Schoop’s extension was reported on August 7, after the deadline.
Now it’s pretty likely negotiations started prior to the deadline, but so far it’s not definitive…
I think that depends why it’s underwhelming.
If for some reason he isn’t allowed to spend, do we blame Bloom?
If he is allowed to spend, and sinks all his cash into Jake Arrieta and Ryan Zimmerman, yeah, we can blame Bloom…
I made a post a while back comparing Fangraphs Future Values to Sox prospects of equal FV and one iteration of an equivalent package was Casas and Houck. Now as the FV values are not really all that definitive, I can’t for certain say that was the only way to get Rizzo, but what became obvious was that deal would have put a major dent in the Sox farm for two months of a first baseman whose OPS was under .800 at the time…
It was somewhat understanding in the off-season, since they had no idea of or when Sale would return. I can see holding back with the ace still in question.
At the deadline, it made zero sense. Unless Henry just plans to stay under for a long time…
Check out the strength of schedule since, and factor in two lucky wins off Barnes.
My point is that the “morale” thing is a myth. Some players might care, but there are very few broad brushes that can be applied to everyone.
Not to mention, the losing started a couple days earlier…
Or … he said “the mediocre players that were the best we could get for our best prospects just weren’t worth it.” It really depends on how you read into it.
Sorry. We had to include your character, mostly because Rob Schneider already signed on to work for scale.
And by scale, I mean he just wanted a trailer to sleep under…
No.
When they finally make the Talk Sox miniseries, I will NOT be portrayed by Chris Conner.
My people are in talks with Kit Harrington and, if that falls through, Tony Shaloub…
Yes, but Schwarber would have allowed them to move Verdugo to CF permanently, which was important with Arroyo out and Kike needed at 2b
It also gave them a Plan B (Schwarber to 1b) if no satisfying trade for Duran could be found…