August 30 Houston at Boston

[Maxbialystock]

The Dodgers and Astros (both teams the Sox are trying to emulate) are not afraid to dip their toes into the FA market for elite pitching if they think the guys can physically hold up and ask for consent before banging college girls (I like your yt channel though Trevor). So a guy like Yamamoto should be a target for the Sox.

 

On the other hand, the top three payrolls in MLB this year belong to the Mets, Yankees, and Padres. All three have losing records. The Sox have the 15th highest payroll and a winning record (so far).

[moonslav59]

On the other hand, the top three payrolls in MLB this year belong to the Mets, Yankees, and Padres. All three have losing records. The Sox have the 15th highest payroll and a winning record (so far).

 

Which still includes Sale's contract, but we aren't allowed to make excuses.

[Maxbialystock]

Which still includes Sale's contract, but we aren't allowed to make excuses.

 

I have to be honest and say I was fine with Sales’s contract at the time because I thought he was terrific. I still root for him. But he was one of the reasons JH has soured on big contracts for pitchers and you are right to mention him.

 

Meanwhile Kennedy, Bloom’s boss, has said they are focused on getting pitching and more pitching.

[Bellhorn04]

Meanwhile Kennedy, Bloom’s boss, has said they are focused on getting pitching and more pitching.

 

That might just mean more Barracloughs and Lloveras for all we know.

[moonslav59]

I have to be honest and say I was fine with Sales’s contract at the time because I thought he was terrific. I still root for him. But he was one of the reasons JH has soured on big contracts for pitchers and you are right to mention him.

 

Meanwhile Kennedy, Bloom’s boss, has said they are focused on getting pitching and more pitching.

 

I was a supporter of the Sale contract, at the time, and have never tried to shy away from that, but the fact is, Bloom was handed a broken pitcher and bloated contract.

 

The other thing many fail to accept is that he did inherit many great players from 2018, but many never came near repeating their 2018 numbers, but people acted like they were the same players, and it was all Bloom's fault for not surrounding them with teh same level of suppsorting cast as DD did for 2018.

 

Betts and Price were forced out.

We never replaced Porcello.

Nate missed 33% of his starts and was shaky for another 17% of the time (making him 50-50 for 4 years)

JD and Bogey's production dropped off a cliff in '21 and '22.

Vaz was up and down.

ERod missed a season.

The pen sucked in 2019 to begin with.

JBJ fell off a cliff.

Beni was traded but never did as well as pre-2020.

Who am I missing?

 

Bloom did not "inhereit the 2018 team-" not even close. Hell, he didn't even inherit the 2019 team and them's the facts!

[moonslav59]

That might just mean more Barracloughs and Lloveras for all we know.

 

I can't believe anything they say, and should have stopped even considering it as partial truths, years ago.

 

it's all coded words designed to con us into thinking they care about the current team's success.