The 2021-2022 Offseason Thread

[vegasbob]

Since we are in the AL East, how about the tidbit that unvaccinated players will not be allowed into Toronto to play the Jays ? I do not know nor much care which Red Sox are vaxxed or not, but isn't this the Canadian authorities setting up a competitive advantage for the Jays? How about if the Blue Jays young Dominican contingent isn't vaxxed for any reason ?

 

Surely there must be some Kyrie Irving equivalents in MLB that for their own reasons will reject vaccination.

[Larry Cook]

Buffalo, here we come again.

[notin]

Since we are in the AL East, how about the tidbit that unvaccinated players will not be allowed into Toronto to play the Jays ? I do not know nor much care which Red Sox are vaxxed or not, but isn't this the Canadian authorities setting up a competitive advantage for the Jays? How about if the Blue Jays young Dominican contingent isn't vaxxed for any reason ?

 

Surely there must be some Kyrie Irving equivalents in MLB that for their own reasons will reject vaccination.

 

I don’t think the Canadian authorities give a rat’s ass about whether or not the Jays get a competitive advantage…

Edited March 12, 2022 by notin

[moonslav59]

A Flurry of action...

 

Kikuchi signs with Jays ($36M/3)

Cishek signs with Nats ($1.75M/1)

KSuzuki back to Angels ($1.75M/1)

R Chirinos about to sign with O's.

 

Trades:

Chris Bassitt to NYM/ JT Dinn & Adam Oller to OAK

Isiah Kiner-Falefa to MN/ Mitch Garver to TEX

 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Mets gave up their second best pitching prospect and another for Bassitt. Hopefully, the A's liked the Mets' minor leaguers better than Boston's... but if Bloom wouldn't give up Jay Groome -- the Sox #2 pitching prospect -- for an AL All-Star starter... grrrrrrr.

 

Have to think Montas or Manea will cost more...

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

White Sox sign Josh Harrison and Joe Kelly, Colorado signs Jose Iglesias... seriously, these are all guys the Red Sox could use. It's reminiscent of the offseason a year ago, when all the players I wanted in Boston were allowed to go elsewhere.

 

What was Chief Bloom thinking... and then they made it to the ALCS.

[moonslav59]

Mets gave up their second best pitching prospect and another for Bassitt. Hopefully, the A's liked the Mets' minor leaguers better than Boston's... but if Bloom wouldn't give up Jay Groome -- the Sox #2 pitching prospect -- for an AL All-Star starter... grrrrrrr.

 

Have to think Montas or Manea will cost more...

 

Montas has 2 years to Bassitt and Manea's one.

 

He's better, too.

[notin]

Montas has 2 years to Bassitt and Manea's one.

 

He's better, too.

 

 

And with a reputation and track record for cheating!

[notin]

White Sox sign Josh Harrison and Joe Kelly, Colorado signs Jose Iglesias... seriously, these are all guys the Red Sox could use. It's reminiscent of the offseason a year ago, when all the players I wanted in Boston were allowed to go elsewhere.

 

What was Chief Bloom thinking... and then they made it to the ALCS.

 

 

Sure the Sox could use these guys, but which one is irreplaceable?

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Montas has 2 years to Bassitt and Manea's one.

 

He's better, too.

 

Montas is more of a strikeout arm, and Bassitt more a control guy... so for a crappy D like the Red Sox, Montas is more attractive. Ugh.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Sure the Sox could use these guys, but which one is irreplaceable?

 

None. But with all these teams making moves, the only action in Red Sox Nation is the typing of old guys like us on the first Saturday night of ST...

 

Sure, we imagine Bloom is glued to his cellphone like a middle schooler, but he's probably having a nice, relaxing dinner with his family, wondering if the octopus on the menu is really eight times smarter than the average GM. And alien. And capable of generating more ink in times of stress than Manny and Pedro combined...

[notin]

None. But with all these teams making moves, the only action in Red Sox Nation is the typing of old guys like us on the first Saturday night of ST...

