Charlie Finley, probably the smartest owner in all of baseball, saw all of this coming after the Curt Flood ruling. He had a large yard sale and said adios.
I tried finding that on the internet, but all I found was a 4 year deal at 90 million that was offered during spring training. It appears Bogey is looking for something around 30 million per year. Aren't we all.
It's about time someone mentioned JH in this discussion. He hired Bloom for a reason. I'm guessing the reason was he wants the SOX to operate the same way Tampa did. Develop SOX players in the minors and then get rid of them when they become too expensive and every once in a while sign a free agent.
JH is tired of getting burned with long term and expensive contracts. Btw, he did buy the SOX 4 championship teams over the last 18 years.