Red Sox (Gray) vs Pirates (Jones): 08/15/26, 7:15 PM

[moonslav59]

He's a 1.2 to 2.2

[FredLynn]

4 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

So, BresLOW the "idiot" traded scarps for a #3SP'er who is pitching like a 1-2.

He signed Suarez and traded for Durbin, instead of signing Bregman.

He traded scraps for Contreras who many felt was not a big bat, but he turned out to be one.

He signed guys like T Guerrero and got Monasterio and Seigler as throw-in.

With idiots like him, who needs morons?

He did some good stuff but didn’t finish the job. We both were calling for at least one more good bat. I’d give him a D for his effort this past winter. We could have been much better. 

[moonslav59]

7 hours ago, FredLynn said:

He did some good stuff but didn’t finish the job. We both were calling for at least one more good bat. I’d give him a D for his effort this past winter. We could have been much better. 

Every GM with a limited budget leaves something undone or at a point they wish was stronger.

I do agree we left a couple holes, but to me, that's on JH and the budget. Brez was nearly perfect on almost every significant decision and a few lesser ones, too.

He's made mistakes, but the balance between good moves and bad moves is very wide, IMO. Had he been handed a budget of $20-30M more....

 

[FredLynn]

3 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Every GM with a limited budget leaves something undone or at a point they wish was stronger.

I do agree we left a couple holes, but to me, that's on JH and the budget. Brez was nearly perfect on almost every significant decision and a few lesser ones, too.

He's made mistakes, but the balance between good moves and bad moves is very wide, IMO. Had he been handed a budget of $20-30M more....

 

Henry certainly bears a part of the failure to constitute a competitive team (for a ring), but the bottom line is that BresLOW failed to come through completely. He did a half assed job.

[moonslav59]

2 hours ago, FredLynn said:

Henry certainly bears a part of the failure to constitute a competitive team (for a ring), but the bottom line is that BresLOW failed to come through completely. He did a half assed job.

He spent to his limit, saved on FA costs by paying just $40M for Gray & Contreras combined. Suarez looks like a good contract, especially when you couple it with the Durbin, Monasterio & Seigler deal, as Bregman and Harrison costs more than Suarez, Durbin & Co. He spent $6M on IKF and traded some scraps for Oviedo, but expecting him to add Alonso or Cease for IKF's money, or someone else via trade is rather picky and extreme.

Yes, some holes were left, but Brez filled 3 major holes very well and 3-4 moderate ones pretty well, and considering what budget and trade assets he had, he seemingly used them very well.

Did you want him to trade Tolle or Arias? Spend more than he could?

Without using hindsight only reasoning, explain how he gets Schwarber or Alonso with the same budget. Who do we not add instead, and wouldn't that be a new hole created?

 

[FredLynn]

6 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

He spent to his limit, saved on FA costs by paying just $40M for Gray & Contreras combined. Suarez looks like a good contract, especially when you couple it with the Durbin, Monasterio & Seigler deal, as Bregman and Harrison costs more than Suarez, Durbin & Co. He spent $6M on IKF and traded some scraps for Oviedo, but expecting him to add Alonso or Cease for IKF's money, or someone else via trade is rather picky and extreme.

Yes, some holes were left, but Brez filled 3 major holes very well and 3-4 moderate ones pretty well, and considering what budget and trade assets he had, he seemingly used them very well.

Did you want him to trade Tolle or Arias? Spend more than he could?

Without using hindsight only reasoning, explain how he gets Schwarber or Alonso with the same budget. Who do we not add instead, and wouldn't that be a new hole created?

 

Part of the problem, as I said, is that Henry is too cheap to provide the funds to sign enough quality players to form a team that can compete for a ring. But the bottom line is this: BresLOW failed to construct a team that competes for a ring most years. If the Rays (and other teams with a lower budget but a better GM) can do it in a budget that is far less I expect our GM to do it too.