I get this sentiment, but even out of the kids, who has gotten any better? Who is making smarter plays? Who is taking better routes? Who is showing better techniques? I can't think of anyone these past two seasons.
What about it? Lopez was a pending free agent, and that trade brought two big prospects for the Sox. Sure they failed in developing ReyLo, but the trade was 110% the right move.
That's actually fairly normal in the conditioning in the recovery season post TJS. He never really got that time to recover last year with the broken foot.