The Dodgers/Red Sox Trade

[slotdirt]

I get Beckett and Crawford, but Gonzalez? By all accounts, he's been a consummate pro, not to mention actually worth his contract.

How all of these guys made it through waivers to be claimed by the Dodgers, a team with serious ownership issues until the last few months, is beyond me.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

I get Beckett and Crawford, but Gonzalez? By all accounts, he's been a consummate pro, not to mention actually worth his contract.

How all of these guys made it through waivers to be claimed by the Dodgers, a team with serious ownership issues until the last few months, is beyond me.

Who else would claim Beckett? He has been awful this year and has 2 more years at 16 million per. I dont know if Crawford had to go through waivers because he is on DL but you'd have to have hot your head to claim him especially considering he just had TJ surgery and will be out for probably 1/2 the season next year and is owed over $100 million. Crawford is a legs guy and those guys dont age well. Gonzalez has not exactly been lighting it up in Boston though to be fair they were playing him in RF alot earlier in the season. While his numbers are good they arent $21 million a year good($120 million left) and being that the Dodgers were willing to take on those other two pretty toxic contracts this was probably an easy call for Boston.

The implication that this is a bad deal for Boston is crazy. This is an unbelievably good deal for them. Cant believe that LA had to give up 2 good prospects for them. Webster is a really good prospect. Dont know where anyone got the idea that he isnt. De la Rosa is coming off of TJ surgery but he is a still a 3 star guy. The others are potentially marginal ML guys. Boston isnt going anywhere this year and this trade frees up an enormous financial obligation that they surely will be investing somewhere else. I get that LA needed a 1b because Loney pretty much sucks and maybe they can squeeze something out of Beckett (Dodgers stad is a pitchers park) but cant believe they took Crawford. But they are seemingly all in this year which i suppose is what fans want.