Entering the season with a guy like Sam Travis atop the depth chart would make us the Marlins. It’s a cost-cutting move without even a gesture toward competitiveness. Same with giving Marco the strong side of a platoon. These are the Cesar Crespos of today.
I don't think that we're necessarily the Marlins, Bogaerts, Devers, Benintendi, Martinez, Sale, Price on the roster precludes us from being called that.
BUT, what sucks is that we're being run like the Boston Red Sox isn't a top four MLB franchise. No matter who just played in the World Series, the Yankees, Dodgers, Cubs and Red Sox are the top four clubs in Major League Baseball. Their value is estimated to be $3 billion. If you want to get under the $248 million "cap", that's fine. I get that. But there's no real reason to bring payroll back to $208 million and whine that you somehow "lost" money last season.
I can't recall exactly what thread it was in, but I'm pretty sure that someone quoted Henry making that claim. And I can guarantee you that is 100% pure-grade bullshit. There's no way that the 2019 Red Sox, coming off a World Series championship the prior year, lost money. And if they did and it's a money-loser, sell the team. That's all he needs to do, sell the team. He can still own Liverpool, his racing team, his sports marketing business, the Boston Globe, but if the Red Sox are hemorrhaging money and he doesn't want to lose his money, just sell the fucking team.
I don't tune into NESN to worry about John Henry's money. I don't care about it. I care about the Boston Red Sox and if he's going to lie poor and worry about his investment, get out. Just get the fuck out. Thanks for the championships, but it might be time to go.
The Boston Red Sox should not spend like a poet on pay day one minute and then pivot six months later and whine about losing money. There shouldn't even be a thought about which player the Sox should keep, Martinez or Betts. That's an Oakland Athletics problem, that's a Pittsburgh Pirates problem, this should not be a Boston Red Sox problem. Losing Martinez would suck, however getting rid of Mookie Betts for another team's B+ or C prospects because you don't want to pay him like he should be paid would be a travesty the likes of which two generations of Red Sox fans have never seen. And quite honestly, that will be the legacy of this ownership. It's cool that we got the championships but there's a lot of shit that these guys are forcing us to eat in between.