What to work on for 2015

[Jerksticks]

Good post.

I guess the question is ... when do you decide you have a "good" team and thus want to pay for some good relievers? There's also no guarantee paying a guy means he's good (Thornton in his later years). I hope one of these years the no name bullpen clicks and is reliable. It's insane to blow all these leads.

Greg I agree with you more than most usually, but Reed was losing ticks on his fastball from the moment he came up. He was 97 solid for a while and we never saw that again. Plus he worked really hard for saves usually so c'mon you have to agree you always felt nervous for Reed, but Jenks you knew was the man when he came out there. Reed was good but about to get expensive. And if he lost more ticks or had a down year he would be expensive AND untradeable.

 

Maybe Davidson was the wrong target but the FO saw something there. They planned on using Reed to net a position player and this is who they chose. They sold as high on him as they thought they could, with Webb n Jones looking like they could carry the load.

 

But dude the Peavy trade is looking like an absolute pillage for the Sox, so I think you should come over to our side of the fence and give Hahn a pass here. His logic was sound

[chitownsportsfan]

I don't know why some of you guys aren't more mad at Hahn for the Addison Reed thing. I mean it's inexcusable to trade away a good closer (a proven closer for those of you who don't think he was good) when you have no closer candidates in the current organization. It's pretty bad GM'ing I think.

 

You know, he did acquire some pieces in putting together his version of a bullpen. It's not like he didn't try. He just failed. That's what makes me shake my head at you guys giving him a free pass. He thought he was building a bullpen, but he failed miserably. It's just plain ridiculous to see all these bullpen implosions. If I was a season ticket holder, I'd surely be mad.

 

Addison Reed sucks balls. His velocity was already in decline with the Sox and he's been awful this year a 3.91 ERA in the NL, in a pitcher's park, in 2014 isn't even average, it's well below it for a closer.

 

If Lindstrom didn't get injured and/or Jones they would have been as good or better than Reed this year. You guys ever play OOTP? Not every time you trade a reliever for a prospect does it work out with the prospect but that doesn't mean you don't keep trying because that prospect has the potential to be >>>> than the reliever.

 

People talk up Reed like he's some elite closer. Hell no, he's an average reliever at best that Chicago dumped at exactly the right time. You guys should trust the ORG more on pitcher trades, they have a very good history with them.