7 hours ago, Quin said:

That meme/sentiment started WAAAAAAY before that. Like when KW was GM.

The Baseball Prospectus crowd had a thing about Kenny Williams. KW did make some really questionable moves (sorry but renting Garcia for a top 20 prospect plus our starting catcher was ridiculous). But then they (and Michael Lewis) went on and on about how KW got ripped off by trading the situational lefty Chad Bradford; well that trade netted the catcher who became the starting catcher traded to Seattle to rent Garcia. And then there was the Carlos Lee trade: yes, on paper, the Sox took way the worst of it. BUT it freed up money to sign Iguchi (and Lee was one of those players teams wanted to trade away once they got to know him; sort of like Naylor today). Never gave KW the credit for the good (like winning WS)

BP and Law have also matured over the years. They are no longer quite as dogmatic about things. Law liked Hahn; and Getz was his source for prospect analysis when Hahn was running the ship.
I like law. I think he's pretty objective these days.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by GreenSox

40 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

The Baseball Prospectus crowd had a thing about Kenny Williams. KW did make some really questionable moves (sorry but renting Garcia for a top 20 prospect plus our starting catcher was ridiculous). But then they (and Michael Lewis) went on and on about how KW got ripped off by trading the situational lefty Chad Bradford; well that trade netted the catcher who became the starting catcher traded to Seattle to rent Garcia. And then there was the Carlos Lee trade: yes, on paper, the Sox took way the worst of it. BUT it freed up money to sign Iguchi (and Lee was one of those players teams wanted to trade away once they got to know him; sort of like Naylor today). Never gave KW the credit for the good (like winning WS)

BP and Law have also matured over the years. They are no longer quite as dogmatic about things. Law liked Hahn; and Getz was his source for prospect analysis when Hahn was running the ship.
I like law. I think he's pretty objective these days.

Although it's not really a valid excuse for someone who is doing journalism, another thing working against KW is that it seems like he was a real pompous ass. Type of guy I'm sure a lot of people didn't want to see be right about things. And Kenny probably looked at Law et al. in much the same way.