This is probably the darkest day in recent memory for Red Sox fans. Probably the darkest day since Aaron Boone hit the moonshot walk-off homerun in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS to send New York to the World Series. Coincidence he's now the new manager of the Yankees.
And he's still crushing Boston's hopes and dreams 15 years later. The Yankees have landed reigning NL MVP Giancarlo Stanton in a trade with the Miami Marlins, in which they sent SS Starlin Castro and a bundle of prospects. If that's not a shot to the heart for Red Sox fans, you might already be dead. This division is already over before it starts. New York now has the man that won ROY and set a Yankee record, as well as the MLB record for homeruns by a rookie, a 6'8 monster in Aaron Judge, a homerun derby caliber catcher Gary Sanchez, and now ADDED to that you have the man that launched 59 homeruns that looked like each one of them could have made it to the moon? Yeah, good luck with that, baseball. Oh, and in case any of you forgot, Derek Jeter is the owner of the Marlins. Think what you want about that. All I'm going to say is, this deal makes too much sense for both sides. It gives the Yankees another bat that nobody will be able to silence, giving them the boost needed to top Boston in the AL East, and the Astros or Indians in the ALCS. While it gives the Marlins breathing room to start their rebuild after the Yankees agreed to eat up $265M of the $295M Stanton was owed. It all makes too much sense. This should be a harsh lesson to Red Sox ownership, you snooze, you lose. It also doesn't hurt to open up the wallet every once in a while. Especially when there's a once-in-a-lifetime talent available for trade that can cement your place atop your division and possibly push you into the World Series and at least give your fans SOMETHING to cheer about. But, let's not forget about Dave Dombrowski. Now, I understand the Dombrowski can only work with what money he's provided but, come on now. You have the 3rd best farm system in baseball and certainly have the pieces necessary to move to get Stanton, and you don't do it? Why? Because you're afraid to give up Eduardo Rodriguez who barely has helped your team at all? Or Xander Bogaerts who hasn't performed to the superstar level we all thought he could? Come on. It's foolish. There's no excuse. Another side note, in the two years Dombrowski has been head of baseball operations, he has one playoff win. One. It would have been zero still to this day had it not been for David Price who was playing on another planet this past postseason. Hey, at least he finally showed up, right? Now let's talk about Boston's alternative options. Eric Hosmer or Carlos Santana? I think I might throw up. Are you kidding me, guys? Hosmer is a good player, I'm a fan of him. But, at this point Boston is so desperate for any sort of help in the lineup, Dombrowski will end up having to overpay to get him to come here anyway. As for Santana, his line isn't overly impressive. In 2017 he hit .259 with 23 homers and 79 RBI. Whatever moves Boston makes from here on out until the start of the season, won't matter. At the end of the day, the Yankees have surpassed the Red Sox, they will win the division, and as much as it hurts to say this, possibly the World Series. You all may think this article serves the purpose just to bash the Red Sox and their front office, and I can speak for all of Red Sox nation when I say this, we are upset. But it's because we care. It's because we love this team, and we want them to succeed, and put out the best product possible on the field year in, and year out, Just this year, it won't be the best. I hope you all are prepared for a long summer. Go Red Sox.
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