He had never caught for Pomeranz before the trade, so why would it be a Pomeranz move?
They picked him up because Hanigan was injured and they wanted a solid backup to Leon while Vazquez was still playing in AAA.
If I worked with Yankees fans, it could be annoying. Fortunately, I don't have many Yankees fans in my life. Honestly, the most annoying Yankees fans I ever had to deal with were in CA.
Career MILB numbers:
Hernandez - .320/.396 430 k's 131 bb's
Holt - .373-.410 277k's 187 bb's
Hernandez has a little more pure power (i.e. HR's) than Holt, but he strikes out a ton, walks less and still has a lower slugging than Holt.
Then feel free to look at the rest of Marco's MILB numbers which are still not as good as Brock's were.
Just because he's played well over a short stretch, doesn't mean that Hernandez has suddenly turned into a MLB regular.
Holt has a much higher OPS in AAA than Hernandez has. Once Hernandez has been up in the majors long enough to be charted, he'll start to struggle. It's not like his bat was setting the world on fire in AAA this year.
The Sox are beating up on bad pitching and struggling in low scoring games. It's a sign of a good regular season team that will lose quietly in the postseason.
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He's not overpaid today. He'll probably be overpaid tomorrow.
He has had a terrific bounce back season. I won't take that away from him. Let's see if he can keep it up.
Really?
He let Lester and Lackey go.
He had 3 last place finishes under his watch.
He was a player development guy who was unable to develop any pitchers.
He wasn't "horrible," but he wasn't much more than mediocre.