You best believe the owners who want to maximize every dollar they can out of this are. I'm not saying it's the sole reason. But the team is in position to make a postseason run and needed an upgrade in rotation to do so.
This narrative needs to fucking stop. Signing Rich Hill last fall was never going to happen. Six million dollars for a guy who'd made four (FOUR!!!) good starts two months removed from the independent leagues was a gigantic gamble, and one the Red Sox at the time didn't have the need to make since they had nine possible rotation candidates already in house.
6 million is a giant gamble? At worst he would of been a dominant lefty reliever.
Drew Pomeranz, is basically Rich Hill but younger. After May 18th of this year, he had a drop in exit velocity down to 86.7. The reduced exit velocity, which coincides with his new three pitch mix, makes him top ten level.
Umm, have you seen those two guys pitch this year? How is this even debatable?
WTF? Benintendi has hit 18 home runs already in less than 600 minor league PA. Gardner hit half that many in almost exactly three times as many minor-league PA. That's an interesting definition of "clone."
That's insane you could call Benetendi up now and he's an upgrade over holt. The average LF this year has a ops around 750. Espinoza is years away and has a the inherent risk of being a pitcher. If Benny is Brett Gardner he's already a 18 million dollar a year player.
Again, six million dollars for a 36-year-old who'd washed out of four organizations in two years and who they'd picked up off the independent scrap heap to eat some meaningless innings at the end of a lost season. Sorry, but those four stellar starts aren't enough to convince me he had found the Bartolo Colon fountain of youth.
Pomeranz was drafted in 2010.
What? They are not even remotely similar players. In five minor league seasons Gardner hit 10 HRs. AB did that in his first 54 games and at a younger age. Gardner was a slap hitting, base stealing CFer. AB has legit power potential. Other than being small white guys id be curious why you think they are similar profiles.
If anyone thinks an 18 year old pitcher is a slam dunk you probably should ignore them.
It does look like a deal where the NPV's of the players pretty much line up and the Sox do a time shift to get help sooner than later.
There could probably not be a pitcher less like Rick Porcello than Drew Pomeranz. (1) He's lefthanded; (2) his primary fastball is a 4-seamer; (3) He's a high K/moderately high BB/low HR and BABIP pitcher, as opposed to a moderately low K/very low BB/high HR and BABIP pitcher. Talent level aside, it's a bit like saying Sandy Koufax reminds you of Greg Maddux.
Would HAVE. For fuck's sake, would HAVE. You look like a goddamn moron when you say "would of."
Well, this explains your previous posts...actually, no, it doesn't, but let's start here: In 2016, 102IP, 67 H, 115k, 1.06 WHIP.
But the point still is that he's an all-star! This year! I hate to lose Espinosa as much as amyone, but in addition to getting a needed quality starting pitcher (again, an ALL-STAR), they just reportedly signed Groome and Kopech is hitting 100+ and dominating in his return to action. I'll also mention that Espin has struggled this year, somewhat unexpectedly. The fact that he is only 18 in middle A with his stuff is very impressive but still, I wonder if his value was lowered a bit in the organization's eyes because of this year's struggles
(Thank you, that was driving me nuts).
277 posts into this thread, and you admit you've hardly seen Pomeranz, yet you've had pretty strong opinions on the deal.
I don't have to watch every Pomeranz start to know they overpaid. Just like they overpaid for Kimbrel.
So you readily admit you know nothing of Drew Pomeranz, but somehow you can appreciably compare his value to an 18 year old prospect? Must be a nice skill to have.
I assume he is using that to differentiate it from the short season leagues which is .....unique.
