moonslav59

See, that wasn't so hard, was it?

VSantos ended up going 6 IP with 3 hits, 1 BB and 11 Ks (no runs)! His AAA ERA is now 9.18!

1) He can't 2) He's a number 4. 3) Maybe he's a number 5. 4) Probably better as a long man. 5) Stock is falling fast. The 2023 Rotation: 1. ______ 2. Sale and Paxton combined 3. Wacha on a QO 4. Pivetta 5. Whitlock/Bello/others

Ok. You didn't say it was an allergy. It must be my bad eyesight.

The rare Sox rbi on a 2B with a man on first!

It wasn't in green.

Wrong, again. Poison is not something people are allergic to or not, silly! BTW, they changed the composition from powder to paste, so the dust would not get in Jack Haley's lungs, or he'd have had the same reaction. The paste did get in his eye, and he developed and infection (not an allergic reaction) and ended up needing eye surgery. (Maybe this is all just fake news or alternate facts.)

If only Vaz was still here to calm his frayed nerves.

GRE saw a couple nice feats: Yorke hit his 10th dinger. Wikelman went 4 shutout innings with 3 hits, 1 BB and 5 Ks. (His A+ ERA is now 3.38.)

They have been amazingly consistent in finding different ways to lose. Okay, and repeating the same ways over and over, too.

Story is currently 3-3 (HR) with the Sea Dogs, tonight.

So, who would be a trade target that meets that criteria? Big Nate? (LOL)

Story is 3-3 with a dinger in AA. Looks like Bloom added a nice prospect!

Santos is off to an awesome start, tonight with WOO. 5 IP 1 H 1 BB 9 Ks Wong is still on fire: 1-3 with his 11th dinger. (I'll let Larry call it a "tater.") Castellenos has one, too. Casas is currently 2-3

Will Arroyo be the best hitter on the 2023 Sox?

True, but some country folks don't know the difference between allergies and aluminum (face paint) poisoning.

I guess some of us don't see Bloom having much choice in trading Betts, but we don't want to bash Henry for not allowing him to spend, because JH has helped bring us 4 rings. Whether Henry ever spends big again is an unknown, and I guess we're talking about new spending, and not covering the costs of past deals. Some of those big deals come off the books, this winter, so we may know an answer in a few months. I was wondering about big spending happening again or not up until March of 2022, when seemingly out of nowhere, the Story signing occurred. I wonder, if it was a late Henry decision, or Bloom waiting out the market to snatch who he felt was more of a bargain. I am glad he signed Story over Seager or my guy, Baez, but I do wonder about the timing of the checkbook opening. I think the Story signing is a hint Henry will spend big again, but I think he is laying back, until he thinks we have some young and cost controlled players in place, before deciding to pounce on a couple big names. It's just my opinion, but I don't think he views the young core of Sox players like he did the 2015-2017 foundation handed to DD. I could easily be wrong, but I think he chose Bloom to be the guy to rebuild the foundation, over time, by improving the farm and 40 man roster depth to try and reach a point where the foundation is sound enough where it looks like a couple big splurges can make us top contenders. Is that this winter? I was hoping it might be before 2022 began, but now I'm not so sure. I think JH wanted the team to remain competitive during the rebuild, and that actually makes rebuilding harder, as we saw at the deadline, when Bloom chickened out on a hard rebuild. It seemed that Bloom worked wonder in 2022, or we got lucky, but 2022 was either bad luck or simply rotten roster construction with a decent winter spending budget. Personally, I only really disliked 2 moves, and the Diekman signing was just $4M x 2. The JBJ deal looked horrific from day one, to me. Does that equate to "rotten roster construction?" Not to me, but it seems like many don't think Wacha, Hill, Strahm, Schreiber and Refsnyder come close to outweighing the JBJ-Renfroe deal and maybe the residuals from the Beni deal. (I just can't count the Betts loss as being on Bloom, but I can see how many do.) I think we are better than we were in 2020. Our farm looks stronger. Our budget has less dead money. I'm hopeful we are nearing the day when JH opens the wallet wide, again.

Nice try. He was the Scarecrow.

I don't think Bogey gets double what Story got, but I do think signing him was meant to soften the blow of losing Bogey. It might not work with some or many Sox fans, but a lot will depend on how the Sox do going forward, and maybe to a lesser extent how Story does. I don't think we sign Judge, but that would create a buzz that would soften the loss of Devers. (I'd rather we sign Devers than 2 Judges, at the same price.) If we sign Nimmo, Swanson, and a few others that lead us to a ring, I doubt too many people will complain too much about losing Betts, Bogey and Devers, but of course there are always a few who will, no matter what.

Here's a short one: Who is the strawman?

It's funny how calling whiners "whiners", crybabies "crybabies" and those who bash, no stop "bashers" is called whining. Is calling me a "name-caller" name-calling? The doublespeak here is entertaining. Is whining someone who constantly complains about everything, or not? Is being a crybaby, someone who cries about every single breath Bloom takes, or not? Is someone who bashes Bloom 99-100% of the time someone who bashes, or not? Now, the flip side is, these guys pretend there are posters (or one poster who other follow) who support nearly everything Bloom has done. They conflate explaining why he might have done some things or mentioning the possibilities that the prospects included in the deal "might" change the grade of the trade later as thinking we love or fully support the move or choice being discussed. Nobody, here, is even close to being a supporter of Bloom anywhere near the amount of times, some here bash him. It's laughable to think otherwise. They won't name the name, because it will be so easy to find evidence to show anyone they name has been critical of Bloom many times and many more times that some posters here have even come close to praising Bloom, in terms of percentage of posts being supportive or not. This also does not to mention all the neutral posts made by many who support Bloom vs those the bashers make.

Here I was thinking they took pride in bashing Bloom and being called Bloom bashers. My bad.

You won't name names, because his name is "strawman."

IMO, is there are 99-100% Bloom bashers and nobody even over 75-80% (maybe less) in support of all Bloom's moves, yet those who respect the overall job he's done are viewed as extreme. Newsflash: minority is not the same as extreme.

I didn't say better, but if Bloom signs a big one or a couple pretty big ones, it might help soften the blow. I'm all for extending Devers- just like I was for Betts. Devers Forevers will be my motto, until the decision is made.