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  1. mvp 78
    Not from the fans, but from the media. Henry didn't want to get dragged over the coals.
  2. mvp 78
    @SPChrisHatfield I expect we'll get some official draftee signing news today, or at worst tomorrow. Four have been reported, plus 4th-rounder Matt Duffy and 11th-rounder Nelly Taylor are at the Complex.
  3. mvp 78
    Not with the talent that currently existed on that team: Nate Xander Devers ERod JD Beni Vaz Just adding cheap defensive first players around them would get them to be .500 or better every year. It also took too long to get returns from the Mookie trade and the biggest prospect can't flame out.
  4. mvp 78
    Not good enough to get under the cap or nobody would take on salary?
  5. mvp 78
    His metrics in 2021 were pretty bad. Catchers can age really fast and his contract was higher than what I would have paid. Nice guy though.
  6. mvp 78
    The WOO pitching staff stinks. We knew it wasn't going to be very good going into the year (and was only made worse by the ineffectiveness and injuries in the Sox rotation and bullpen). The strength right now starts in AA, where all the Bloom guys are. Drohan is in AAA, but they aren't going to rush him up for a start or two. These guys they are throwing to the wolves are just waiver wire journeymen.
  7. mvp 78
    I think with 2022, Bloom saw that it wasn't working and tried to start trading off pieces. However, the negative reaction to the Vaz trade probably got ownership a little gun shy and forced Bloom to really half ass the trading deadline. If he could just work in a vacuum and run this team without outside distractions, we'd be in a better place. He's not the perfect CBO, but nobody is. DD had his faults. Ben had his. Theo had his share of mistakes too.
  8. mvp 78
    If they didn't have Kluber or Kiké, they'd be about $35M under the CBT. I understand NOT spending on the available SS's (Turner, Swanson, Correa) since MIF is the strength of the farm system right now. Why not use the funds to give Eovaldi the contract they initially offered him and he came back to Sox and requested? Get local boy Hill back on a one year deal and you're still way under the cap. One year deal for Andrus to play SS and you've solved the Story injury. Those wouldn't have been sexy moves, but they would have been competent moves. This team would have been much better off for it. Whitlock or Houck could have been pushed to the pen.
  9. mvp 78
    I think there's a difference between expecting dominance and expecting a team that is above .500. Bloom made roster construction mistakes in 2022 and even some in 2023 (SS/2B, injury prone SP's). I can't fault him for a dry pipeline or an ownership group that wouldn't let him deal off the high end talent at the trade deadline. I can fault him for a moribund team last season that limped its way through 162 games. The current squad seems to have better vibes and should at least end the year on the right side of .500 even if they don't make the playoffs. Seems like that's a better outcome for fans.
  10. mvp 78
    Well, if Beckett doesn't give up 8 runs in Game 2 against the Rays in 08, maybe they get to another WS.
  11. mvp 78
    You liked the team before the year started. Can't blame Cash. You liked the menu!
  12. mvp 78
    Since Jun 1: 8 G, 36.2 IP, 1.25 WHIP, 1 QS, GSv2 51 It's fine? I'd still take those relief numbers over the starter numbers...
  13. mvp 78
    I was surprised he didn't mention David Pauley.
  14. mvp 78
    It was definitely an in between year. It also didn't help that the guy they acquired to lead their staff had a really bad first year in Boston. He settled down and pitched ok the next 5 years though.
  15. mvp 78
    The only trade piece of value (that isn't projected to be on the roster next season) is Paxton. Sox may just want to keep him around for the QO, which I said a few months ago was a good problem to have.
  16. mvp 78
    Nope, don't remember that one! All 3 starts were in September in a year they missed the playoffs. That's a blur.
  17. mvp 78
    Sure, if he becomes a different pitcher THEN we can call him a #1. I just see a lot of people jumping the gun and proclaiming him a top of the rotation pitcher RIGHT NOW. His underlying metrics are middle of the road. He gets hit hard and doesn't miss bats. Since his BB rate is down, he's a very solid starter. It's just hard to say if his current success (ERA outpacing xFIP) is going to continue long term.
  18. mvp 78
    Are people good with Casas now? @itsbrianbarrett Casas Since the start of June 128 PAs .283/.367/.531/.898 .248 ISO - 27th of 176 qualifiers 11.7% walk rate - 33rd Barrel percentage - 14.1% (23rd) Hard hit rate - 50.6% (32nd)
  19. mvp 78
    Schreiber spent a whole season in AAA pitching great for the PAWSOX. Jacques was mediocre even in AAA this year. Jacques is just up because he's a LHP.
  20. mvp 78
    His grade seems to be trending upwards. If they guys in POR now keep progressing and push their way to BOS next season and provide value, his grade will go up.
  21. mvp 78
    Not Paul Blackburn.
  22. mvp 78
    Why should it take Bloom 4 years to make this team a .500+ ballclub if we're throwing out 2021? If you throw any year out it would be 2020 (pandemic, Sale out unexpectedly, Mookie trade, ERod out unexpectedly, no cap room due to reset). The realistic expectations were: he was given some All Star adjacent players with a tight cap situation and needed to try to build a farm and be relatively competitive. It really worked in 2021. It's close to working in 2023 even though the rotation hit some devastating injuries. The problem was that last season was an unmitigated failure where they had a bunch of expiring contracts and the team was basically a 162 game funeral. Bloom should have just blown up that team and built for the future rather than dragging everyone through it.
  23. mvp 78
    That's only 7 games because of the AS break. Put it back to 10 games and it's a wRC+ of 70. Really skewed because of 2 HR's in the past few games. I'm not sure two more HR's will get GM's calling.
  24. mvp 78
    I'm not sure Kiké has much trade value and the Sox would have to eat his price tag. Duvall has played pretty poorly since coming back from injury so I don't think he's going anywhere.
  25. mvp 78
    Mata? Maybe Wikelman? Would a team in the hunt want a guy like Hamilton on their bench?
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