Yeah, I think the one-year suspension had something to do with it.
The fact he hired him back after that actually spoke well for his opinion of Cora as a manager, no?
Henry is only "shelling out" money that he gets from the customers. And he gets to keep a pile of it. It's a profitable business, not a philanthropic venture.
I don't think there's any such thing as a successful last place team.
I'm impressed, though, that you can still find the 2023 Sox entertaining.
Clown shows can be pretty entertaining, of course, if you're into that.
I'll always appreciate what Henry has done, but his record has a lot of negatives on it now too. Bad breakups with Epstein, Francona, Cherington, Dombrowski...6 last place finishes in 12 years (#6 pending that is)...cutting loose Mookie Betts.
Jansen is under contract for 2024 at $16 million. They might get a little for him, but they'd look like they're already giving up on 2024 if they do that.
No basis for that actually - this front office has removed the same number of GM's as *real* managers.
GM's
Epstein
Ben
DD
Real Managers (not counting Valentine or Roenicke)
Little
Francona
Farrell
True, but it wasn't really what you'd call a PR signing. I'd say Sox fans in general were underwhelmed and confused by it, and many of course figured it meant Bogaerts was gone.
Yes, and it's things like this that make me question Bloom's acumen in some areas. His approach can be the best in the world, but if he whiffs on the big moves, it's a serious problem.
I'm mainly complaining about Yoshida in view of Bloom supposedly being under spending restrictions and supposedly operating under a plan to build for the future. Not sure how a big outlay on Yoshida makes a lot of sense under those conditions. Especially when there's so little being spent on starting pitching.
I think the 2023 team is cooked, because our rotation is in tatters. We don't even have a starter listed for tonight, so it'll probably be Ort.
The only thing that could give me one shred of optimism is if Paxton's knee isn't a big deal, but that feels like a long shot.