You mentioned 7 players that Tampa brought to Boston other than Reyes where are the others? Since you are so intoxicated with Tampa tell me how you feel about him getting rid of Betts whose worth all of the ones you mentioned plus more.
Hi there! Thanks for the comment. Obviously every great team has star talent but what separates elite teams from good regular season squads is who they have on the margins of the roster. As stacked as the 2018 team was, they don't win it all without contributions from Brock Holt, Eduardo Nunez and Steve Pearce/Mitch Moreland.
And to your point about trading Betts: The Red Sox weren't serious about extending him throughout Dombrowski's tenure despite him being a superstar throughout pre-arbitration. Whoever replaced Dave was going to need to trade Betts, it just so happened to be Chaim Bloom. You can argue all you want about whether or not he got enough in return for Betts, but they still got two solid ballplayers back and that's really all you can ask for considering the alternative was nothing but a fourth-round comp pick because you blew through the luxury tax again.
One more thing if baseball loved 30 year old minor leaguers every GM would have one on their 26 man roster. I’ll wager a cannoli from Mike’s Pastry that Reyes will not be a Boston Red Sox player 1 year from today.
There are journeymen on most, if not all big-league rosters. And career minor leaguers deserve an MLB opportunity if their performance is up to snuff. Pablo Reyes has been very good for the Red Sox and regardless of his status on the team in 2024, he's been worth every bit the opportunity he's gotten in 2023.
I never said that he nor others do not deserve the opportunity. If you seriously looked at the talent level of the players currently filling a MLB roster there’s at least 5 per team who are there solely to fill a roster spot. As for Reyes he might be on a MLB roster next September but it will not be on the RedSox which is my point.
You mentioned 7 players that Tampa brought to Boston other than Reyes where are the others? Since you are so intoxicated with Tampa tell me how you feel about him getting rid of Betts whose worth all of the ones you mentioned plus more.
Hi there! Thanks for the comment. Obviously every great team has star talent but what separates elite teams from good regular season squads is who they have on the margins of the roster. As stacked as the 2018 team was, they don't win it all without contributions from Brock Holt, Eduardo Nunez and Steve Pearce/Mitch Moreland.
And to your point about trading Betts: The Red Sox weren't serious about extending him throughout Dombrowski's tenure despite him being a superstar throughout pre-arbitration. Whoever replaced Dave was going to need to trade Betts, it just so happened to be Chaim Bloom. You can argue all you want about whether or not he got enough in return for Betts, but they still got two solid ballplayers back and that's really all you can ask for considering the alternative was nothing but a fourth-round comp pick because you blew through the luxury tax again.
One more thing if baseball loved 30 year old minor leaguers every GM would have one on their 26 man roster. I’ll wager a cannoli from Mike’s Pastry that Reyes will not be a Boston Red Sox player 1 year from today.
There are journeymen on most, if not all big-league rosters. And career minor leaguers deserve an MLB opportunity if their performance is up to snuff. Pablo Reyes has been very good for the Red Sox and regardless of his status on the team in 2024, he's been worth every bit the opportunity he's gotten in 2023.
I never said that he nor others do not deserve the opportunity. If you seriously looked at the talent level of the players currently filling a MLB roster there’s at least 5 per team who are there solely to fill a roster spot. As for Reyes he might be on a MLB roster next September but it will not be on the RedSox which is my point.
A career minor leaguer who gets to age 30+ is making $400,000.00+ which is not too bad.