A full on fire sale would have been trading those three plus Wacha, Hill, Kike, everything that wasn't nailed down. For some madmen it also would have been trading Devers...
Not having a fire sale was "largely" for PR purposes, I don't disagree with that.
But hell, a lot of running a baseball team is for PR purposes. The fans pay the bills.
I disagree. I don't think Bloom was lying when he explained in detail the thought process behind the deadline moves. He knew the team still had an outside shot this year, especially thinking that Sale would be back at the time, and that you can't just throw that away.
Your belief that Bloom wanted to burn it to the ground is pure personal speculation.
No. 365/12 = 30.42
There were reports about the deferred money bringing down the AAV, but they were incorrect - there was no adjustment, apparently because the interest rates at the time were so low.
The first thing I would say Nick, is that I don't think Bloom would tell Henry 2023 is the year to go all in to win a ring. But it's definitely a year to win 92+ games and have a chance at a ring. So we probably aren't making a run at deGrom. Maybe his old friend Syndergaard, though.