They have no problem with bad PR (see 2011 offseason and all the nonsense that went on then).
Dumping Farrell wouldn't have hurt TV ratings (they got rid of the popular Orsillo). Dumping Farrell wouldn't have hurt ticket sales (no one goes to Fenway to see the manager).
Mookie's was .994 in AA. After that, they moved him to AAA for 45 games. I don't see why people want to rush Benintendi. He's not really knocking the door down right now.
Ortiz had already played well during the 2002 postseason. Furthermore, Ortiz had twice the amount of hits in the 2003 ALDS as Trout has had in his ENTIRE postseason career. Terrible argument.
#neversarcasm
This team needs to win as much as they can at home before they spend the majority of the second half on the road. When you have a lead against one of the worst teams in baseball, you need to put them away. They should have gone 3-1 at the very least. That series was inexcusable.
Not hitting for Workman late in the game when Napoli was on the bench.
Not moving on from Salty sooner. Sox really needed Ross' defense and Salty's bat wasn't doing enough to keep him in the lineup.
Used Gomes over Nava too often.
Too slow to get Xander playing time when he played well down the stretch. Drew's bat was terrible and Middlebrooks wasn't doing anything. Salty and Middlebrooks combined to really screw up the end of game 3.
O'Sullivan's career WAR is -2.3. He's a veteran AAAA starter.
There really weren't.
No one said the market for Buchholz was sky high, just that he is an asset that has value.
He's a perfectly adequate starter with a reasonable contract (only $13M!).
Acquiring a temporary replacement for LF, until Young comes back, is basically GM'ing 101. It should be easy to find a guy like that. Promoting Benintendi to do that is just a panic move, imo.
Couldn't even win a series against the Twins. Farrell is a rollercoaster ride. The Sox need a steadier hand, which Lovullo seemed to wield last year. There's no downside to moving on from Farrell, a guy that has shown horrible instincts both on and off the field.
Who praised him the first year? He lucked into a WS and made a ton of weird moves when he got there. People sang Ben's praises in 2013 and rightfully so. I don't remember anyone saying Farrell was above average.
And if people are hot for Lovullo because Farrell leaves a lot to be desired, great!
Over the last 4 seasons, Buch's earned an average value of $13.4M according to the Fangraphs Tribune.
2016 is a lost year. There's a good chance he'll have a very productive season next year.