Bogey is still helpless against the slider. We should have had Clint Eastwood scout him. He would have heard that he had "Trouble With The Curve." It is as simple as that and it will keep him from getting to the next level offensively.
I am still quite impressed with Miggy, AGon and Beckett in a 2 year period, but DD is stronger at trading than drafting. He has done that pretty consistently during his career. Anyone who thinks he overpaid for Sale (a top 5 MLB Starter in his prime and with a salary that is 60% of Porcello's) must be smoking crack.
Ben was out of his depth as a GM and completely incompetent when it came to pitching. What he left behind on the pitching mound was a steaming pile of s***.
J.D. had a terrible season that year. His kid was going through torture. I don;t remember the details, but I remember something about a body cast and lots of pain. When that story hit, the fans took it easy on him, and then he hit that Grand Slam in the ALCS. His biggest hit of the season. It would be surprising if under these circumstances that Kimbrel could approach the perfect season that he had last year.
He also drafted Curtis Granderson, Cameron Maybin, Andrew Miller, Porcello, Alex Avila, Nick Castellanos, and Drew Smyly while with the Tigers, Not too bad considering that he had low picks and some years he had no first round picks.
DD did draft AGon and Beckett in back to back years while with the Marlins -- not too shabby. In the year he drafted Beckett, he signed Miguel Cabrera as an amateur free agent. You could build a pretty good team around those guys.
On a serious note, if Pedroia comes back healthy, where will Nunez get his playing time? We have 2 first basemen. He isn't a very good Shortstop. He could spell Pedroia at 2nd once a week, but where else will he get playing time... the OF?