We have known for several years that the Boston Red Sox do not want to spend like a major club, but rather like a small market organization. And there again…
The existing managers therefore have their hands tied as to the personnel movements they can make.
This was the case for Chaim Bloom. And it's the same story again with the current baseball CEO, Craig Breslow. He must navigate under certain constraints imposed by his superiors.
Want OTHER proof? The Massachusetts representatives needed another right-handed hitter in the middle of the offensive lineup, especially considering the departure of Justin Turner to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Then, a player emerged as a good option for the Red Sox, former Houston Astros, Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners outfielder Teoscar Hernandez.
Even that the main interested party wanted to play in Boston. But, the two parties could not agree, despite the fact that the Bas Rouges were finalists, according to what Hernandez himself told the podcast Flippin' Bats.
In the end, it was Boston and the Dodgers. We were trying to have more years in Boston. The most they could offer me was two years. Like I said, the best opportunity and the best chance I had to get a good deal was with the Dodgers.
Hernandez could certainly have helped the Boston team, he who hit 26 long balls last season and produced 93 points in 160 games with the Mariners.
However, once again the greed of owner Tom Werner, like a two-year-old child who does not want to share his truck with his little brother, will have taken precedence over common sense.
