They didn't need to trade Xander. They were probably fine getting the QO for him. However, they had a few other guys they could have dealt at the '22 deadline and still kept Xander around and "attempted" to re-sign him.
JD
Wacha
Hill
Eovaldi
Schreiber (at the height of his value)
The swoon started the middle of July, not after the trade deadline.
10 games over .500 at ASB. 6 games over at end of July. 4 games over at end of Aug. Now at .500.
Henry wanted more movement at the '22 and '23 deadlines. Bloom couldn't get it done. That's the reason he's out of here. It has nothing to do with the 78-82 records. If Breslow ends at 78-82, Henry will be fine with it. Henry just wants more pandering to the fans and Bloom didn't do enough of it. At least Breslow can say that he tried and it didn't work out.
I'm not a believer. We'll hear a lot of rumors. Until a legit pitcher is up on the podium putting on a Sox jersey, I'm not going to buy into the rumors.
He acquired two decent relievers that didn't work out. s*** happens.
He got a low risk/low reward starter that unsurprisingly didn't work out.
He traded a decent prospect that wasn't going to play in Boston for some reason for a starting pitching prospect. Good trade to me.
More work was done for the MLB this deadline than for '22 or '23.
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!
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?