Those of us who supported the trade had hopes JBJ could turn it around a bit. At the moment such hopes look dim, especially since our overall hitting approach looks so bad.
To me the one interesting issue is that the Sox were able to force Story to get vaxxed as a condition of signing him, but they can't force a minimum wager like Houck.
If Story can hit as well as Bogey does at Fenway, Story will have the same numbers as Bogey, won't he?
It's a big if, of course, but it seems possible.
It would be pretty brutal if they don't keep any of the big 4-Bogey, Devers, JDM and Eovaldi.
Bloom might be fine with it, but Henry and Werner have always had a bit of an eye on the PR part of the equation.
Story has had a few things to contend with mentally. He went from being the shortstop for Colorado to the second baseman for the Red Sox. And I'm sure he's not unaware of the hue and cry about Bogey's contract situation. And then he gets off to a rough start.
That's something that's not necessarily Cora's decision. Whitlock is obviously a very important guy to the team and they have a plan on how to use him and develop him.
The fact we don't have an obvious closer (given Barnes's uncertain status) was Bloom's call.
There's something desperately wrong with the hitting approach. Is it Fatse? I have no idea, but I've never seen such sustained futility.
Dalbec looks like permanent toast, I fear. And Bradley is getting close as well.