Sometimes I have to wonder why I listen to sports talk radio. I live in Boston, a city filled with some of the most educated sports fans in the country. Still, people call in and ask questions for which they should already have answers. Today’s dumb-dumb question of the day (and I’m paraphrasing here for journalistic purposes) was “do major league baseball team general managers have a codified process regarding trades and acquisitions involving their own farm prospects?”
On its face, it is a decent question as we approach the trade deadline on July 31st, but unfortunately, the answer is an easy and obvious one: No. General Managers and Directors of Baseball Operations may use any and all of the elements that make up their franchise as they see fit.
What Red Sox Nation Knows To Be True
We are Red Sox Nation. We as members of the Nation are dug into our opinions about what the Red Sox should do moving forward.
1) Yoan Moancada and Andrew Benintendi will go nowhere.
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3) The Sox appear fair to middling on position players and depth in the infield and outfield.
3) They have catchers but are not certain they are strong enough, or will last.
4) The Red Sox are as prepared as the next team for the inevitable injuries that come late in the season. In other words, the depth chart looks decent at least defensively.
5) Finally, this is David Ortiz’s last season, adding a mac ton of pressure on the Boston Red Sox to win a World Series this year.
What Boston Needs To Do
These are some of the givens for this team this year. In my opinion, Director of Baseball Operations, Dave Dombrowski, must go all in this year for the pennant. The American League East belongs to no one. It is anyone's for the taking. The Red Sox biggest competition will always be those darn birds in Baltimore and Toronto. Dombrowski must keep those teams in mind when trading.
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