Tuesday, December 6, 2016

It came at a price, but the Red Sox made the right move for Chris Sale

Well, it finally happened. After almost a full year of talks and rumors, a failed move this past July, Chris Sale is finally on the Boston Red Sox. Not only is this one of the best pitchers in all of baseball, if not the best, but this makes reigning Cy Young award winner Rick Porcello the third best pitcher on the Sox. However, it does come at a price, not David Price, but a price nonetheless.
In the deal the Red Sox acquired Chris Sale while giving up No. 1 prospect Yoan Moncada (INF), No.5 prospect Michael Kopech (RHP), Victor Diaz (P), and Luis Basabe (OF). So as you can tell there was a lot lost in this trade, but that's what you get when you get arguably the best pitcher in the MLB since he was drafted in 2010. When I first got news of the trade I was like what the hell just happened? The Red Sox got CHRIS SALE. Then I went into the oh my god we gave up two of our top five prospect plus two others to get him. Then I went finally settled on, hell yeah we have 3 of the top 10 pitchers in baseball on our staff, we added a bullpen arm plus we get Carson Smith back after injury. Let's fuckin have it!
Obviously you never like giving away prospects, but when you dive into the Red Sox farm system you see that the Red Sox have VERY LITTLE pitching talent anyways and what type of role would Kopech have now anyways? Because the Sox are in a window where they are ready to win. Hanley and Pedroia have some good years left and the youngsters are about to be in their prime. Also I don't love giving up Moncada and having to pay $30 million of his contract as well, but the Red Sox are loaded with players in the system. Hell the Salem Red Sox (A) team could've won a couple games in the MLB last year. I'm kidding about that, but not really kidding. So alll in all you have the Red Sox making a win win deal with the White Sox. Chris Sale and the Red Sox can win a couple championships while Moncada and Kopech make the White Sox contenders in a couple years. Just look at the AL East, the Blue Jays are about to lose Joe Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion, the Orioles are going to lose Trumbo and had no pitching to begin with, the Yankees might be the second best team in division even with their youth and lack of pitching, and the Rays are the Rays. The Boston Red Sox should wrap up the division in June or July.
Oh and just in case you still needed reassurance, we just got Chris Sale, Chris freaking Sale!
Let's fuckin have it.

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