So whats the early verdict on the Rizzo for Cashner trade? At this point, though I understood the move, I'm still not a fan.
Less specific (followed by specifics), the Theo era has sucked so far:
1. failed to move Garza when other starting pitchers were being dealt (at this point, the best value is probably to extend his contract)
2. castro has regressed to unbearable levels
3. rizzo for cashner at this point looks, at best, a draw, but right now Rizzo is struggling and Cash is not
4. concepcion signing was 6 million wasted
5. Solar over Puig (nevermind Puig's ridiculous start, Soler went after another human being with a baseball bat. That is dsm 5 material)
6. 100+ loss season
7. maybe another 100+ loss season
8. early returns on the edwin jackson signing (5+ era. theo's first big free agent investment w/ the cubs) are disturbing.
Thus far, it seems this group is getting a benefit of the doubt that I think others would not. I'm trying to figure out why, b/c Epstein is in no way the sole reason Boston did well (for example, how are they doing today?). A further example, they were lucky in being able to dump some of Theo's free agent mistakes onto L.A..
This team is such a mess. Originally, I thought it was fixable by 2015. Now, no way does that happen. If they dealt Garza last year, I would have been more optimistic. Now, I see 2016 as the best chance of not being embarrassed.