Believe it or don't, but the Mets are actually saying they're not going to be all in on 2024. Cohen seems to have seen the light in a hurry. Trading Scherzer and Verlander when they were both under contract for next year makes it appear they're not kidding about this.
To me, doing nothing at this deadline and staying $10 million or so under the tax threshold for 2023 feels like the Sox front office giving the fans the middle finger one more time. "Crybaby fans", I guess I should say.
Hard to say. Ben was sort of the natural in-house replacement for Theo.
Plus they spent plenty in the pre-2015 offseason, so you might say that was when the patience ran out.
You said Bloom's "main task is running the whole organization by managing the GM and other people in upper level management".
What the hell does that even mean? It sounds like something from a business administration course.
To me the incredible thing about how the Sox FO has handled this season is staying $11 million under the tax cap (per Cot's). Seems indefensible considering that they increased ticket prices. Shows balls, though, I guess.
Chaim Bloom: "Hey, a lot of people thought we were going to trade Paxton and Duvall or Verdugo, but guess what, they're still here. So from that perspective, not getting worse is getting better."
Didn't some of us have this crazy idea that the Sox left some money under the tax cap to add at the deadline? Looks like Henry and Bloom are going to fool us again.