A Realistic View at 2021: Part I

[notin]

Should have signed Jayson Werth rather than a second CFer.

I suspected they knew Ellsbury was leaving so they got their replacement when he was available rather than waiting..

[mvp 78]

I suspected they knew Ellsbury was leaving so they got their replacement when he was available rather than waiting..

They were worried about Ells leaving 3+ years later?

[moonslav59]

True.

Chalk me up as one who gets overly critical of many FA signings. But sometimes I will admit the failure is on the part of the player and not on the notion of bringing him to Boston. Carl Crawford was a massive flop, but I did understand why they signed him. Or at least I had my own completely unsupported theory as to why the move made sense...

I hated the signing from day one.

CC had bad splits and 7 years was 3-4 years too long. (I remember calling him a "glorified platoon player" on that other blog.)

Now, I never expected him to be THAT bad.

[mvp 78]

I hated the signing from day one.

CC had bad splits and 7 years was 3-4 years too long. (I remember calling him a "glorified platoon player" on that other blog.)

Now, I never expected him to be THAT bad.

Never trust the "sign that guy because he's a Red Sox killer" guys.

[moonslav59]

Never trust the "sign that guy because he's a Red Sox killer" guys.

That, too.

Had we not traded CC, we might be looking at that signing as the worst ever.