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  1. moonslav59
    No free pass- just context. My point was more about posters expecting to have already seen significant farm help from Bloom’s prospects. Yes, We should see players close to ready, but maybe not HS draftees.
  2. moonslav59
    Yup. This is Bloom’s team now.
  3. moonslav59
    Hence the word "almost' ALL. BTW, JD and Bogey were one dimensional, too. Only Mookie was multi. Sale has been zero dimension. Porcello never pitched again. Beni? Meh. JBJ? LOL. Price became one-quarter Price. Nate pitched a little more than time not pitching. ERod missed 2020 and has just now regained what he had. The names all sound great, but the production after 2018 or 2019 was MOSTLY not.
  4. moonslav59
    Nice take. I will add that the great players Bloom inherited almost all began to decline or miss entire seasons, almost immediately. He did not inherit 2018 production. Not even 2019.
  5. moonslav59
    Yup, and even if Yorke had Ben the next stud like one of them, he’d be called up just about now, yet somehow Bloom was supposed to already have seen ML results from his farm.
  6. moonslav59
    No doubt! He's on pace for about 60 Hrs and 130 RBI while batting almost .310! He lead the league in OPS, SLG, HRs, RBIs, 3Bs and TB. 3.8 bWAR/4.1 fWAR That, alone would be great, but he's also started 16 games: 7- 3 3.02 12K/9 Leads league 5.7 H/9 leads league (1.038 WHIP) 2.7 bWAR/ 1.9 fWAR Total WAR 6.5 bWAR 6.0 fWAR Pretty damn good for a full season!
  7. moonslav59
    A quick and non complete look at what each GM was handed from his previous GM. Dan D (to Port) to Theo: 82-79 in 2001 93-69 in 2002 (Pedro, Manny, Nomar, DLowe, Damon, VTek, Nixon, Burkett, Wake Top Prospects Freddy Sanchez (traded for Suppan) HRam (traded for Beckett & Lowell) Jorge de la Rosa (traded with others for Schilling) Youkilis Lester Shoppach David Murphy Ben: 90-72 2011 (AGon, Papi, Lester, Beckett, Pedey, Youk, Jake, JD Drew, CC, Lackey, Papelbon, A Miller, Buch Top prospects: Betts Bogey Iggy JBJ Barnes, Doubront, Alex Wilson, Middlebrooks DD 71-91 in 2014 (Betts, Bogey, Uehara, JBJ, Vaz, Pedey, HRam, Pablo, Napoli, ERod, Porcello) Prospects: Devers Moncada & Kopech (Sale) Margot (Kimbrell) Espinoza (Pomeranz) Dubon (Thornburg) Bloom 84-78 in 2019 (Sale, Betts, Bogey, Price, Devers, ERod, Nate, Vaz, JD, Beni) Prospects Houck Casas & Bello Duran & Dalbec
  8. moonslav59
    Big hit & catch by Duran. He looks like a butterfly out there in CF.
  9. moonslav59
    Rumors of the Orioles starting an epic collapse are just that- a rumor, but they are down 8-1, tonight and are on their way to their 3rd straight loss. After finishing with MN on Sunday, this is their upcoming schedule: 4@ NYY 3@ MN (Break) 3 v MIA 3 v LAD 4@ TBR 3@ PHI 3 v NYY 4@TOR Home for 3 NYM/3HOU Away for 3 SEA/SDP/OAK They don't really get a break until AUG 18 @ OAK
  10. moonslav59
    Rumors of Kaleb Ort sucking may be true- just don't tell him that!
  11. moonslav59
    Rumors of Justin Turner growing a day older are true, but the kid keeps playing like a 25 year old.
  12. moonslav59
    Rumors of Yoshida's lack of power has been greatly exaggerated.
  13. moonslav59
    Rumors of Paxton's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
  14. moonslav59
    And, there I was thinking us playing less ALE games would help us.
  15. moonslav59
    Woo lost in 10. Abreu 2-4 w HR & 2B w BB Rafaela 1-4 as the SS POR won game 1 Gambrell (Beni trade) 5 IP, 6H, 2ER, 2BB, 5 K (4.04 ERA) JOELY 1 no hit inning Game 2 is in extra innings GRE won 8-0 Wikelman 5.2, 1H, 0ER, 3BB, 10K (ERA down to 4.50) Bonaci 3 hits w HR
  16. moonslav59
    Name one poster who thinks Bloom makes mostly or even half great moves? Giving context is not apologizing. The team ha ssucked due to circustances beyond any GM's control. Has Bloom risen above it and done anything spectacular to make up for the fact that he's and the previous only gotten Houck from the farm since 2017? NO. Bloom is not great. Nobody thinks he is. Nobody ever said he was. His main task was to build up the foundation, and that won't be judged for years. Nobody is saying 4 rings is enough. The idea is to build something sustainable- from the ground up. Has he done that? I sure as hell don't know, and nobody should pretend to know.
  17. moonslav59
    Bogey signed as IFA in 2009- called up 4 years later, late in 2013. Betts: drafted in 2011- called up 3+ years later in the 2014 season. Devers signed as IFA in 2013- called up 4 years later, in 2017. Bloom's first draft was 2020- a short one. Then, there was no minor league season in 2020, but the clock still started ticking for many "demanding" Sox fans.
  18. moonslav59
    It takes longer than 3.5 years to see tangible results from a GM farm additions, even when many are college draftees- Bloom's have not been. What other recent Sox GM went 5 years with just one meaningful graduating prospect from the previous GM, or in Theo's case from his longer history of additions? July 25, 2017 Devers called up Sept 15, 2020 Houck called up July 22, 2022 Bello called up. By the time Bello matured, it was almost 6 years from the Devers call up in '17. I'm surprised so many don't seem to think this is such a big deal, or they seem to blame Bloom, we haven't seen more since 2020. Context does not matter. Bloom was supposed to magically make young studs appear out of thin air- cause that's what they do in Tampa. Apparently, TB does not have to wait 3-4 years for their prospects to mature. (LOL)
  19. moonslav59
    I don’t think it’s justified, if all the details were known after 2019, but I’m clearly in a tiny minority. I had hoped it would take just 3-4 years, and 2021 was a gift.
  20. moonslav59
    It’s not good but understandable
  21. moonslav59
    Yup. It was an impossible situation he was handed, and he did not do great or poorly.
  22. moonslav59
    Maybe that is exactly what he is doing, and that's why we ended up with Richards and Kluber.
  23. moonslav59
    Nope, 1 of 3. They did not attempt to give anyone an impression before or during 2020.
  24. moonslav59
    yNot before any season. I did say, in another recent post, I did have hopes. The weird thing is that I had less hope before 2021 than 2022 or 2023.
  25. moonslav59
    But you do believe just making the playoffs makes it a crapshoot, so to you, it does mean competing for a ring. (Not having to win one.) I don't believe any Sox team since 2018 had a chance at a ring. After 2019, and surely after 2020, I did not expect one for 3-4 years.
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