?
bjd1207
Agressively means offering more money to Jansen then he eventually took, and similar offers for Melancon. By the time of the Robertson talk they had already dealt their top two pitching prospects, and all they said was Robles was off the table. Everyone else was fair game, though I understand if the Sox couldn’t find a package they liked from those. But the Nats def aggressively pursued mulitple options like the article says
hyraxwithaflamethrower
They may have pursued Melancon and Jansen aggressively, but as noted here: mlbtraderumors.com/2017/02/nationals-white-sox-sti…, they didn’t seem to be that aggressive in going after Robertson. When the Sox signed him, I thought his salary was very high, but after the contracts signed this offseason, it looks pretty fair, especially when you consider nearly half of his runs last season came in just two outings.
Toksoon
He was already under contract they tried to trade for him
mikeyank55
At great that Donnie shows such great leadership. Managing is far more than going every record while you squeeze the life out of a pitcher’s arm. Protecting your players shows true commitment to the team and I bet it will pay him back in spades.
Compare this action against what the genius running the Mets did under similar circumstances. “TC” left Johan Santana in for 135 pitches (best guess–no corrections needed as the number was absurd anyway) to complete a no hitter. It was the pinnacle in the pitcher’s comeback from years of rehab.
He was NEVER THE SAME AGAIN !
gocincy
And what did the Mets have to do with this story? Oh, nothing, they’re just your personal obsession. You need a sub-Reddit for this obsession.
metseventually 2
Totally.