Winston Churchill’s famous quote on Russia has an application to the Boston Red Sox. “It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma” is how Winny stated it in 1959. That is essentially how I now view Drew Pomeranz. Just what is going on? How can he look like the ultimate dud and then a world beater?
I hated the original deal and was far from alone. Red Sox Nation is usually divided on all things Red Sox, especially transactions, but this one was almost universally rejected. When further information was revealed that the San Diego Padres had withheld medical information that only exasperated the ire.