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I'm saying again that I bet JH already has an idea about who might be coming in. this just doesn't seem like a spur of the moment move to me. Successful business executives have plans before they make the big decisions as a rule.

A couple is not an insinuation that there are many. I'm not promoting any idea about anything. I bet it actually is worse on other sites.

A big part of me thinks that JH already knows who is coming in to replace Bloom.

I'm guessing that there might be a couple of our posters who are in mourning. Hope we hear from them soon.

I'm not to too worried about Cora but what does worry me is when we see a young player brought in who cannot field a position in a serviceable way and when they make repeat mental mistakes on the bases and in the field. It makes me wonder not only about who is responsible for the development of our young pitchers but the rest of the program as well.

My guess is that Cora stays.

I'm actually going to wear my Red Sox hat up at the club tonight for one of the few times this season.

I didn't see how they would go into the off-season trusting him to make the decisions that will be necessary to turn this team around. I see this as a JH move that shows that yes he is involved in what is going on. Good for him and for us.

Bloom's firing does not surprise me at all. You need someone who can make deals competently. Puts JH back on the plus side as far I'm concerned.

I have no doubt that he can play wherever I just think that it puts a lot on a kid's plate when you also expect him to hit. With him in cf everyday I think that it makes filling left and right with fielders that we already have more feasible. If Duran is healthy, I still like him even with his defensive baggage . He is capable of helping a team in numerous ways. I don't know might become of Verdugo but he can still play.

This actually does have some truth to it.

That is where he should be. I hope they don't dink around with him and play him in multiple positions.

I would like to see him get one more just to really find out if he can get the job done. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he is gone before the first snowfall though.

I think that you are right on with this post. Would I have liked to have seen a better pitching staff this year - of course but who would it have been? What I will say is that it doesn't make people like me a member of a "posse" or whatever else if we really haven't liked the moves bloom has made in general since he has been hired. I think that I am a realist and what has he really done that would make me think that much is going to change during this off season? I'm not sure that he can get the job done even if JH decides to freely spend once again.

I'm older - not old of course but I remember '67 just sneaking up on all of us. They were young and they were good. We were unfamiliar with most of the young guys that year until we had a chance to see them on the big stage. - Foy-Bresseud-Andrews-Scott-Conigliaro-Smith and one of the old timers at that time Yaz. Initially we had a pitching staff that looked like a one man show -Lonborg although Billy rohr got us excited early. We need a Lonborg pitching for us next year. I have been admonished for not making my points clear lol so here goes. I would be very content with a very young team next year. Obviously we need at least one quality starter in there. Upgrade the defense at second base and centerfield and bring in what might qualify as an ace, and I'll be all in.

I know and I am not in panic mode. Just want to see a team out there that I can get excited about. I actually would likely watch them seriously again if I saw a youth movement in general. As much as I like Turner, Duval, and actually Verdugo, I see players like Rafaela, Abreu, Duran, and Casas as players I would to see held on to.

oh I understand. I'm not advocating trading him specifically. I just don't think that is going to be room to keep them all.

I did think that Yorke was older. I understand that he has had some injury issues but I would have liked to have seen him get some time at second base.

I thought the point was pretty clear. Bloom's moves confuse me.

I just find many of Bloom's deals confusing. Good or bad - I don't know but confusing. We have a need at second base. How is old is Yorke? On the other hand, Wong appears to be a decent starting catcher moving forward but yet Teel has already moved to AA bypassing any catchers that we have up to that level. If Teel is this talented, wouldn't it kind of make sense that he really is on the fast track to Boston. In my mind that makes Wong a legitimate trade prospect who might attract some attention. We don't need another Fisk to backup another Fisk. A Montgomery will do. We have those guys already. The purpose of my post isn't to make any kind of trade proposal but just to say that I don't get much that I see happening. In my world, common sense says that Yorke should have been given a look by now. otherwise I think they should try package and move players like him who have talent but just don't fit the scheme whatever it might be moving forward. oh and yes I am surprised by Teel's rapid rise to that level.

I think he should be in centerfield every day. I really hope that they aren't considering trading him.

If that is the case, does that mean that the consensus is that Rafaela isn't as good as the guys playing ahead of him? If that is the reason he isn't actually playing, maybe that means that he just in reality isn't as good as what we already have out there. Personally, I think the kid is very likely a better baseball player then the guys getting the playing time.

I don't know what will happen, but I will still be surprised if bloom has his job in boston next season. We certainly have stock piled some pretty good looking prospects, but there won't be a place for them all in Boston for one thing. The other thing is are they as good as we think that they are? If Rafaela is a true player of the future, why is he not in the lineup daily? I think that there are obvious issues here and I don't think that it looks as though Bloom is the guy who can sort things out. Who stays and who goes.

What are you planning to do with Wong? Teel's rise has been very very quick. What I do not understand is if young players like Rafaela and Abreau represent our players of the future why are they not in the lineup daily? If you need a second baseman so desperately, why not give Yorke a shot?

I agree with you about Casas but as for any of our other young guys, how would anyone here really know what we are looking at at the major league level. they are not getting the opportunity to play. You have to have something to give to get anything in return. I would keep Casas but outside of Duran, who has played enough on a regular basis to convince any gm that they would be worth trading for. We appear to have a bunch of talented minor leaguers. Is it possible that maybe they aren't talented enough?