Originally Posted by Larry Cook
Yup. The only time Mookie's name should come up on this forum is when the SOX play the Dodgers, which won't be for a long time.
Yup. The only time Mookie's name should come up on this forum is when the SOX play the Dodgers, which won't be for a long time.
Look what this prescient guy said right after the trade!
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
The day the music died.
Jeter Downs was DFA. This trade gets worse and worse…
I'm not sure the trade is worse because of the DFA. We already knew Downs sucked.
Downs - bad
Wong - backup catcher at best
Verdugo - turned into LF only defender with average bat
This is not an adequate haul for Betts even if you are getting salary relief.
Fingers crossed that Wong makes the trade look a little better.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
There are no good comps though, really.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
This trade was bad from day one.Fuck this shit.
@itsbrianbarrett
Fangraphs WAR
Since 2020
Mookie
13.2 (8th in MLB)
Mookie return
5.1
Difference
8.1 (that’s basically Teoscar Hernandez during that time)
Should have just re-signed him. I think this trade forever changed my view of this ownership.
I agree with your statement.
As for the verdict on the trade, we can't leave out the differences in payroll costs.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
Second paragraph in Bloom's bio: In the first major move of his short-lived career as CBO, he engineered what he mistakenly thought was a trade of Hall of Famer for Hall of Famer... however, as Chaim later excused, "Actually, I was formulating a new calculus -- making changes for Red Sox fans that both exorcised old demons and repossessed them as allies: Mookie (as in Wilson) for Jeter (as in personalized Fox Network TV cam that follows fist pumps on the diamond, in the dugout, clubhouse, on the team bus, charter, and private dance cubicles for gentlemen everywhere )."
The difference in fWAR value is about $64M less the savings from Price, I guess.
The money would have mattered if the Sox used it rather than pocketed it.
They were never c going to get an adequate haul. How many superstar players traded in their final year got back a haul? I’m sure there are some, but not as many as you think…
Betts may be the best player of this generation not named Trout. Letting him go and not getting anything back substantial is embarrassing. Think of all the deadline deals where decent prospects are obtained.
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