The bottom line is the Beni trade and the Renfroe trade were interesting, but at this point unrewarding, and there are only marginal hopes for the prospects we got.
And there are teams with surprising wads of money out there. The Rangers followed up their $500 million spree last year with signing deGrom this year.
The Phillies have also shelled out hefty sums two years in a row.
Bloom hasn't proved a thing yet. Comparing him with these other guys is premature at best.
As we keep saying, this is a big offseason for him.
So far he continues to impress with his patience!
It may very well be a fair criticism. But since Graterol has a career fWAR of 1.6 and 2023 is his first arb year, we're talking about pretty small potatoes.
Sure, but even there, no one knows if he could have done better.
We know there wouldn't have been many teams willing to take one year of Mookie and paying him $27 mill.
Bloom got Verdugo, Downs, Wong and $72 million in payroll relief.
Craig was apparently damaged goods, and I think we had to pay him $17 million or something like that. Taking Craig instead of a prospect made the trade a questionable one at best.