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Bloom did enough dithering for a few years to contribute to the mess. He's complicit. It's not like he left with high marks from all of us.

They aren't getting into the playoffs. I'd shut Devers down if there's a 1% chance that him playing could cause more damage to his shoulder.

This is still Bloom's mess, so I don't know what he has to laugh about.

I'm sure he has substantial value, but it's not what it would have been prior to the current injury. I already had injury concerns about him going into this.

If the defense for the 2023 was better, we would have won 8 more games so we're not going to change the defense at all except hope that Trevor Story stays healthy for the year. If that happens, we'll have to move our best defensive player off their best position and really screw with things! It'll be kinda fun!

Even this team should be able to win more than 5 the rest of the way. Right? Right?!?!?

And we are free to hold him to account as often or loudly as we choose.

I said to trade him at the deadline. Everyone else laughed at me.

It’s been every season.

Houck 2nd half rollercoaster continues. Yuck!

Since the last time Rafaela took a BB on 8/9: 22 G, 579 OPS, 21 K, 26 K%, 1 HR, 5 RBI

Does he do text?

Sheesh. Tough crowd sometimes.

I know. You mentioning the dWAR issue just made me think of the Rotoworld ranking and how it overinflates his value.

That's why they are getting Fitts, Mayer and Abreu.

Rotowire has him ranked as #9 overall. 🤗

Let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!

How soon until Campbell is a better prospect than Mayer? Is he the 2b of the future anyway? What if Romero is the future SS for the BoSox? Is he a top 100 guy at some point next year?

Wikelman is garbo. I'm giving him up just to get him off the 40 man.

From Jay Jaffe today on the changes in playoff %'s since trade deadline: Team W L W% Div WC Playoffs W L W% Div WC Playoffs Net Playoffs Mariners 56 52 .519 40.6% 8.3% 48.9% 69 69 .500 2.5% 3.3% 5.8% -43.1% Red Sox 56 50 .528 1.5% 1.4% 42.0% 70 68 .507 0.0% 14.0% 14.0% -28.0% Cardinals 54 52 .509 7.9% 14.9% 22.7% 69 69 .500 0.0% 0.9% 1.0% -21.7% Giants 53 55 .491 0.4% 17.3% 17.6% 68 70 .493 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% -17.2% Pirates 54 52 .509 5.8% 10.1% 15.9% 64 73 .467 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -15.9% Mets 56 50 .528 1.5% 50.0% 51.6% 74 64 .536 1.0% 34.7% 35.8% -15.8% The Red Sox lost seven of 10 games heading into the deadline, slipping to 2.5 games out of a Wild Card spot, and while they made several moves, nothing they did amounted to an impact addition — an all-too-familiar situation for John Henry’s club in recent years. They reacquired James Paxton, and added Danny Jansen and a few bullpen pieces, including Luis García and Lucas Sims, but even those moves have largely backfired. Paxton made just three starts before returning to his all-too-familiar home on the injured list. Jansen made history by playing for both the Blue Jays and Red Sox in a suspended game but has hit for just a 64 wRC+ for his new team. García and Sims made a hash of their high-leverage opportunities, combining to allow 22 runs in 20.2 innings before landing on the IL, having made significant contributions to the bullpen’s 5.59 ERA and 5.20 FIP since the deadline. With the exception of a strong stretch from Brayan Bello, the rotation has largely regressed in that time as well, and for as great a human interest story as the latest Rich Hill comeback may be, his workload isn’t going to turn things around. While the Sox remain fourth in the AL Wild Card race, they’re now closer to last place in the AL East (3.5 games) than qualifying for the postseason (4.5 games.).

Give them Fitts and Wikelman.

Sparky Lyle?

That was almost certain from the moment the trade was agreed upon.