This is what you get when you hire Dombrowski. Sox fans should be happy they are not Detroit and have to go thru all this pain without the pleasure of having won a title.
yah, never a fan of his. I think Cherington maybe was a little too much of a prospect hoarder, but Dombo simply traded the hoard and then spent a ton of his bosses money. I'm guessing Henry is more addicted to the Liverpool method of finding value but still spending rather than overspending.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/04/revisiting-dave-dombrowskis-red-sox-trades.htmlThe Kimbrel deal (for Margot, Assuaje, a SS Javy Guerra who I think was the #2 piece, and Logan Allen) is one that epitomizes his approach. That's a high price, but Kimbrel was key to a WS team's regular season and a couple more playoff teams for them. Eovaldi for Beeks looks like another high but right price deal, especially if the deal Eovaldi or he is healthy for them the next couple of years.
Pomeranz for Anderson Espinosa looked to be the worst deal but Espinosa got hurt. TINSTAAPP. Meanwhile, Pomeranz has been a sometimes stud since. Dombo kind of made up for that steal with Tyler Thornburg for Travis Shaw, Mauricio Dubon, and another piece.
They won a world series with Sale, and he helped some (but not Sale peak level) in the post-season that year, but the price was still extremely high - Moncada, Kopech, and a couple of other pieces. Kopech looks like a bad apple in addition to his injuries, so maybe DD read his character right. He had Devers and Bogaerts, too, so Moncada was I guess not as important to the Red Sox as to another team. Still, I'll say this was an overpay that stripped the system. IIRC, this was the deal where Sale beat out Rizzo, which is how we ended up with Eaton.