It's hard to argue with results and the results say that Theo Epstein is good at his job. He may be a ruthless, cold-hearted bastard without a sentimental bone in his body but his job is to put together a championship-caliber team and he has done that consistently.
Theo doesn't care a whit about what the fans think. He doesn't have to; we're wrapped around his pinky finger. He doesn't need to justify low-balling a player by making up concerns about balky knees. He's got an entire region eating out of the palm of his hand.
He does have his quirks. There was the all J team that they could have fielded the year before last (left to right): Outfield: Jason Bay, Jacoby Ellsbury, JD Drew; infield: Joe Thurston, Julio Lugo, Jed Lowrie, Jeff Bailey, and Jason Varitek; with six innings from Jon Lester, the seventh inning from Javier Lopez, the eighth from Justin Masterson, and closed out by Jonathan Papelbon. He's now collecting all of the Ramon Ramirezzes in baseball.
He does love his draft picks and the players they eventually turn into; maybe sometimes a little too much. Theo's guys do have a long leash. And he may value some of his guys more highly than they deserve. He will make a move when he has to, though.
I can't criticize the guy.
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