Could be. But how often have the Sox made a meaningful acquisition in a fire sale?
Seems like something else the franchise is not good at.
Rick Porcello would count, I guess, they sort of got him for Lester. But they had to pay him a bundle, too.
I WAS 100% convinced that the issue was all Devers, but I'm rapidly coming around to the idea that Breslow is a terrible manager and that this could have been handled much better by someone else.
Nice that he has turned it around. Sad that the guy whose bat we're most excited about still only has a .636 OPS - 83 points below major league average.
8th on the team in PA's.
bWAR -0.2
fWAR -0.3
Should be jettisoned, honestly. Close the books on Chaim's Folly.
They should actually release Story and Yoshida simultaneously, just for the poetry of it.
I will give Sam one tiny merit point for at least admitting that this season is embarrassing. That was a few weeks ago. It keeps getting more embarrassing. If the Sox drop the next 5 they'll be on pace for 100 losses.
FWIW the conspiracy theory is that Breslow is the man dictating the organization's hitting approach and the organization's hitting approach is misguided and rigid and players are frustrated with it and all that stuff.