My avatar is just a little joke about the Cliff.
I see that the Game Threaders consensus is now that Cora got lucky last year. No surprise. Game Threaders are a miserable lot when the team is going bad.
Koji was fantastic, not trying to knock him at all.
But I hold 2004 Foulke and 2007 Papelbon in equally high regard. They all got the job done in their own way.
Not spending on the bullpen provides evidence to me that they decided it was a place to save money. I don't think anyone disagrees with that.
But you're the one saying that not spending on the bullpen while spending 6.25 million on Pearce is the most questionable allocation of money you've ever seen.
BTW Henry did spend a pile this offseason, when you factor in the extensions for Sale and Bogaerts, plus Eovaldi.
If anything he reaffirmed clearly that he's more than willing to have the highest payroll and to pay millions in tax.
You can criticize the inaction on the bullpen, sure, but that's really it. 'As questionable as I’ve ever seen' is just wild hyperbole. It was just a few offseasons ago we splurged on Sandoval, Hanley and Castillo.
It seems I am the devil's advocate in this thread.
But there's no comparison between Koji and Rivera.
Rivera did it year after year for 2 damn decades.