Well, actually it looked like a combination of two things.
1. Pedroia did have the 2b job locked up.
2. Bradley was struggling mightily as a hitter.
They moved him where they needed help. Pedroia was the primary reason they didn’t need help at 2b.
Brock Holt doesn’t belong in the conversation of players moved to the OF. He was a utility player who bounced around and never played 70 games in the OF in a season…
I don’t think they are willing to spend, at least not as much as fans want.
Henry wanted Rays-level efficiency. Bloom didn’t deliver. Next up - Breslow. But at no point d did the Sox say anything about going back to being a large market.
Kia Sedona’s have full throttle,too…
For what? We’d still need a 2b (which would take $10-12mill.) And on its own, that $17mill gets what? Another question mark like Giolito? (Technically it wasn’t enough to get another Giolito.)
Yeah I’m not sweating losing Imanaga. I know nothing about him at all and have more faith in Giolito.
I didn’t like losing out on Gray, and don’t think I will be too happy when we lose out on Montgomery…
Do you really think W-L record tells the story for a pitcher? Clemens was losing in the 7th inning of his first 20 strikeout game. Good thing Dwight Evans homered to make Clemens a better pitcher. Pedro was also losing his famous one hit, 17K performance in the Bronx. Thankfully Mike Stanley homered to make Pedro a better pitcher…
Yes, you can use the eye test on TV to make INCREDIBLY OBVIOUS conclusions, like Kike isn’ta good shortstop. Of course, you could have come to that same conclusion without watching games and just reading box scores…