Why are people in so much disagreement over the Manny trade

Question

He was unhappy as usual. But that aside, he has demoralized the team and morale is low. Yeah put Manny out there but at what cost? The same people knocking the trade are the same one's who think Barry Bonds is a cancer and shouldn't play for ANYBODY. So which is it? Manny is a cancer too so what's the difference? I just don't understand it so please help me out.

Answer 1

I think they should have sent him to some team completely out of contention to send a statement. I'm not even a Sox fan so i'm not even around it and i'm annoyed by manny and how much he complains about everything. If i were there gm i would have tried to trade him to the pirates who are always bad, then you won't have anymore upset players b/c they'll be afraid to be traded to an awful team. lol

Answer 2

it makes no sense why the Red Sox would give up so much for a player like Jason Bay. This was a last minute panic attempt of Theo Epstein to get rid of Manny.

Answer 3

The Red Sox really got screwed over in this one.

Answer 4

Because the Red Sox got screwed over

Dodgers get: Manny Ramirez

Red Sox get: Jason Bay

Pirates get: Craig Hansen, Brandon Moss, Andy Laroche, and Bryan Morris

We gave up Manny and got Bay. Manny is better than Bay... but wait, we gave up 2 other guys and are paying the last 7 million on Manny's contract too...  wtf? We better get Grabow from the Pirates too

Answer 5

Because people are still caught up in the name value of Manny Ramirez. They can't get over the fact he is no longer that incredible bat. He can't be mentioned with the Pujols' and A-Rods of MLB anymore.

People don't get Bay and Manny are very similar players. Both are power bats that draw a lot of walks. Except Bay isn't a household name and yet he is younger, still under contract, better defensively, and gives the Sox no distractions.

This is a great trade for the Red Sox and I don't get why Yankee fans are all gloating.

EDIT-

Check out their stats here.

Bay: .282 72 22 68 7. He is only 30 and under contract until the 2010 season.

Manny: .299 66 20 68 1. He is 36 and is a pending free agent. He has obviously wants out of Boston and you never know how much effort he will put into each game.

I wish everyone would get over the fact it's Manny and focus on the CURRENT production of the players

Answer 6

Sammy Sosa (He ran out Mark Grace) was a Cancer and in 2003 he almost helped take the Cubs to the World Series.

In fact, the Loss of Barry Bonds did not turn the Giants into a good team.

Being a Clubhouse cancer is only bad if you suck.

Answer 7

The deal was basically Bay for Ramirez and Ramirez is no doubt a much better player. But i agree with u they had to get rid of him, cause he was going to be a headache