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I would not think of Grissom as a “second chance” guy. Many SSs move to2B, and ATL was loaded. It’s sad that it looks like even Clevinger + Duvall is too much money for our winter budget.

I’m not sure we can surmise JH’s thoughts and beliefs. You don’t have to think fans are morally obliged to believe they will keep coming to games and paying top dollar to boot. I do think he’s going through a phase of not going all in and thinking enough people will go to the games or watch harm on TV, for him to keep making money. He’s well aware of dropping attendance and NESN viewership. He’s weighed the losses vs the savings and seems to be okay with a lull in top competitiveness. How long can this continue is the big wonder, to me.

It’s weird how we haven’t heard any or many rumours on a lot of free agents. There are still many left unsigned.

To me, even just those two would be more evidence of a continuing sham. I think the feel they need to go through the motions, and a couple one year deals fits into their scheme.

I think we sign Paxton and Duvall.

Every year 29 owners didn’t care enough. LOL

He’d care about seeing his profits decline, significantly.

Seems like it was unspoken boycott

Why was their no boycott talk after the purge of late 70’s stars?

I’m not sure what is worse: the lies or thinking these guys actually believe this crap.

Sounds like the FO pushes back on some. I like the trades he has made so far.

I vote delusional, but he is also knowingly telling falsehoods, so he’s lying, because he knows they have and still are accepting mediocrity.

With no differed money, this is the biggest RP contract in history.

I’m with you. The area did need an upgrade, but the Fenway experience is not worth the effort for me, anymore. I read somewhere the Sox made almost $100M off NESN in ‘22. I’d love to boycott them, but I can’t see that happening.

So, we and journalists were supposed to know he meant his personal outlook not the Sox.

Hell, trades for Nate, Peavy, Pivetta and PomPom worked out as well as Price and Lackey!

The answer is not what anyone wants to hear: following up a 5 year plan with another 2-3 year plan. Time is their plan.

I think there is a lot of truth, here, but I do think “messages” or plans seem to change on a dime. From what happened to DD, it looks like the CBO is often left in the dark

That day might be 2-3 years away, if ever.

At least Floridians have the good sense to label snow "woke" and ban it from he state.

Agreed. I also think 2021 bought some time and convinced JH that we can compete without major spending.

Josh Hader gets a Pablito deal with the Astros: $95M/5

The best we can expect from our rotation? Here are the best stretches our possible SP'ers have had in recent years: Brayan Bello: Season: 2023: 4.24 ERA, 4.54 FIP. .777 OPS Against, 1.34 WHIP 20 Game stretch in 2023: 3.18 ERA/ 4.16 FIP, .718 OPSA Lucas Giolito: Season 2019: 3.41/ 3.43, .645 OPSA, 1.06 WHIP 3 seasons '19-'21: 3.47/ 3.54 and 1.08 WHIP First 19 starts of 2023: 3.45/ 4.18, and .697 OPSA Nick Pivetta: Season: 2023: 4.04/ 3.96 and .685 OPSA and 1.12 WHIP (some as RP) Best SP stretch: last 7 GS of 2023: 2.37/ 2.73 and 543 OPSA 22 GS in 2022: 3.92/.404 (.706 OPSA) and 20 GS in '21: 4.27/4/14 (.699) Kutter Crawford: Season: 2023 (some as RP): 4.04/ 3.83 and .669 OPSA & 1.11 WHIP 15 game stretch in 2023: 3.73/3.92 and .691 OPSA Tanner Houck: Seasons: 2021 (some as RP): 3.52/2.58 and .608 OPSA and 1.13 WHIP 2020-2022 as SP (20 GS): 3.22/ 2.85 (Best on Sox w 90+ IP) 11 GS stretch in 2021: 3.51/ 2.87 and .621 OPSA Garrett Whitlock: He does not have a long record as a SP'er. 8 game stretch as SP'er in 2022: 3.60 ERA/ 3.57 FIP and .687 OPSA We could possibly see a perfect storm, where all these guys put together a long season like some of their best stretches or seasons past, but it is against the odds. There is talent. There are skills. There is some nasty stuff these guys can throw- all of them. The problem is, they have some pretty long stretches of not being good enough to be even a 5th starter.

It will be interesting to see if they draft more pitchers than we have been, recently. (I hope we continue drafting the best available player, pitcher or not.) This year's IFA signings does not show a shift towards signing more pictures than in the past. We did sign Dalvinson Reyes to the 3rd highest bonus (tied), but he's the only pitcher with a bonus higher than $175K. (3 of the top 17 signing bonuses were to pitchers.

Yes, "finally." They just hired these guys, after we've known about this problem for over 10+ years. I was hoping Bloom would bring some people in.