There is a considerable amount of time spent in various forums geared towards the budget/luxury tax. Keep in mind, there is no salary cap in baseball, J. Henry could authorize spending any amount for key players like Betts and Devers. Bloom is only operating under the guidelines he is given by ownership. One of those must be , Be Competitive. The additions or progression of guys in the system has not yet paid off well for Bloom.
He will ultimately pay for those shortcomings with his job..
I understand and agree with avoiding 10 year range contracts. Imagine if we had locked up JDM for 8=10 years as the best DH, post Ortiz in MLB. The team would be choking on that pill for a few more years. Sorry to say, same for Bogaerts , although Bogey could opt in himself if he wanted to stay with the Red Sox , and still live very comfortably in Aruba the rest of his life.