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I’m sure they’re all told to spend as little as possible, but many including presumably Bloom have that caveat “as long as we build a winner.” Or something to that effect…
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Devers isn’t Harper or Machado, but I’d be surprised if he got less than $300 mill…
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Well if the GM doesn’t stay within his financial limits, there are going to be issues at some point. I think I agree with Merloni (who, unlike me, probably knows Bogaerts) that the Sox and Xander will eventually work something out. But right now, does anyone even know what Bogaerts wants? Are you saying if wants? If X wants 10 years $250 mill, should Bloom just get it done?
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Actually I think Bloom is a pretty good choice for a GM whose job is to not capitulate to fan impatience and media whining…
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Yeah not like your posts at all. This post is so laden with sarcasm any and all color cues would be insultingly redundant…
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I’ve probably been one of the least critical of Bloom, but even I’ve repeatedly called him out for backfilling the rotation from the bullpen and then not backfilling the bullpen. And the whole Houck usage thing, although for this I also (possibly mistakenly) blame Cora. I’ve criticized Bloom far, far more than dgalehouse has criticized Dombrowski….
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The problem with years like 2019 is they can have lingering effects. Like they’ve been having in 2020 and 2021 and 2022…
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C and 2b and maybe DH. Most other spots might be filled already. And don’t sleep on Jeter Downs at 2b just yet…
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Dude, you literally out of the blue start chanting the praises for Dombrowski and defend him from any and all criticisms while simultaneously making sure no other Sox GM gets any praise. Heck you even lower the standards you hold other GMs to just to make sure they align with Dombrowski’s accomplishments…
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So then what you’re saying is the Sox need is a GM who can ignore all that noise and build an organization using his baseball acumen. Sounds like a good idea to me…
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Maybe your creative accounting skills exceed those of the current front office….
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Because baseball is played so differently in Boston?
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It’s ironic the same people criticizing folks for never blaming Bloom are the same ones who never let anyone criticize Dombrowski and rushed to his aid on their white horses. And also probably fail to acknowledge DD’s hand in the Sox current situation…
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Hanley was on the $240mill+ 2018 payroll, but not the $240mill+ 2019 payroll. But I was counting Sandoval, as he was on both. And while not part of the payroll, Rusney Castillo was still an expense…
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I also think you underestimate the bullpen plan. Given the Sox entered the lockout with 5 starters, both Houck and Whitlock were clearly destined for the bullpen. Add to that that despite man fans having done so, it’s possible the Sox had not completely given up on Barnes just yet. His collapse last year, no matter how much confidence in him you lost, still only spanned 9 innings. If I told you one year ago that on June 3, 2022, the Sox closer situation would be a season-long mess, your first thought would have been “what happens to Barnes? Injury? Trade? What?”
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Keeping Mookie, Xander and Devers would have been nice, but even the Sox most freewheeling GM/President was unable to pull that off. I don’t think keeping Mookie was as simple as many Sox and wish it was. Possible that without COVID, LA might not have been able to either…
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How much more would Henry let him spend? He was up to nearly a quarter of a billion dollars for 25 players. That’s an average of nearly $10mill per roster spot. And (I think) he only had the one bad inherited contract…
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This coming from the President/Founder of the “Dave Dombrowski Positive Legacy Only Society”…
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Not if you’re cloning nerds…
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You sign players when they’re available, not when the farm system makes it convenient. You can always trade lower level minor league talent for players closer to MLB, and this gets done more easily with teams having 40 man roster crunch issues…
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Blaming the medical staff is a cop out. For all we know, they said “don’t extend him!!! Stop!! Bad idea!! His tendons are weaker than overcooked angel hair pasta!!”
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Red Sox trade Hunter Renfroe in trade involving Jackie Bradley Jr
notin replied to Jasonbay44's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Renfroe still has a 1.1 to 0.6 edge in bWAR, but Bradley has been closing that gap slowly… -
They did. And it explains why Sale took such a cheap deal…
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Those are usually put in before the season when players are more willing to talk and the only trade deadline is several months away. A team acquiring him in July would have a built-in window of exclusive negotiation from whenever their season ended until free agents can officially declare…
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That was also 3 years and one TJ surgery ago…
