What are your views on the LA,Red Sox,and Pirates trade?

Question

What are your views about Manny Leaving Boston and Jason Bay coming to boston and the other trades made before the trade deadline!?

Answer 1

The piratesgot a great deal, the red sox an ok deal and the dodgers a bad deal.

Answer 2

I think red sox got a good deal, pirates got an ok deal and dodgers got a pretty good deal

Answer 3

Pirates won they got a great bullpen peice in Hansen, good prospect in Moss. Red Sox got a consistent .280 30 hr 90 rbi guy but that cant compare to Manny in his prime(1998- 2005), the Dodgers got Manny who is still a great hitter. the Red Sox lost in the long run by opening a hole in the setup role.

Answer 4

i think it was a good trade all around.

LA gets a slugger they desperately need

BOS loses mannys power but also loses his attitude and gains a great guy in jason bay

PIT gets rid of bay for minor leaguers which is exactly wat they wantd

Answer 5

Dodgers- Its a solid deal for them to try and make the playoffs...Clearly they are trying to win the weak NL west and Manny definatley increases those chances...They did give up LaRoche who will be a great hitter but I would take Manny over LaRoche right now...In 5 years it might look like a terrible trade especially if the Dodgers dont make the playoffs.

Red Sox- Bad deal...Bay is about = to Manny because Bay plays much better defense and is a solid offensive player just a tad below Manny...Hansen throws 97 but has been a huge bust so far but still has potentional...Moss could be a 4th OF or a solid corner OF only time wil tell

Pirates-Got great young talent for Jason Bay...They were out of it this year and were going to have a block when Andrew McCutchen there top prospect comes to the Majors

The big winners were the Dodgers and Pirates while the Red Sox did bad for the future but ok for the present

Answer 6

sinc we got jason bay he has hit three balls to left feild inclduding his 3 homerun

tripple, homerun, single  and has  a couple rbi

Answer 7

RED SOX POINT OF VIEW:  

Hansen and Moss were decent at best, and Hansen is in his 3rd year in the league so he's not a prospect. We needed to get rid of Manny, and we got Bay in return, so I think we're in a better position than we were before because now everyone in our clubhouse will actually have some work ethic and a h**l of a lot of chemistry. Bay should fit in well here because he is a guy who works his *** off for his team and that's just the type of guy we needed instead of Manny. Don't worry about Moss and Hansen, we recently replaced Hansen in the bullpen with Masterson and Moss was our 4th outfielder anyway.

Deal Grade: A (We needed to respect Manny and trade him away, and Bay was just as good as a replacement as we could get)

DODGERS POINT OF VIEW:

We just gave up 2 half decent guys and we got a Hall of Famer. The DBacks did not make any moves, but we did and we got Manny. We have been just 1 game behind them for a really long time, and Manny is definitely the guy we needed to put us over the top for the division. I'm glad the trade was so late because it gave the DBacks NO time to make a move like we did, so we have a huge advantage for the division with 2 months left. Joe Torre should do a great job with Manny in keeping him a hard worker, and Manny should no longer act the way he has these last couple weeks with Boston.

Deal Grade: A (If we sign him next year), B (If we don't)

PIRATES POINT OF VIEW:

We used to have one of the best outfields in the league, but we just gave away Jason Bay, and now we're probably just going to play even worse for the rest of the season. We managed to get 4 young guys who can hopefully develop along with a lot of other players on our team, and in 4 or 5 years we may be the strongest team in the NL Central if everything goes right. I'm sad we lost Bay but we need to star planning ahead because keeping Bay clearly wasn't going to win us anything any time soon.

Deal Grade: A (Thinking ahead)