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This is a discussion of Craig Breslow, Chaim Bloom and people with high IQ's, not the general rabble. A post was made about Breslow being known as the smartest player in MLB. Bloom was known for not having the greatest communications skills in the world. There could be concerns that Breslow also can't work well with others since he is a remote employee at the moment. I'm sure an opinionated and outspoken person like you would rather yell about the cashiers at Buc-ee's, but I think we should keep the conversation on track.

A lot of brilliant people have zero people skills. Being able to work with others is important for the vast majority of jobs.

Hmm, seems like you don't know what "with cause" means!

I think my seventh grade son hacked into your account for this dad joke.

Their bullpen is a little shaky, but their starters were 14th overall in fWAR largely due to Gallen and Kelly. If those two can't get it done, it's over for the DBags.

Bloom was fired for cause too.

I agree. Bloom definitely has a much higher IQ than DD though, right?

Jealous much?

I've toured the campus, but am far from being a Yalie.

@tylermilliken_ Some interesting insight from @Sean_McAdam on yesterday’s Craig Breslow reports: “A report in The Athletic Tuesday had Breslow “in advanced discussions” with the Sox, “interviewing for their No. 1 job in baseball operations,” but that may be premature, according to an industry source.” He floats the idea of Breslow possibly being GM, with a more experienced option taking over the POBO role. Also, that another external candidate has been interviewed that has not been revealed yet. Breslow as GM, someone else as CBO and Eddie stays as Assistant GM? Why not just give Eddie the promotion and find the CBO? I don't get it.

Yes I can.

I'm happy to feed them manna from heaven. It's the only thing that gives them life.

Raquel did say that she didn't want the promotion because of family reasons. She's already local and in house.

He is 39 after all. That 43M contract is rough... He's probably only worth half of that.

And Breslow already lives in Newton, MA.

I don't think that really matters. Chaim Bloom is most likely smarter than DD, but DD is a better GM.

The only issue with Breslow is that he worked remotely. He wasn't actually working along side the Cubs FO on a day to day basis the way he would need to here.

Kim Ng hasn't been mentioned as receiving or declining an interview.

It’s whoever is willing to work with BOH and Wormtongue without complaining.

The EVP is not a promotion.

The issue isn't the losing or the 4 year firings. I think the issue is that there isn't any room for turnover in the FO as I noted earlier. When you take this job, you're stuck with the people already employed. This is JH's vision of a FO, not the the next CBO's. That's why Click and others will either drop out or not interview. Keeping BOH around was a bad idea.

Dansby Swanson had a 104 OPS+, but ended the season with 4.9 fWAR this year. Yeah, I'd take that...

I'm not specifically calling you out, but there are several posters on here who group other posters into the Bloom Squad or Kimmi's Gang or whatever. Then when you ask who's part of it, you never get a response. I will quote tweet those posters and they never ever respond. I never made a post complaining about Bloom Bashers. To me, it's the same thing as complaining about Pink Hats. We're all here because we want the Red Sox to win (maybe too obsessively). I don't think there was anyone who was so down on Bloom that would have trashed him if he actually made a slam dunk great move. For a long time, A700 HATED Theo and called him every name in the book. Did that mean he wrote him off, didn't want him to succeed and would never be excited about him? No! He even changed his avatar to "Super Theo" after the AGon/Crawford moves. I believe the half of the board that didn't like Bloom would have changed their minds if he just did moves that they liked, so why group people into some negative subgroupings that are relatively meaningless?

That may not help. The old gray mare just ain't what she used to be.

Would.