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Possible that things changed when Betts refused to sign anything and San Diego and the Dodgers came with offers? It always seemed like extending Betts was on everyone’s radar, except Betts’. So Bllom knows Sale is injured, Betts is under control for one more year, and the two best farm systems in baseball are asking about him?
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... unless said player is named Manny Ramirez. I think 7 year deals for players under 30 (like Manny was) carry much less risk...
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1. He had to cut the budget by $50 mill. 2. He did sign Martin Perez. 3. The only other actual money spent was $3mill on Jose Peraza. Even Jason Vargas types charge more than that. The goal was to get payroll under $190 mill (or whatever the limit was). Two more MLB starters would cost a minimum of $12 mill. Are you saying for the sake of a lesser grade of mediocrity, the Sox should have jettisoned more payroll? I suppose they could have non-tendered Bradley and signed Gio Gonzalez and Homer Bailey. Would that have made 2020 watchable? Also not sure who plays CF...
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??? If they win 60 more games than last summer, they would win 84 games and be right where they were in 2019. 84-78 is not a great record, but it is not a losing record...
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Yeah "underrated" is a very overused and often misused word..
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And tons more going back on as Cody Bellinger has two years of arbitration left, and that money coming off will be from Kershaw, Jansen and Seager, and maybe Bauer some of whom might require replacing...
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The "rich get richer" mentalisty carried into the 2000's. The Expos reportedly wanted to draft Derek Jeter, but he wanted the Yankees and they told him they would make him an offer, so he (politely?) told the Expos to pick someone else. And the Padres once had the overall number one pick with two consensus top choices in Steven Drew and Jared Weaver, but they realized both would not sign for an offer the Padres could afford. So they switched over to a local high school kid named Matt Bush, who might have had the rockiest road to the majors since Ron LeFlore. Both Weaver and Drew were winding down their careers by the time Bush was just establishing himself...
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Hopefully they gave him enough money to afford a subscription to Dollar Shave Club. Dude looks like a hobo...
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Jeff Luhnow...
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I agree. His hands were very tied. And as much as I want to blame Henry and Werner, at some point I can see them not being happy about dropping $240 mill on 25 players plus a luxury tax hat has no ROI, especially when they do not even make the post-season. I'd like to see this whole luxury tax system dropped. It doesn't do what it is supposed to do at all, which is level the playing field for small market teams...
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Price did not have an NTC. Unless you consider a $31 mill AAV an NTC, which it is for a lot of teams..
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I don’t think it’s an excuse to say adding free agents while paring $50 mill off the payroll is extraordinarily difficult if not impossible. And who was he going to trade? He could have dealt Benintendi or Casas. Beyond that, no one wanted much that the Sox had. Hey I’ve criticized Bloom. I don’t like that he rejected the Graterol deal. I am big time not a fan of Marwin Gonzalez. But the inability to add decent pitching prior to the 2020 was a situation where his hands were largely tied. Except for with Graterol. Still think he should have kept him...
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As I’ve been saying, he couldn’t really add anything. His job involved cutting salary and resetting the tax, which is definitely going to be unpopular. But he couldn’t sign any good free agents and he had nothing of value to trade for a starter and no viable ones in the minors. So yes, the staff was horrible. This was confirmed for any doubters when borderline major leaguer Ryan Weber started the third game. But how was he supposed to get pitching? Now I have repeatedly expressed disappointment in not keeping Graterol. But then, it’s not like I had access to whatever medical reports mixed that aspect of the deal. Bloom did...
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There were. But if they kept the 2019 squad intact, could not spend anything, had no real prospects to deal, and no young players coining up, how would they have improved? They could have traded Casas, I suppose. Not sure how valuable he was in a trade. They could have dealt Benintendi, who had more value back then, but that move fills one hole by creating another. Still asking - what was he supposed to do to get an 84-78 team back into the postseason?
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And before free agency, teams had two ways to improve. 1. Trade, which requires another team to agree 2. Bring up rookies And while Baltimore stood pat, the rest of the American League had these same limitations. These limitations were a big factor in why so many teams had massive World Series droughts prior to free agency. The Red Sox and the Cubs were the two most famous ones, but the White Sox, Phillies, Senators/Twins, Guardians, and a few others had the same problems. The Reds, too. Probably more...
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For the GM, how? With no money to spend and no prospect to trade? The only way it gets better is if the existing roster played better, which is outside the control of the GM or President of Operations. And without Sale and ERod? Enlighten me...
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Would Chris Sale and Eduardo Rodriguez have made the 2020 team watchable? Can’t blame their absence on Bloom.
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Why would Bloom try to improve on 2018’s record?
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How were they going to improve? They couldn’t spend any money and had no prospects to deal. Extra practice? And as the Sox largely stood Pat after 2018, most of the rest of MLB spent two off-seasons closing the gap...
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Bloom took over a team that was the highest paid team in franchise history and was in third place with no hope to improve. Too many very heavy contracts tied up in aging and oft-injured players and no farm to replace anyone. You do like to focus solely on team place and not on circumstances. Bloom finished last because he - unlike Dombrowski - was not allowed to spend $240 million. And had no one to trade except Betts, whose $25 mill salary limited him to a handful of teams. Dombrowski had over $300 million tied up in Price, Sale and Eovaldi. Sale hasn’t pitched since 2019, Price hasn’t been the same since 2016 and Eovaldi hasn’t pitched a full season in years. Even John Henry saw this was a mess. Why don’t you?
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As the saying goes - if you stand still, you’re roadkill....
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But I recommend Thor. Plus bringing back ERod..,
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Haven’t you been touting Carlos Correa?
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So.... no progress? FWIW I think this was Dombrowski’s exact plan for 2019. “Let’s just stay here with what we have.” And it didn’t work so well...
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Or LHP. But he will be on the team doing something. Maybe Cordero/Renfroe in LF, Hernandez in CF, Verdugo in RF and Chavis and/or Arroyo at 2b?
