Nick

He's given up 19 runs in 19 innings in his last 4 outings. Quit bullying me. I'm entitled to my opinion.

97 pitches vs 59 pitches....he needs to go work on something. Something is not right.

I wonder what excuse will Cora have for E Rod this time?

I want to give Astro announcers credit for showing respect to fallen veterans. This is what Memorial Day is all about. Good for them.

I agree with you. I'm his biggest fan.

No hitter alert!

I've been labeled as HATER.....I'm trying to be nice....

Pretty funny Moon....I get trashed for suggesting he does not get not usage....you know the standard line...he's coming off Tommy John, hasn't pitched in million years.... He's really not getting stretched out.....he's working on a slider for his fourth pitch

E Rod has some bad luck.....in reality, he's our #5 right now....

Yeah but he can play 13 positions...he's a MVP

E Rod touching 95.....that was third strike...ugh

Rich Hill making $2.5M had a great May following dismal April. Yanks overhyped offense 8th in HR, 9th in OPS, 3 way tie for 11th in runs scored. Only the Orioles and the Tigers have scored less. Aron Judge is hitting .300, only one to do so for the Yankees. Ouch.

Rich Hill for Rays April. 22.1 IP 18 ER 24K 7BB .262 AVG 7.25 ERA 5 GS May.. 29.2 IP 3 ER 34K 10BB .140 AVG 0.91 ERA 5 GS Quite a turnaround...All for $2.5M one year deal.....Rays got this down... Rays up 3-0 on Yankees...Yanks better start winning some games PS I'm watching the Rays and Yankees.....Rich Hill pitching for the Rays....I see that Rich Hill is mentioned all around me in heated discussion...lol

I'm pretty much done criticizing prior baseball operations people. We've won 4 during Henry era and we're looking for 5th hopefully in near future. I'm happy with Bloom, Cora and the players we have. We need to get some of our younger pitchers healthy. Life is good.

I don't really want to argue with you, but Sox were coming off two last place finishes, three out of four. We proceeded to win three straight divisional title for first time in franchise history (I maybe off on that), winning the world series title along with third division title. On paper, I thought our starting pitching looked strong in 2019, Sale, Price, Porcello, E Rod and Eovaldi. It just didn't work out due to injuries. I think we can argue whether DD gave up too much of our young talent in order to win the world series but I'm not sure he had 'all that talent' to do much better. There were other pretty good teams.

Noah Syndergaard for Mets is a name I've been very intrigued by in the past. He's only 29, pitching for $9.7M. He's a free agent next year. He's been shut down for six weeks due to inflammation to his elbow . He had his Tommy John surgery year ago March. Probably all kinds of red flag but at his age, I don't think he's finished.

Per MLBTradeRumors Left-hander Mike Montgomery is planning to opt out of his minor league contract with the Yankees on June 1, reports Robert Murray of FanSided (Twitter link). If New York doesn’t select him to the major league roster, he’ll become a free agent. Montgomery signed with the Yankees in early April, not long after being released from a minors pact with the crosstown Mets. He’s since pitched in four games with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, working to a 7.56 ERA with mediocre strikeout and walk rates (21.1% and 11.8%, respectively) over 16 2/3 innings. While the 31-year-old has worked exclusively as a starter in the minors this season, he has plenty of experience in a swing role. Between 2015-20, Montgomery made 183 MLB appearances, 70 of them starts. He’s posted a solid 3.84 ERA over that time, although his best production came earlier in his career. Montgomery pitched to a 4.95 ERA/4.90 SIERA between the Cubs and Royals in 2019, and he was limited to just 5 1/3 frames last year by a lat strain. I wonder if we'd have any interest in him.

Moon, I would love it if you would continue to accumulate/update Blooms acquisitions going forward. We can quickly see how he's done. I don't really see a bad deal. I'm also looking forward to this year's draft.

I would love to hear from Jacksonianmarch, my favorite Yankee poster, laying out his views projecting Sox and the Yankees roster makeup going forward with payroll implications.

