FSG risk 'FAN RIOT' over lack of big signings as pressure MOUNTS | OneFootball

Liverpool Football Club is just one of the assets owned by Fenway Sports Group.

They also own the Boston Red Sox, an American baseball franchise. Initially, things went well for the Red Sox under FSG. Things haven't been quite as fruitful over recent years though, and there are some parallels between how they run the baseball team and how they're running the Reds.

To get a better insight into this, and what Liverpool fans might be able to expect over the next few years, we spoke to the Boston Strong account. Their answers gave us an illuminating insight as to how FSG is viewed by Red Sox fans:

AW: Bill Koch once said the Red Sox have been transformed into underdogs by an owner content with a midtier payroll and a chief baseball officer who is risk averse. And that John Henry and Chaim Bloom are making this team smaller. Does this statement still hold up?

BS: I don’t agree with the full statement. Yes, JH has forced general managers to salary mandates and certain limitations but Chaim Bloom overall did a splendid job with trade acquisitions and some signings, he wasn’t perfect but he clearly made the team better and put them in their current position with youth talent.

Just how seismic was the decision to trade Mookie Betts? And for those unaware, can you explain exactly what happened with him?

The Mookie situation is a weird one, I’m a true believer that if the Red Sox don’t trade him, he would have signed with another team in the offseason. Yes, he has said multiple times that he wanted to stay in Boston but he ended up extending with the Dodgers with something similar to what the Red Sox once offered. The return we got from Mookie is what everybody is upset about and I would agree that at the time maybe it looked good but at the end it wasn’t great. Jeter Downs was a letdown, Alex Verdugo had his moments but also was a bit of a trouble maker and Connor Wong is the one that maybe saved the trade a bit but he also has struggled plus his defense besides his arm, isn’t great. So overall, the Mookie trade was and will be a nightmare for the organization, specially with what he has done after.