Bellhorn04
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Is Bleis pronounced the same as Blaze?
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All that matters to me and I think fans in general is who is the guy pulling the trigger on player moves. They really have a ball coming up with different names for that guy. Could just call them all HOBO's - Head of Baseball Ops.
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That's why God made free agents.
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Cherington won in his second year. Does the job title thing actually matter?
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Only in horror movies.
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He will be with the team through the 2023 season at least, guaranteed.
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I don't doubt they're displeased. But Bloom's job is not in jeopardy, IMHO. That would make them look even more trigger-happy than they already do.
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Somebody has to say it - Dombrowski's Phillies are one of the hottest teams. They're 38-19 since Dave canned Girardi. He picked up Syndergaard and David Robertson at the deadline.
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That's all true. Personally, I tend to think of Bloom as just another of Henry's agents. What people overlook is that Henry is actually the man who has set the strategic course for this team for the last 20 years. He brought DD in when it was time to capitalize. He brought Bloom in when it was time to get the financial house and farm back in order.
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I know. I just used it as a jumping off point to show that it took him a while to get to the promised land, too.
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Friedman joined the Dodgers before the 2015 season, so it was in his sixth season with the team that they won their first title under him.
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Nuff said is right.
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No, but sometimes it's the best, or only, option to get better.
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And to that I will offer the old maxim: "Be careful what you wish for."
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The only way that's going to happen is if Henry sells the team. Henry is the guy responsible for all the many changes we've seen, from Theo to Ben to DD to Bloom.
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Right on both counts. I think the main reason they traded Vaz was that Bloom liked the prospects we got back enough.
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Yes, but releasing Bradley doesn't count much against him. It's trading for him that does.
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It might be the wrong move, but it doesn't really matter any more.
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I think you're probably right.
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I liked it okay too, but where I differ from you is that I'm now conceding it was a fail. JBJ has been well below replacement level for two years.
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Right, but I was only talking about the 2022 team.
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Right. Hopefully that one pays off yet.
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We just saw Hosmer use his partial no-trade to be diverted from Washington to Boston.
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But I think part of Bloom's mandate was making the playoffs this year. Plus Sam Kennedy had already come close to saying there was not going to be a fire sale, and they told Bogey he wasn't going to be traded.
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Bloom did have a certain amount of money to spend this year and he invested most of it in Story, Bradley, Wacha, Hill, Diekman.
