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21 Oct 2012
The Red Sox are set to announce that John Farrell will be there next manager. I’m glad the Red Sox did this relatively quickly and now can focus on next season.
The Pros:
– Farrell knows several Red Sox pitchers and hopefully will get guys like Bard and Lester back on track.
– Farrell knows many on the team and in the organization and they know him. Farrell is an intimidating presence and the “inmates running the asylum” should be a thing of the past.
The Cons:
– Pitching coaches aren’t generally considered managerial material. Joe Kerrigan was the last one in Boston and that didn’t turn out so well.
– Farrell’s record with Toronto wasn’t good. Part of that is on the GM and financial strength of the Jays, but some of that has to be on Farrell, right?
– Farrell’s addition doesn’t mean much unless Ben Cherington’s can cobble together far more talent than exists today. It wi be very difficult to make the 2013 Red Sox very competitive unless most free agent signings click and a handful of minor leaguers step up.
A good first step (or second if firing Valentine was step one). Now on to filling out the rest of the 25 man roster.
Oct 21, 2012 @ 10:42:26
guess we now know who will play ss every day next year.
Nice move, who knows, calmness in the dugout might be ok
Oct 21, 2012 @ 21:16:08
I don’t know a lot about John Farrell, but I also don’t really understand this move.
For one, it cost the Red Sox some talent. According to Fangraphs, Aviles was worth 1.8 wins over replacement to the Red Sox last year. I guess they assume Farrell will make up for that with his managing, but considering all the possibilities out there, why give up the talent?
And, it’s not as if Farrell was a great manager in Toronto. They were a sub-.500 club.
This seems to me to be a case of thinking inside the box. I guess that may be a reaction to the Bobby V era, but for a franchise that won two World Series by thinking outside of the box, it surprised me.
Oct 23, 2012 @ 20:25:45
The ugliness perists: Bobby V just threw Oritz under the bus for “deciding not to play any more” after the mega trade. Yikes. Somehow, I don’t think Bobby will be managing anothe team for quite some time. I can’t see Farrell making a mistake like that, ever. To paraphrase our Atlanta dude: calmness might be ok. Yep, that is very true.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/bobby-v-sox-papi-didn-play-season-article-1.1190634?localLinksEnabled=false