As grateful as I am with this current ownership for bringing four WS titles to Boston, this trade tells me they are totally and utterly tone deaf.
It would be one thing if they were getting two can't miss prospects, but they are getting one guy who's already had TJ surgery who also has a shoulder and a weight issue, another guy with a bad back that from what I've read, hasn't even begun baseball type activity like, oh I don't know, swinging a bat, then throw in a character issue and you've got a total tire fire.
Now after the fact they have medical concerns and want to adjust/tweak the trade?
Do they honestly expect the fans to be happy with this trade, it's a disaster on a number of levels.
I understand the reasons for the trade and they weren't working from a position of strength, but they got fleeced like some small market huckleberries.