WenZink said:
The value of pitch framing varies from team to team. I gather Farrell and Cherington were quite high on it, while old-school GMs and managers were skeptical of the outrageous claims. (A healthy Vazquez, based on his 55 game sample from 2014, would be a 7.5 WAR player if expanded to a full season.) I'm guessing that while Dombrowski is open to new ideas, he's not on the leading edge of pitch-framing advocates. On the other hand, Mike Scioscia, manager and GM-de facto of the Angels, is very high on catchers that are excellent pitch-framers.
Situations where one player is valued much higher by another organization do exist, and they are the basis of trades.
Yes. And a team could think Clay Buchholz is a bonafide ace capable of 220 innings and give the farm for him. Or, as much as you love JBJ, someone might offer their top 10 prospects for him and you might go, "OK, that could be useful for us." Obviously, you are always exploring what avenues are available. Saying "someone else might value him differently than the Red Sox, so you should listen to offers" is an overarching theme for roster construction -- not specific to the C discussion.
However, the notion that the Sox would be severely hindering another portion of the big league roster by carrying BOTH Swihart and Vazquez next year as opposed to trading one to upgrade elsewhere seems like a leap. Unless a very attractive trade offer appears, there doesn't appear to be as much downside to carrying both as some people are arguing. Or, put another way, I don't see how trading CV (in particular, since he's the less traditionally valued C chip) will net a big return to be used elsewhere on the roster, especially coming off a major elbow injury (when the vast majority of his value is tied up in defense).