| wait, whats this about Manny banging Cabrera's wife?
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Anyway, on a serious note, it does seem as if the Red Sox have been much less successful with their moves in recent times, and I really don't have an explanation.
As poorly as Beckett has pitched this year, he does have excellent "stuff", and may be great down the road. One thing I've heard about him is that he's stubborn and proud, and feels like he can just keep blowing his fastball past guys. You can get away with that when you're an NL pitcher in a pitcher's park, but in Boston, facing the likes of Vlad, Tejada, Thome, Konerko, A-Rod, Giambi, etc., that just doesn't fly. However, he's only 26 years old (born exactly 6 days after me, actually...) and might have the time to "get it".
As for the people they gave up for him, well...prospects are just that: prospects. They might be good, they might suck. But, let's say you think Hanley Ramirez will be a star, you kinda have to value him somewhere below where you would value an established major league star, since you are basing your assessment on potential, rather than results.
Sometimes moves just don't work out, and sometimes they work in bunches (as they did with Schilling and Ortiz). |