Didn't Theo Epstein do a terrible job for the Red Sox this year and isn't he overrated as a General Manager?

Question

He didn't roll the dice this year, Red Sox fans saw their season collapse!!

Answer 1

You make a good pt. Making absolutely no moves before the trade deadline when the Yankees got Lidle, Abreu and more.

Epstein also made a mistake letting Damon go to the division rival. They had plenty of money in boston for him to stay.

However, Josh Beckett was good with the Marlins but the ERA has skyrocketed this year. The bullpen was consistent until late. The pitching was not deep enough, but the injury to Wakefield really hurt their rotation.

Thats no excuse though. Jon Lester has stepped in and done well. The hitting is no worse than it once was.

Epstein needs to pick it up.

Answer 2

Hard to call a guy overrated two years after he brought his city a championship they'd been waiting on for almost a century.

Just as he was praised two years ago, though, I expect he'll now be criticized unfairly by those who don't like the Sox. I don't think it's Epstein's fault that Matt Clement and Wakefield have been sidelined most of the season, and that Trot Nixon and Jason Varitek are all out. Unfortunately for Theo, he doesn't have quite the resources as does Cashman (ie. money) to go out and grab replacements.

If anything, I think Theo should be commended for not mortgaging the future to try winning this year. I think he's realized that the Sox don't have the horses to make it, and he doesn't want to jeopardize the future.

Answer 3

No, the Sox' problems aren't Epstein's fault. He tried to get Oswalt or Clemens from the Astros, it's not like he stood there and did nothing. Injuries have gutted the team, and (most importantly) Francona is making Grady Little look like a genius these days the way he's managing the club.

The Red Sox need a new manager, not a new GM.

Answer 4

Actually the real problems emerged a week after the trade deadline when nixon and varitek got injured and nobody could have predicted that to happen (well, maybe nixon). He probably should have traded Hansen because I think everyone is overestimating his potential and Beckett hasn't helped a whole lot (though he has shown many impressive games). But Lowell and Loretta were great choices and Gonzalez, had he played everyday would have easily won Gold Glove. This wasn't that bad of a year for a GM but it was a bad year for Theo.

Answer 5

Sort of. It makes sense that he wants to build for the future, I'm fine with giving up a year or two in order to win later, especially when you think about how bad the Yankees will be in a few years... But still, I think he could have had it both ways. With the Red Sox payroll, there's no reason to not have a bullpen. There's no reason to trade so much for Josh Beckett, watch him suck, and then sign him to a $30 million deal. There's no reason to keep Ramirez, Ortiz, and Schilling on the roster if you're not going to try to win with them.

Answer 6

Theo must be the only enable bypass. he's signed a 1/2-billion money in undesirable deals. imagine about it: the ideal settlement he ever gave changed into for JD Drew, the most uninspiring participant in historic previous. Lackey, Beckett, Matsuzaka, Crawford. i imagine the Sox are nonetheless paying Edgar Renteria. The possession crew needs to sparkling domicile. Get a GM who's general with the adaptation between spending plenty and spending plenty on the ideal. (the actual vast difference between the Sox of immediately and the Yankees: the Yanks spend plenty on expertise; the Sox in basic terms spend.) Lackey needs to bypass, pay someone to take him. he's a tumor. Beckett needs to bypass. he's a fat, fragile whiner. Wakefield must be compelled into retirement. The pitching is all-round disastrous. Matsuzaka needs to bypass. he's been an unmitigated disaster. Ortiz needs to bypass. waiting for him to get warm in basic terms takes longer and longer and longer each and each season. Off the juice, he's an automatic out. they prefer to get a manager who will take care of a few discipline in the clubhouse. I hated this crew. They were thoroughly un-likeable. They acted like a collection wealthy toddlers who whined and sulked each and anytime issues did not bypass their way. injuries? Please. each body has injuries. that's a lengthy season. If the Sox favor to be aggressive like the Yankees, they prefer to act like the Yankees. In ny, each body is in charge one hundred% of the time and in no way something below the ideal is ideal. I loved the Sox more beneficial valuable even as they were a relaxed, anti-Yankees fairly of in basic terms the small-time version of the Yankees. ok. rant over.

Answer 7

Yankee fan.

you can't say that until a few years down the line when you see how the "prospects" he didn't trade pan out. I think he got gun shy when he saw how Hanley Ramirez was performing and how Beckett was performing in boston so he was afraid to pull the trigger on another big time deal.

If all the guys they held on to become stud players, he did a good job by not getting rid of them. The thing about baseball players as prospects is that you never really know.

Answer 8

He killed us. He butchered a championship team. I thought we could keep the crew around for at least a few more years and be perennial contedners for the world series. But he said "Here Papi, go out and hit 80 walkoff home runs, win 100 games for us, and take us to the world series." And it almost worked too, except now David Ortiz has heart problems, and Manny quit. But no, he's not a horrible GM because the red sox a world series under his watch. No one could do that for 86 years and he did it, so he has to be good.

Answer 9

Give him a year or two to regain his mojo.

Maybe the Theo Epstein curse has begun....

Answer 10

No, he refused to part with competitiveness for the future for a CHANCE at a pennant today. That is a judgement call, and we don't know whether it was right or wrong yet.