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All it took was one mediocre season and two bad contracts (Sale/Price) that Henry approved of.

We are doomed to lose every trade because of how well we did in the Heathcliff Slocumb deal.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/job-posting-boston-red-sox-multiple-openings-2/ Crag posted some new opportunities for you schlubs.

It wasn't the guys down at Tuffy's Bar and Grille, so you wouldn't care.

If Bloom stayed, does it make it easier or harder to find a CBO?

He did find luck with Joe Kelly picking a good time not to suck.

And Henry also offered Bloom an alternate role within the Sox org...

So much that they relied on starters during the 2018 playoff run to fill in the bullpen holes and couldn't rely on their closer.

That stretch has endured.

Maybe? Rule 5 picks rarely become really good though the Sox probably wish they still had Ryan Pressly.

Today's TalkSox word of the day is MYTH. Everytime someone posts it kids, scream real loud!

DD should stop forgetting baseball if he wants to field competitive teams.

Henry has a habit of staying in the background and then popping up to complain after the fact. "Oh, I didn't like the Carl Crawford deal from day 1." So why did you agree to the signing, John?

According to Speier, there were lots of internal disagreements. DD didn't listen to others. DD didn't like that Sam was in a lot of meetings. Maybe DD didn't see it that way? Maybe DD didn't want to see it that way?

Is that Eddie Romero's job title currently?

Unfortunately, a lot of the guys they wanted to interview were either under the tutelage of Dombrowski or good friends with Bloom. Of course those guys were going to say no. It's less about firing and more about WHO was fired IMO.

It's a MYTH!!!!!!!!!!!!

If this is the case, why didn't BOH leave this offseason?

Maybe? He really has no track record and hasn't pitched above A ball. I think Drohan is more likely to get picked than anyone else. If Penrod is selected, there's a better than 50% chance he's returned.

Yeah, I'm not worried about middle relievers with relatively low upside.

You must think going out for ice cream is fun!?!?!?

Another Zack Penrod story: https://www.mlb.com/news/boston-red-sox-zach-penrod-continues-ascension-in-arizona-fall-league?t=arizona-fall-league-coverage

FanGraphs on the 40 man moves: More interesting than what Boston did Tuesday is what they didn’t do. They arguably had the biggest roster crunch in baseball, with nearly a dozen potential additions and eight or so current 40-man occupants who I’d consider on the roster bubble. Young righties Luis Perales (whose fastball has monstrous vertical carry) and Wikelman Gonzalez (plus secondary stuff) are both young and raw enough to expect they’ll spend their first year on the 40-man entirely in the minors. Prospects Grant Gambrell, Ryan Fernandez, Angel Bastardo, Chih-Jung Liu, Shane Drohan, Juan Daniel Encarnacion, Eddinson Paulino, and Allan Castro all had interesting cases to be added versus not. The relief-only guys (Gambrell, Fernandez) are lower-impact types who were probably safe to leave unprotected, Drohan’s rough second half hurt his chances of being rostered, and most of the rest of the candidates are extremely young and unlikely to stick on someone else’s active roster next spring. Especially as more and more teams tend to err on the side of not adding players this time of year, more and more players fill the potential Rule 5 Draft pool and the chance any one of your team’s guys gets popped in the draft drops through the sheer volume of alternatives. Liu (sitting 95 mph with a plus breaking ball and average split as a starter) could be vulnerable in the Rule 5, especially if teams think his stuff will tick up in relief.

@redsoxstats Helcris Olivarez is an interesting minor league signing. He had tons of prospect helium in 19-20, had an incredibly wild 2021 while showing outrageous stuff, then had a scapula strain / eventual shoulder capsule surgery late in 2022. He missed this year, but returned last month The surgery was far from minor!

I care to talk about Trout getting traded to the Sox because it's fun. I don't care that you think it won't happen. You are just trying to rain on our fun parade.