moonslav59
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Seemingly, their main plan to fix it involves keeping everybody like Vaz, extend Bogey and Nate. Not locking up the under performing Bogey cast some sort of voodoo spell on the team, and then trading the clubhouse leader who helped lead us get to a losing record was the final dagger in team morale. It's all on Bloom & Cora for not realizing we needed to keep this losing team intact and go large at the deadline on a team these guys have been bashing, all year as being poorly constructed. Like we were just 1-2 players away from a ring. In all seriousness, I ask this question to the Bloom bashers: If we were just a couple big deadline moves away from competition for the ring, then just how bad could the roster have been constructed by Bloom over the last winter or few years? Am I the only one seeing some sort of contradiction to this months/years long, Bloom bashing narrative?
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I think the addition of Story in late March had a huge affect on the whole RH'd bat in the OF issue. 1. Story was supposed to be a big RH'd bat added to a line-up that did not appear to be overly left-handed, to begin with. 2. The fact that Arroyo was likely to get most of the PAs at 2B, before Story was signed, likely was a big part of the push to find him PAs in the OF. 3. The missing RH'd OF bat only became so relevant after Kike got hurt. 4. We had a RH'd OF bat in the system, in Refsnyder, but just didn't realize it, until too late. This whole issue boils down to turning the JBJ trade from one mistake into two, so it adds to the argument that Bloom is not a worthy GM. If Kike doesn't get hurt or JBJ hits .650, there would be no debate. (And, yes, JD's aunt has balls.)
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Somehow, this moves is largely ignored by Bloom-bashers. Same with Refsnyder, Pivetta and others. Rarely is it mentioned that Bloom made a tremendous acquisition by signing Renfroe to just $3.1M in 2021. All we hear about is the horrific JBJ deal, which does deserve a lot of criticism, but it's not the whole story.
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Maybe the "less than genius" offer to Bogey was very close to accurate. Only time will tell.
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As in Steven Wright?
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If Sale knows he's only going 2 IP, might he not try to throw harder? I guess it's next to impossible to increase his injury chances, so I guess that doesn't matter.
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It was for Kike. Many feel like it is for Story. Wong might stick.
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That's the plan, but one he gets hurt, Plan B is never available. Then, he gets better, and we say the same thing. Rinse and repeat.
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It might not be a bad idea, but many pitchers come back from TJS and do very well. I don't think this last injury counts as "breaking down at he end of the season," but certainly there is a lot of data that shows he declines towards the end of most seasons. He'd be one hell of an expensive closer, but right now, he's a very expensive IL guy, so why not? That solves the Whitlock question and makes Houck an awesome set-up guy who can go 2 IP, if needed.
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If we end up signing Wong to play 2B, it will mark the third straight year Bloom has used his biggest signings at 2B, assuming Wong will be his biggest contract, this winter. Kike $14M/2 (ended up in CF) Story $140M/6 (may end up at SS) K Wong ???/ ?
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Is this Enmauel Valdez the real deal? He's one of the two promising prospects we got for CERA-challenged Vazquez. 2021 .854 in A+ (21 HRs in 283 ABs) .879 in AA (5 Hrs in 82 ABs) (26 Hrs in 365 ABs) 2022 1.112 in AA (11 Hrs in 168 ABs) .907 in AAA PLC (10 Hrs in 159 ABs) .789 in AAA INT (4 Hrs in 57 ABs) (25 Hrs in 384 ABs) 51 Hrs in his last 749 ABs
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Maybe the extra "rest" to his shoulder and arm will extend his career or make him stronger for the remining years of team control.
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Yes, Pivetta & Seabold were traded for and Wacha, Hill, Strahm and Diekman were signed, last winter. (Richards, Martin Perez, Sawamura and Andriese, the previous winter.) Yes, he has added more pitchers than just Whitlock and Wink. My bad. (I thought you were talking about the farm of for the future.)
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Other than adding Whitlock, he hasn't really drafted or signed many IFA pitchers. He traded for Wink. He signed Schreiber as an IFA or maybe waivers?
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I didn't take it that way, and I value your opinions, but I think we both viewed "stuff" differently. I don't disagree with your point, when viewing "stuff" the way you explained it, afterwards.
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As often is the case, some debates end up being about semantics and not the actual opinion, but when you try to bring it up, sometimes you get shot down for being nit-picky or just someone who misunderstands everything.
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I think theoretical and deep thinker fans, whoever they are, are disappointed by this season, too. All Sox fans are. Some are angry to varying degrees. Deciding what the reasons for sucking and assigning blame may be done differently from fan to fan, and I guess one views others as making excuses, when their reasoning differs from their own. I could say to Bloombashers, "You are just making excuses for the poor play by the players and clubhouse leadership of the team." I'm NOT interested in excuses like these! The team sucks because the players did not meet expectations! STOP blaming the manager and GM! In all seriousness, just about everyone shares in the blame, especially the crybaby fans. LOL.
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Duran was a tough call. Apparently his bat was ready long before they brought him up, but one could argue, ready for what? It was his defense that many of us worried about. Many Bloom-bashers argued Duran should have been called up earlier. You don't hear much from them, anymore, but I guess Bloom is bashed if he does or if he doesn't. On building up the farm, of course we won't know the results for years, but on paper, it appears Bloom has added quality and quantity- much via trades, which by extension implies a hit on the big club or budget to get them. I think it's a safe bet to say building the farm was a high priority handed to Bloom, along with keeping the budget low, at least until March 2022 with the Story signing.
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Whitlock is probably a better bet than rolling the dice with a FA signing, this winter. I didn't say a winning bet- just best bets.
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Probably signing a FA is a better bet than finding another Whitlock on Rule 5 or waivers.
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He's done what the boss asked him to do. He rebuilt the farm to better than expected. He helped fix the budget, in terms of lessening deadwood. The priority of keeping us looking competitive in the meantime: he's 1 for 2. 2021 a bit better than hoped for/ 2022 quite a bit worse than hoped for. If the owner fires him, he should acknowledge he messed up the priorities.
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I have no desire 6to give Chris Archer a chance. I think our best bet to find a solid #1 or #2 is via trade or miracle like Whitlock.
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Since 2018, our starters have not matched the 5.4 IP/GS that rotation gave us on the phenominal 2018 championship team, but it has hovered at 5.0 IP/GS every year, except 2020. IP/GS 5.0 2019 4.1 2020 5.0 2021 5.0 2022 The comparative strength of the rotation vs the pen has not been so consistent, and I guess it depends on what stats or eye test you are using. Starters vs Relievers by Rankings in fWAR, ERA-, WHIP, and FIP 2018 SP: 8, 4, 6, 8 RP: 13, 3, 12, 6 2019 SP: 13, 16, 20, 12 RP: 5, 10, 19, 8 2020: N/A 2021 SP: 6, 12, 25, 6 RP: 9, 6, 23, 10 2022 (looks like both SP & RP dropped, but SP'er by more from '21) SP: 16, 20, 20, 19 RP: 16, 26, 20, 15 Big change here from 2018 but not much from '19 & '20: Save%/IR scored % 70%/32% 2018 52%/30% 2019 64%/31% 2021 54%/36% 2022
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Okay, but if someone still can throw 95 but can't throw strikes, you'd say his stuff hasn't diminished? (This is just an example. Of course, Sale can still throw strikes.) Does "stuff" include movement on fastballs? Just wondering.
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Now, you've really gone, too far.
