Some of it comes down to circumstances. Pedroia was a highly touted homegrown prospect. You're sort of obliged to give a guy like that some leash. He had his initiation as a callup in a dead season.
Grissom is a guy we traded for who was expected to step right in as a starter, with some MLB experience and great minor league numbers. I'm not sure how much leash they can give him.
And of course it doesn't help that the guy they traded for him is posting Cy Young numbers.
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.
Isn’t that really the entire reason for the concern? If Sale was pitching like he did from 2020-2023, or should I say NOT pitching like he did from 2020-2023, is anyone as concerned about Grissom? Or do we look at him like he’s a potential good find attached to a salary dump? But since Sale is back to bring his old self for 9 games, suddenly there is this huge need to justify the trade.
Grissom is who he is regardless of what Sale does. But it does seem like he’s not being evaluated that way…
Patience is a virtue. Let's give him a little more time to show what he can do. But at some point, he has to figure it out or someone else will take his spot. You can't keep making excuses for him indefinitely just to try and justify the trade.
Old school is good school.
Grissom got off to a bad start by being on the PUP list longer than he's now been playing. He'll get plenty of time to work on his hitting, though it will be at the MLB level. Had Valdez, Hamilton or Reyes been able to play consistent defense and hit a little, Grissom could have been given more time with WooSox
Interestingly, Dalbec, Valdez, Reyes have been hitting well at Worcester , proving they really are AAA players who cannot make the jump to MLBV pitching. Hamilton may be showing improvement with more reps lately.
Like it, or not he’s getting judged, and treated the Boston way. Like I’ve mentioned before how a new comer gets off to a start in Boston is huge, and even then sometimes what have you done for me lately wins out. O’Neil got off to a great start, but he’s been struggling for a while now, and now is not talked about to favorably. Like I’ve said many times on here a prospect/suspect is useless until they are producing in a Red Sox uniform, or traded for someone who does. At the moment Grissom is pretty much useless. Will he get better most likely, and time will tell.
A whole thread on a guys first few weeks of play?
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
But Dalbec’s numbers are skewed due to partial platoonining. And StatCast has him as far worse than Grissom. His “hot streak” that bulked him to his levels today included 3 weak infield grounders that went for singles and a “hard hit” single that reached the outfield, but was hit off Cub 1b/DH Matt Mervis…