JBJ is my favorite player, but if you can pick up a controllable 5th starter and a good catching prospect in exchange for downgrading your 2 WAR CF to a 1 WAR OF in a year when you’re a fringey competitor, that might make some sense.
But a lot will depend on the details.
I.....think I'm in agreement with this. Let's just compare 2019 seasons, for example.
Myers: 490 pa, 18 hr, 53 rbi, .239/.321/.418/.739, 95 ops+, -0.3 bWAR
Bradley: 567 pa, 21 hr, 62 rbi, .225/.317/.421/.738, 90 ops+, 2.0 bWAR
Myers: Owed $22.5m in 2020, $22.5m in 2021, $22.5m in 2022.
Bradley: Owed $11m in 2020, free agent after that.
Obviously Bradley is light years better of a fielder than Myers is. But despite not being a great hitter, Myers is nonetheless a much better hitter than Bradley is. Last three seasons: Bradley .727 (90 ops+), Myers .768 (105 ops+). The Sox could use Pillar in CF, and he's pretty damned good as a fielder. Then use Myers and Verdugo to platoon in RF. Obviously a massive downgrade from Mookie (but who isn't?), but a Myers/Verdugo platoon could actually probably work fairly well from an offensive side of things.
Against lefties last year, Myers had a .877 ops (compared with .705 vs RHP). Verdugo hits lefties better than righties so that doesn't exactly scream platoon player, but even Verdugo against lefties, while better than he hits righties, put up "only" an .843 ops against LHP. So that means that Myers could be pretty useful either platooning with Verdugo or even Benintendi (.796 ops vs. LHP last year). And in Fenway, Myers' defensive issues could be minimized.
The money is a problem, but if a deal could be worked out whereby JBJ goes to SD and a chunk of Myers' contract is picked up by the Padres, and they deal the Sox a useful prospect or two in return....
That's probably a deal I agree to.