Brian Cashman thinks the Red Sox are MLB's version of the Warriors after Chris Sale trade
MLB spent most of Tuesday trying to wrap its collective head around the fact that after a blockbuster trade,
"They gave up a lot and they got a lot. Boston is like the Golden State Warriors now in baseball." - Brian Cashman on the Chris Sale trade
— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) December 6, 2016
As in, Chris Sale is Boston's Kevin Durant -- one of the best players in the league, period -- and a team coming off an impressive season (the Red Sox won 93 games in 2016) just got even more impressive. As in, the Red Sox five starters are baseball's equivalent of the Warriors' starting five and if one doesn't get you, the other will. As in, "let's not throw around the word 'superteam,' but ..."
Red Sox manager John Farrell isn't going to disagree. "We love our team, and there's a lot of reasons for it; a young, athletic group that's returning," he told reporters at the Winter Meetings. "But there's a lot into it and you have to execute."
Not that he's clearing a space for the Commissioner's Trophy just yet. He continued:
"You can put all the big names you want on a roster, but it's going to be important for our guys to buy into us as a team, to understand that we are here and we're working towards winning a championship, and that's going to require certain players accepting their roles inside of this team. So as long as their focus is what's best for our team first and not individual players, we should be OK."
The rest of the American League, though, isn't going to surrender to Boston's super-rotation that easily:
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— Jose Ramirez (@MrLapara) December 6, 2016
WOW?????
— Chris Archer (@ChrisArcher22) December 6, 2016
AL East heatin' up. More competition. We love that. Can't wait to compete with my guys! ??? @BlueJays pic.twitter.com/8r8iGiEDkG
— Marcus Stroman (@MStrooo6) December 6, 2016
After all, even the Warriors have lost three games this season.
