Bellhorn04
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The frustrating part is how much the offense went in the tank. Losing Duran and then Casas, Turner getting banged up, Story and Yoshida not doing much. At least the kids are hitting a little. Just another fustercluck of a season. Back-to-backers.
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We're not sure exactly what doomed him. Probably a combination of things. The knock on him being indecisive does seem very credible.
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Like I say, I think it's all on ownership.
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I get what you're saying. But sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. The Yankees converted King from relief to starting and he's been doing very well. The Red Sox evaluation and coaching of pitchers remains very suspect. This year we saw Littell and Brasier go to other teams and succeed.
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That's a fair point. Like I say, I'm putting all the blame on ownership. Unfortunately, under the circumstances it's hard to judge Bloom at all, because they gave him such a s***** hand to work with.
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I believe Henry lowballed Betts all along. And it's worth noting that the recent statements by Betts clearly suggest that he did get a final offer after Bloom took over. He even said, if you want to know more about contract negotiations, you'll have to talk to Chaim about it.
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Sale seems healthy and effective right now. I get what you're saying, but you can only work with the information you have right now. Pencillng him in as a #5 seems logical.
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Things do get silly whenever we jump in the Wayback Machine, but... What I'm arguing is that it was ownership who made all these mistakes-cutting loose Betts and Dombrowski AND slashing payroll. So in the Wayback Machine they would have kept Dombrowski AND NOT slashed payroll.
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2020 should be ignored. Bloom did a good job in 2021. A lot of the players were obviously left over from DD.
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Yeah, I don't think you can point to any of Cora's Red Sox teams and say they badly underachieved.
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I guess I'll have to keep saying this, but the 2019 team was not that bad, and the 2021 team also did OK.
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Morgan Magic didn't win any postseason games, as I recall.
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I guess we shouldn't have fired Bloom, then. Cora should be able to win with anything you hand him.
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Modern management theory is that you don't "chase wins", you don't use your best relievers when you're losing (unless it's a must-win game). I do understand why this approach can be frustrating.
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You're being gentle, really. The Bloom years have been a disaster. Maybe someday we'll look back on his work more kindly - maybe. To me it's all on ownership. They have screwed up royally since the moments they decided to part ways with Betts and then Dombrowski. They thought they were being smart. Maybe they have learned a lesson - maybe.
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There it is again!
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At this moment in time I feel somewhat pessimistic about 2024, because I don't think our core is as strong as some other folks seem to think it is. Here are the fWAR's for position players: Devers 3.3 Duran 2.4 Verdugo 2.2 Duvall 1.9 Casas 1.7 Turner 1.3 Wong 0.7 Yoshida 0.5 The only way this team is going to be good in 2024 is with additions from outside and advances from inside.
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OK, got it.
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You can't imagine that they might be mostly blaming Bloom, the guy they fired, for this year and last year?
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Our offense has been absolutely dismal in September. Losing Casas hurt, but still...
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Yes, yes and yes.
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The pre-season projections for the 2019 team were pretty strong, as I recall.
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2020 should just be expunged. The 2021 team was good after some relatively inexpensive tweaks.
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You asked me that before and I agreed that 108 was the outlier. This is beating a dead horse.
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Now that you mention it, Beni does seem like a good comp. Like Beni, Verdugo does not have consistent power.
