I'm not sure he said exactly that. He said that the deals at the deadline were cost prohibitive and he did everything he could to stay under the luxury tax and not negatively impact the future of the ballclub.
I think you are more likely to reinjure or have a major setback if you are working your way back from the IL than if you are just a regular healthy player.
The more we see Verdugo, the more I don't want to see him in CF. Kiké is good there, like you suggested. Renfroe is great in RF. Verdugo can hang out in LF and try to replicate Mike Greenwell.
Ok.
I've said over and over again that the trade was good. I just think they should have extended Mookie instead. Those two thoughts aren't mutually exclusive.
I believe Merloni extensively ripped the Sox in 2019 and blames the end of the season on the lack of deadline moves.
@WEEI
Lou Merloni sounds off on Red Sox not making deadline deal: 'Dave Dombrowski just quit on his baseball team'
@NBCSBoston
"I would be disgusted hearing my GM say 'we're not going to do anything contradictory to our goals' & start talking about the CBT"
A fired up @LouMerloni on how much blame Bloom deserves for what's happening with the Red Sox