A look back at Bloom's major moves: by Moon 9 of 30 prospects acquired by Bloom during off season via trade. Technically, Whitlock could have been the 10th. 4 PTBNL will show up this winter. Bloom's done well.

It's been a quick turnaround for sure without adding lengthy contracts or trading away prospects. No matter how it ends this season, we're much improved.

I noted elsewhere that Ray's luxury tax payroll for 2021 is $83M compared to $205M for Sox and $207M for Yankees. Top 4 earners for Rays are Kiermaier, $9M (21,22), Archer $6.5M (21), Glasnow $4.0M (A2), and Low $4M who has the longest contract, 21-24. Several players will go through multiple arb years. That's what they do. Keep churning/recycling players. Yankees top 4 earners make combined $86M (Cole, Stanton, MeMahier, Hicks). Yanks are on the hooks for them through seasons 28, 27, 26 and 2025. On the horizon, Judge will become FA in 2023. He's earning $10.175M this year in his 2nd arb year. I can see a $30M deal, question is just the length. Thus Yankees top 4 earn more than entire Rays. In fairness, we're also close. Sox top earners are Sale ($25.6M thr 2024), Xander ($20M thr 2025). JD and Eovaldi earn $22M and $17M for next two years. Combined, they earn $84.6M, but the length of contracts are much shorter than Yankees top 4, 26 combined years for Yankees to 13 for Sox. We will have more flexibility than the Yankees. So what? Rays have found a formula to be a playoff contender with limited resources. Not sure they can win a world series with that formula. Yankees' payroll will continue to inflate, with looming free agency for Judge. I don't see anyway they won't pay what's needed to sign him to a long term deal. Other contracts will still be in place for 2023-2025 when Judge is signed, maybe $30M?. One contract drops off in 2026, 2027 and 2028 to alleviate payroll crunch. Devers free agency will get here in 2024, but by then JD and Eovaldi contracts will have expired after 2023 season. Moreover, Dustin's $13.75M drops off after this year, Price's $16M drops off after 2022 along with JD/Eovaldi contracts, $39M combined. That's total of near $70M. I get it that we'll have to replace JD/Eovaldi. Obviously Dustin and Price have both been replaced already. Perhaps some of our younger kids can replace JD/Eovaldi and several of one/two year deals currently in place, Ottavino,Richards and Perez come to mind. That will be the key to afford Sox to go after an 'ace'. If that comes internally, great. I like our position better than the Yankees going forward. That's a quite a turnaround after last season.

I actually like this poster. I think he adds quite a bit to discussions. But his prediction from March is on the wrong track... At 12 games over .500, we'll finish with 87 wins by winning half of our remaining games. Probably what can derail us the fastest is to suffer an injury to one of our starters. Not much depth there right now with injuries in the minors.

Receiving Verdugo essentially for a rental in Betts (short season), trading away middle of the road relievers for Pivetta (and getting one back), trading away Beni for multiple prospects and grabbing a Rule 5 player off the Yankees are ways in which Sox and Bloom are enhancing our future. He's teaching us you don't have to buy all your good players. And when you do, you minimize risk by dealing out short term deals. (Richards, Ottavino)

Here we are, again. After trading away Snell, and a key injuries to Yonny Chirinos (4th starter) and Nick Anderson (closer), many felt the Rays would be lucky to finish over .500 in 2021, let alone compete for a playoff slot, yet here we are. They also traded away their starting SS a few weeks ago, Wlly Adames. FanGraph had top 100 prospects list with 133 names. Here are the hard facts. Rays #1, #4, #12, #24 Sox #53, #54 (Downs and Casas) NO ONE ELSE listed out of 133 names. Rays also own #84 and 7 ADDITIONAL PLAYERS ranked between 107 and 131. Unreal. Bloom has his work cut out for him. Anyone that thinks we should trade our future for a 2 month rental won't like what Bloom will do. Sit tight on Sox prospects (unless its younger guys for younger guys). Bloom is undoing what DD did. Fortunately we did win a world series ring. Yankees are getting older and Rays remain young and deadly.