Hello,
According to several people John Farrell will be the new manager of the Boston Red Sox. I have no idea if this is the right hire. But I think we agree it's much better than having the prickly Bobby Valentine as manager of the Red Sox for a second year. (And I'm hoping this will be the last time I ever mention Valentine's name in my blog.)
Farrell was the pitching coach in Boston from 2007-2010, obviously 2007 was when the Red Sox won their most recent World Series. He then became the manager of the Toronto Blue Jays in 2011. Farrell managed the Blue Jays for two years and finished with a respectable 154-170 record. Although that's a losing record, it's very respectable in the AL East. The division long dominated by the Rays, Red Sox and the hated Yankees. Then this season adding the out of nowhere Orioles. The idea is with Farrell's managing acumen and the resources of the Red Sox, that they can return to their recent past glory.
Farrell knows many of these players, he also knows the culture of the Red Sox. He's used to the intense pressure on the Red Sox to win now. He knows it's simply unacceptable to the Red Sox fans that this team hasn't made the playoffs for three straight years. The Red Sox are a win now franchise. Farrell may get a year or two to improve the team. But after that the Red Sox must win if he wants to be the long term Boston manager.
He's coached there for 4 years when they've had a lot of success. He knows how the clubhouse works. The Red Sox also did him a favor by trading away the unhappy and ineffective Josh Beckett, the oft injured Carl Crawford and the probably paid too much Adrian Gonzalez.
Boston's two most important things this season to get some high quality pitching and find a way to not lose so many player games to injury. (Trading away Beckett and Crawford will help with the second thing.) Obviously they can't take on any Daisuke Matsusaka, Jon Lackey, Adrian Gonzalez or ARod like contracts. Just because Boston has a lot of money, doesn't mean they should spend it recklessly.
themusicaddict
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