Hugh2
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The reality is no one is 100% to blame. Every team is combination of current GM, directors, president of operations (whoever) and past executives. Luck is also involved. This past years woes were combination of some bad moves made by Dave at the end of his tenure, a few bone head moves by Bloom, and horrible luck on the injury front. Regardless, it’s 100% on them now. After this offseason, the 2023 Red Sox are going to be much more Blooms team than last years, and significantly more than the year he took over.
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We know haha
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Also the vast majority of those teams that won 2016-2019 were players either acquired, or drafted under Ben C. Not trying to take anything away from Dave who has a proven track record, but he walked into a great situation with a team already built to win. You could also say the 2022 Red Sox wouldn’t have gone over the cap if Dave didn’t sign Sale to an extension.
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I don’t think we make a pick up, maybe, maybe there’s a pitcher they really like.
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40 man is full, not sure why they’d protect someone only to DFA to make room for a guy when they could have just protected someone like Ward instead of said player.
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Why not so the past 6?
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Are we really counting 2020 as a season though? And if we did, I don’t think anyone would ever blame Bloom for that. 1. It was his first year. 2. He was mandated with shedding payroll and told to trade Betts/Benitendi/Price. 3. We played about 1/3 of a season 4. It was a weird Covid year and guys opted out and didn’t play. I think it’s fair to throw that year out and say he’s 1/2. With little budgets, this is the year that should make or break him.
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I made the mistake of weighin myself today and I'm sure it's mostly water weight but I'm easily 10 lbs heavier today. In my defense, I just HAD to have at least one piece of every aunt's pie and I might have had two slices of the PEE-CAN pie.
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Many diseases evolve to become less deadly, that's probably what we see and between that and Vaccines Covid likely just becomes a yearly illness we have to deal with like the flu every year.
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Story is getting paid less than 1/2 of Seager as well. If Story didn’t get hurt he probably would have put up equal value. Sox also had a guy called Bogaerts at SS, they needed a 2nD not a SS last year. Not going after Seager is a new one. Haven’t heard that one yet
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I’m thankful to be part of the best fan base in baseball.
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Part of the problem is the media, moves like these always happened and always will. But 20 years ago you never heard about them, but not today.
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Does this include “lack” of free agency spending? Which to be fair, with the amount of money coming off the books I don’t think anyone could be blamed for complaining about lack of spending this year.
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You know how this progresses right? I know you do. A few names will fall off the board. Someone will sign 1-2 of the big short stops, or DeGrom or Judge will come off the board and people will start crying for the end of the world. Ironically half these people would be complaining we spent too much money if we were the ones to make that deal
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Non of those guys were top 25, Anderson was the best and he’s the only one. The other two are resigning technically. You can throw Rizzo in there too. But that’s it. Nothing, nada, nunca. People are complaining over nothing, or at the very least prematurely about this off-season.
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Here’s another thing I keep thinking about. Who has signed? Not one major free agent signing so far, and not really even any mid level moves. All the top free agents are still on the board. EVERY SINGLE ONE. If Bloom signed guys like Verlander and Bogaerts and Judge and went nuts and THEN made these moves would people be angry? It feels like they’re upset about the timing. Which given where we are at in the off-season is the dumbest effing thing ever
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They will release Brazier before giving up on a lefty who can throw heat. They don’t grow on trees. He’s going to be elite if he ever figures it out.
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I think this was a case of the Sox jumping the que to make sure they got their guy on rule 5 draft day. 40th man move. Maybe they see promise in his swing and at the very least something to replace Jeter Down who I think they’re about to give up on
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Although to be fair Rafaela took 10k and Bello 28k
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But he’s “very promising” 10k worth of promise
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Isn’t it amazing how people with no love for the farm and zero prospect acumen can all of a sudden find a teenager close to a decade away from the majors who got 10k playing in a different continent valuable.
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I’m sorry, how much are you paying a 6th inning pitcher? Btw his era is roughly league average. Saying he sucks is a massive stretch. Not surprisingly
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Hahaha, I have to admit, this one really made me laugh a little touché.
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Oh HOY the fun keeps on rolling in today. So much to be thankful for.
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That’s about a league average ERA but the underlying metrics are better. He generates swings and misses and batters don’t hit him hard. He’s a tweak of his control away from being an elite reliever, and I’d not he’s a decent 6th inning guy. Either or makes the team better. It’s a good low risk high upside move. Every team makes moves like this, bullpens are so Volatile year to year many elite relievers fit this mold before they figure out. Sox did it with Andrew Miller, maybe they can do it again. He’s costing 1.5 million. What do y’all expect a middle reliever to get paid. That’s a bargain.