I don't disagree that he's been jerked around, but in 2016 they had Vazquez coming back from the injury, and they had Hanigan, who Ben had signed to a 2-year deal. If the plan was for Vazquez to be the #1, where did Swihart fit on the roster?
JBJ finished 5th in voting for MLB center fielders in the 2017 Fielding Bible awards, after a 4th place finish in 2016. That's some solid recognition from independent commentators right there.
This is the rare occasion I have to defend Stork. Unless he edited it out of his post, he didn't actually suggest trading ERod for a reliever, he just said he was a trade chip, after mocking the idea of trading JBJ for a reliever.
Yes, but we're 29-14, a winning % of .674.
The 3 Red Sox teams that won the World Series in our lifetimes had average winning %s of about .600.
We can't control what the Yanks are doing. They're a really good team and they had a hellacious hot streak just like we did before that.