 

Sure, we imagine Bloom is glued to his cellphone like a middle schooler, but he's probably having a nice, relaxing dinner with his family, wondering if the octopus on the menu is really eight times smarter than the average GM. And alien. And capable of generating more ink in times of stress than Manny and Pedro combined...

 

 

He’s on the phone with Seiya Suzuki. It’s just going slowly because Bloom doesn’t speak Japanese and Suzuki doesn’t speak English and Henry didn’t hire an interpreter. So the entire negotiation has to be done in Swahili, since neither of them speak it at all and therefore it levels the playing field…

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

He’s on the phone with Seiya Suzuki. It’s just going slowly because Bloom doesn’t speak Japanese and Suzuki doesn’t speak English and Henry didn’t hire an interpreter. So the entire negotiation has to be done in Swahili, since neither of them speak it at all and therefore it levels the playing field…

 

That sinks it! Henry is so cheap!

 

But Sam Kennedy just texted that the Sox lead the league in most facial expressions created using punctuation marks...

[moonslav59]

Wow, Joe Kelly gets $17M/2.

 

No wonder the owners trued so hard to protect themselves from each other.

[moonslav59]

Familia to Phillies for$6M/1.

 

Niko Goodman to Astros.

 

Alex Colome to Rockies.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Familia to Phillies for$6M/1.

 

Niko Goodman to Astros.

 

Alex Colome to Rockies.

 

I actually changed the ringtone on my cell to something called "Bloom." It promises to alert me every time another player signs elsewhere for more than the Sox will pay (somewhere, there's a poster beginning to type: But they just changed the clocks; Spring isn't even officially for another week...)

[Bellhorn04]

I actually changed the ringtone on my cell to something called "Bloom." It promises to alert me every time another player signs elsewhere for more than the Sox will pay (somewhere, there's a poster beginning to type: But they just changed the clocks; Spring isn't even officially for another week...)

 

We are showing *robust interest* in Collin McHugh, man!

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

We are showing *robust interest* in Collin McHugh, man!

 

Yippee -- he can be the bulk guy after an opener, instead of the back end, which he showed to Boston after signing but never playing during the summer that never was. Somehow, my son had his 2020 baseball card in a Sox cap; maybe he was wearing it on a fishing trip and a guide took his picture.

[moonslav59]

Yippee -- he can be the bulk guy after an opener, instead of the back end, which he showed to Boston after signing but never playing during the summer that never was. Somehow, my son had his 2020 baseball card in a Sox cap; maybe he was wearing it on a fishing trip and a guide took his picture.

 

Would you be happy if we sign Suzuki and McHugh?

[notin]

How about Matt Strahm?

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/03/red-sox-to-sign-matt-strahm.html

[Bellhorn04]

How about Matt Strahm?

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/03/red-sox-to-sign-matt-strahm.html

 

Nevahoidofim.

[notin]

Nevahoidofim.

 

Really?

 

Unexciting journeyman, but he has been in MLB for a while now…

[Bellhorn04]

Really?

 

Unexciting journeyman, but he has been in MLB for a while now…

 

I'm getting more and more out of touch.

[notin]

I'm getting more and more out of touch.

 

Well now it’s time to get on board the Strahm Train!!

[Bellhorn04]

Well now it’s time to get on board the Strahm Train!!

 

I'm still on the "Bloom knows what he's doing" train, you'll have to settle for that LOL

[notin]

I'm still on the "Bloom knows what he's doing" train, you'll have to settle for that LOL

 

The Strahm Train is part of that same railroad company…

[Bellhorn04]

The Strahm Train is part of that same railroad company…

 

A fungible part though, I'm guessing.

[notin]

A fungible part though, I'm guessing.

 

Yeah it’s not the money line..

[notin]

Lewis Brinson to the Astros

Hanser Alberto to the Dodgers

Jesse Chavez to the Cubs

 

I have no problems passing on these players…

[Old Red]

I'm still on the "Bloom knows what he's doing" train, you'll have to settle for that LOL

 

I judge Bloom separately on every move, and then the the final outcome.