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Everything posted by notin
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Oh good. John Henry sent us a spokesman…
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Plenty of managers can win with the right players. Cora is fairly fungible sa manager…
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Well, disappointment is relative to expectations. What were his expectations with Bloom running the team? If Henry was fine with a long game to build the farm and make a competitive team like Houston has done, he might have expected years like this and figures then to be part of the process. That doesn’t make it easier on us, but it certainly explains a lot of Bloom isn’t fired..
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If Bloom is fired, I do think it will be before the postseason begins. But the biggest factor is whether or not Henry is actually disappointed in the job he’s doing so far…
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Senga was really just a wild card. I’m sure the Sox knew a lot more about him than me. Eflin reportedly really wanted to be back home in Florida. The Sox didn’t even get outbid; they got matched and Eflin apparently immediately accepted. Bringing back Eovaldi was the bigger opportunity that was missed, because he wasn’t using the Sox to set his value…
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I was OK with the Kluber signing. Still am. The problem was that Plan B seemed to be to just Bloom shrugging his shoulders and hoping things get better on their own…
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Who? I think the consensus was “maybe, if Sale holds up”…
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Not bringing in Mondesi does allow you to upgrade from Kluber to Mike Clevinger or Noah Syndergaard…
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Even at $80/4, it’s not horrible…
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So you think Jordan Montgomery only get 1 year / $10mill? I’m thinking 4 years $75-80mill. He fits into that Taijuan Walker/Jameson Taillon mold…
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Do they know I’m available?
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The whole “getting injured pitchers back” so no other improvements are needed was just awful. I mean 1. We’re supposed to count on a bunch of pitchers who already got injured once? 2. What happens if they’re not full strength?
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Signing Bad free agents of going to happen with every GM. Perez and Richards turned out to be duds in 2021, but the team still made it to the ALCS. The big difference was that team actually added MLB caliber pitchers to the roster midseason. Not good pitchers, but at least they were guys good enough to last an entire season in MLB. Bloom hasn’t added a pitcher to this team mid season since Unless that pitcher was DFAd…
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9/12 Yankems @ SOX 7:10PM ET
notin replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
That sentence did read like it had been translated from German to English by someone who only spoke Korean… -
Watching the Cubs-Rockies. First career start for Cubs’ top prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong and the kid just put on a defensive clinic…
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Weird it was lower in 1999, when the Sox had Pedro, Manny, Nomar, and that series was an ALCS preview…
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Tend to think Henry thinks wanton spending isn’t the best way to run a team. That said, I’d be very happy if the Sox at least got someone who makes even a half-ass effort to improve the team at the trade deadline..
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He doesn’t exist. He’s like Randall Stevens in The Shawshank Redemption…
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I’m on board with Gray, Matt Chapman (Not to be confused with fellow free agent and not his brother Aroldis), and a solid bullpen arm that throws from either side. Or both sides. I’m not particular. So maybe Aroldis Chapman? Gray, Chapman and Chapman? Not only good free agents, but also a mildly effective law firm…
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I wasn’t a Duquette fan, but in hindsight he was ahead of his time. When he signed Offerman to replace Vaughn, and sold it with “Jose Offerman is one of the best offensive players in the game”, he took a lot of abuse, including from me. But Offerman. But Offerman was coming off a .403 OBP and posted a .391 his first season in Boston and was absolutely an underrated offensive talent. This was before anyone was really valuing OBP. Of course Duquette seemed to make some stupid moves just to spite manager Jimy Williams. Reportedly Williams was excited about having a potential middle infield of Adam Everett and David Eckstein. Duquette then traded Everett (for a much, much more volatile Everett) and released Eckstein. Adam Everett had a long career as the best defensive shortstop of his era and Eckstein had a good career himself and even took home a World Series MVP…
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Who isn’t better out of the bullpen?
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Do teams even believe in this “window” concept? MLB itself has enough parity that the “window” is really always somewhat open. Do teams really look at their minor leagues - where the attrition can be massive - and still think “wait until THESE GUYS get here!!”?
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I have my doubts on that theory simply due to the lack of drafting pitchers. Some pitchers might be acceptable via trade, but having an internal pipeline was supposed to be the entire point. If the Sox are going to add pitchers “right before the window opens”, where are these pitchers coming from? Kidnappings?
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And yet you chose those words anyway…
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Bloom let Mookie leave?
