I repeatedly- and yes I mean repeatedly- ripped Bloom for keeping Ort over Ward
But then there’s this
Ort - 6.26ERA 5.90FIP 2.67 K/BB
Ward - 7.12ERA 6.95FIP 1.08K/BB
Granted, Ort is 5 years older. But Ward is already 26. Not like he’s some 22yo kid whose still growing…
Out of curiosity, why wasn’t Mayer a no-brainer for Pittsburgh, Texas and especially Detroit?
Also, for other Bloom draft picks, he did select Yorke, Anthony, Drohan and Romero. Ranked 4,5,6 and 8 on soxprospects.com…
The Sox had the chance for multiple years to extend Betts and failed to do so. And given their bulky salary, their only change to bring him back and avoid luxury tax was to deal him and hope he opted for free agency. It was a longshot, but it was also all they had. Shedding half of Price also helped…
I’ve defended him against stupid allegations and attacked him for (what I consider) valid complaints. I’ve done the same for Cora.
I mean, is “I think he’s doing what Henry wants” really that egregious of a defense?
And that money - per you - went to upgrading Henry’s yacht. The upgrades were installed by a guy we’ll call “Doug”, despite his real name being Ivan. Anyway, with the money “Doug” got for the upgrades, he was able to purchase Invisalign braces for little 9 year old Tiffany to help with her overbite.
So can you now see the benefits of trading Diekman?
And as those upgrades have an AAV of $0, they do leave room for deadline acquisitions.
Or are you implying that Henry needs to spend more and be like the Mets and Padres?