Earlier today, the New York Mets traded relief pitcher Addison Reed to the Boston Red Sox for three prospects.
I feel sorry for him.
On the surface, Reed got a reprieve. He has gone from a team 14 games out to a team half a game out with a Wild Card berth. Sure he'll go from closing to being Craig Kimbrel's set up man, but I'm sure he'll take it.
But I can't think of a more depressing place to play right now than Boston. Despite their place in the standings, the fans here are miserable. They call for manager John Farrell to be fired on a daily basis. There's a bad vibe in the clubhouse with David Price swearing at Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley.
With the New York Yankees having just acquired Sonny Gray, Red Sox Nation is going to say the Yankees got Sonny Gray and all we got is Addison Reed. If Reed comes in and gets hit hard in a couple of outings Red Sox Nation will run him out on a rail.
Yes, Reed just came from New York which doesn't exactly have a docile fan base and the Mets have had a truly disappointing 2017 after winning the NL pennant in 2015 and reaching the post-season last year. But Red Sox fans are insane. It doesn't matter if the team is in first place or reach the post-season. They don't think the team can get past the AL Wild Card game or the ALDS. Because Red Sox fans expect the team to go 162-0 and win the World Series; if they come up short of that then they can't enjoy it. Well, actually I think Red Sox fans aren't enjoying things unless things go wrong. Call it the joy of misery.
If the worse case scenario comes to pass for Reed, the silver lining is he will be a free agent after the season. He can escape Boston. Others won't have this luxury.
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