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Yup.

The surprise is that these guys are holding out for deals that aren't going to materialize. I guess they'll just sit out for a while?

So? You're not going to change his mind. Why get upset about the nicknames? Why constantly defend Bloom when you admit he's made bad moves? Just move on and find another post to talk about.

I would say that the majority of RED SOX NATION still has no idea who he is. Most of the reporters that will be at ST have never seen him before in person.

Oh, that framing always reminds me of PEDRO CIRIACO. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1104858-spring-training-2012-pedro-ciriaco-making-the-most-out-of-an-opportunity

ERC wasn't invited to big league camp. If we are talking about minors camp, I think there will be lots of guys following Bleis this year. I was also trying to go for guys not included on the 40 man. Would be nice to have another OF option in Abreu. We'll see how he rebounds. He struggled in the AFL from what I remembered.

I just have a funny feeling that if we had more mod activity around these parts that this beef would have been squashed a long time ago.

So he doesn't like when players struggle or are hurt a lot? I'm shocked!

1. Having Mookie for his full career seems cool. 2. The Dombo alt history is hilarious. They have max deals for Javy Baez, Correa, Turner AND Devers! How? IDK! Henry wouldn't let Dombo even sign Betts without the other guys. How would he get all the others? Maybe in this fiction Dombo had Henry whacked? Is Betts around or no? MIKE Wacha as a World Series hero? Wow. Who are the other pitchers?

There's always a portion of the Blame Pie that has to be handed out. That's how we have been conditioned by talk radio in this market.

It's not an unreasonable take.

Sleeper: Alfaro MiLB guy that people will start to notice: Lugo

Feltman’s pitching is worse now than when he was drafted.

Cora said this in ST ‘19: “I still remember people thought he was going to be the savior last year when he got drafted – it’s not that easy, it’s not that easy,” Cora said. “We went through it in ’05 (with first pick Craig Hansen, who did not pan out) and he was kind of like ‘the guy’ and it didn’t turn out to be that. You’ve got to be very careful. This is still the big leagues. I don’t know if I have told you guys, my brother, he puts it in a very particular way. It’s A ball, Double A, Triple A, it’s not 4A, it’s MLB. There’s a difference. There’s a big jump from the A’s to MLB. There’s a period of adjustment.”

Somewhere between Fernandez at 37 and Webb at 56? My guess is mid-40's. One site had him 44th for the ChiSox last season and Broadway 54th. Now Broadway is ranked 42nd for the Red Sox, but Denlinger had a better season last year. They were both drafted in '21 in subsequent rounds.

Maybe not on whatever cesspool you posted on.

https://twitter.com/Velocity_GB/status/1496260447401660418

The legacy is complaining.

@IanCundall Red Sox announced they acquired RHP Theo Denlinger from CWS for Franklin German. Denlinger is listed at 6-3, 255 & was drafted in the 7th rd. in 2021. In 2022 in A+/AA: 48.1 IP, 4.47 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 66 K:21 BB. He’s also a blacksmith & has a workshop w/a forge outside his house. I see this as an absolute win.

They were for one offseason. Then last place came again and again.

I agree.

2016 starting pitcher in-season deals: Padres also dealt Cashner at the deadline and he had a 6+ ERA for the Marlins. Mariners dealt Miley and he had a 6+ ERA for the O's down the stretch. Rays dealt Matt Moore and he was decent for SFG, but they massively overpaid for him (Duffy the 2015 ROY runner up along with their 4th and 24th ranked prospects). Rich Hill and Josh Reddick (OAK) for Montas, Cotton and Holmes (LAD). Hill pitched fantastic for the Dodgers with a 1.83 ERA, but only had one start for them prior to September due to a finger blister. Pirates traded Francisco Liriano in a salary dump deal and he had a solid 2.92 ERA for what that deal was. Yankees traded Ivan Nova for 2 PTBNL and he was outstanding 1.9 fWAR and 3.06 ERA afterwards.

The Trade The Boston Red Sox received left-handed starter Drew Pomeranz from the San Diego Padres in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Anderson Espinoza, per Dennis Lin of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Boston Red Sox In need of starting pitching to bolster their high-scoring offense, the Red Sox cashed in Espinoza—the No. 21 prospect in baseball, according to MLB.com—to grab Pomeranz, who was having a breakout, All-Star season with the Padres. The results haven't been great so far. Through three starts with Boston, Pomeranz is 0-2 with an unsightly 7.53 ERA. It's a small sample, obviously. And Pomeranz has intermittently flashed the stuff that made him successful in San Diego, as Red Sox skipper John Farrell pointed out. "Three starts in, I know the numbers can look out of sync or not strong," Farrell said, per ESPN.com's Scott Lauber. "But still, there's quality stuff being thrown. It's a matter of consistency." The 27-year-old Pomeranz won't become a free agent until 2019, so assuming he returns to form, this could still be a positive for the Red Sox. So far, however, it's a mixed bag at best considering what the Sox surrendered. Grade: C- San Diego Padres The Pads, who have shifted into full-blown rebuild mode, appear to have sold high on Pomeranz. And they acquired a heck of a building block in Espinoza, an 18-year-old who has struck out 141 hitters in 142 minor league innings. There's no such thing as a can't-miss teenage prospect, but San Diego may have turned a strong half-season from Pomeranz into a future front-line starter. And remember, the Padres acquired Pomeranz from the Oakland A's this winter for first baseman Yonder Alonso, who's hitting .247 with a .651 OPS. As SB Nation's Grant Brisbee put it, "The San Diego Padres turned Yonder Alonso into a golden arm using This One Weird Trick." When you frame it like that, it's tough not to love this move from the Friars' perspective. Grade: A

As you stated, they provided value to us as fans because they are good to talk about, hope about, dream about, etc.

The truck is southbound on 95. Pitchers and catcher are to report by the 15th. First full workout is the 20th, unless someone's third grandma passes away.