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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Question: If Drohan, Fernandez, Gambrel, Perales, Gonzalez, Bastardo -- among the best pitching prospects in the org -- all need spots on the 40... or risk getting picked by the Washingtons and Dombrowskis of the world -- then why didn't Bloom trade other surplus... like Paulino, Lugo, Scott... at the deadline? On MLB.com's list of Red Sox prospects, Paulino is #9, Lugo #13. If we might lose guys like that in a few months, what harm would it be to swap them for even a rental to improve this year's club? For instance -- just as a numerical comp -- the O's got Jack Flaherty for their #14 and #16 prospects...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Chaim said he's "pretty excited" to have Urias because of his intriguing upside... and of course, because he's under control. Do those two reasons show that Bloom is viewing this addition as someone who will give them that playoff push for this season?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wait a minute, let me check the odds on one of the dozens of betting shows that have replaced real sports news on TV. Ahh... here it is: current odds are bad and worse -- it's a parlay, but if you place a bet now they'll match your first five dollar-bill, rolled up into a straw... and your first sniff is free!
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In baseball, it's not always true You Get What You Pay For, but... ... the middling market Red Sox' current record is 7th out of 15 AL teams... one loss away from 9th...
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I live in New England, so I'm also close to both diehard and casual fans who have been very vocal this season. And the one thing even the casual fans can't stand, beyond relievers blowing games, is piss-poor defense. That can make a lot of viewers change the channel quickly. The general reason: If the Red Sox aren't going to be serious about who they let wear their uniforms, why should I devote any more time watching them?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Like I've been saying forever, teams can't wait until they're good before adding good players. It all starts with pitching -- even a rebuild -- and reliable pitchers in their prime, signed and under control, give clubs a base upon which to build.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No, just going by other forums, as well as this one, I read or post on. I doubt attendance will tank if the team does, because someone will usually take discounted tix to a day at Fenway... but we all know TV viewers will have plenty of options to click the remote in a month if things go south.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was just echoing what I've heard about impressions at the deadline from virtually all the ex-Sox-turned-media -- Middlebrooks, Merloni, Rice, Wake, Youck -- plus others from MLB channel. Reporters say it, too, based on what they've been told by other players, on and off the record. It's unreasonable to assume all those guys are full of crap, and just trying to contrive rumors -- especially when many work for an actual club like Bloom's Red Sox that never makes a significant trade. And before anyone here jumps to reply, I mean for a key piece at the time, beyond getting a Pivetta, who turned into a decent pitcher, or a power bat acquired while on the IL (who they let walk in two months, after his leg was healed, and then led the NL in HRs).
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I have nothing against Paulino Walnuts... but Bloom is paralyzed. You doubted that his -- let's just call it "inability" (for whatever reasons) -- to help the big league club this week would have a negative impact in the next month on such a group of professional athletes. But I'm not saying it will all be mental, because already we have a bullpen that looks a bit tired (at least the fans are already tired of watching the castoffs that Cora is forced to put out there, doing his best to preserve the actual good pitchers at the back-end from total burnout before September).
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If the Red Sox finish last again, maybe after the season Bloom will make a few changes in the front office of the guys actually in charge of assembling his big league roster. Or at least make them recite the alphabet backwards, touch their middle fingers to their noses and walk a straight line... As chief officer, it's his call.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Brannon for Civale - yes Romero for Montgomery and Stratton - yes Homer for Montgomery Burns - no; don't trade power for over-the-hill, injury-prone rental cases
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The other day I posted the losing records of every Red Sox team in August after Bloom's petrified trade deadlines. Maybe that's just a coincidence and not a reflection of clubhouse/dugout reaction. As for fans, what is there to appease? The bullpen blew three games this week. And it's still only Thursday. Why would we want to see any legitimate pitching additions to the Big League staff?
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Jansen and Martin were actual quality pitchers on the free agent market. Maybe the "scrap heap" referred to by Randy comes from yesterday's column from a professional beat reporter for the Red Sox, headlined: "Bloom's constant search for bargains means Red Sox sign a lot of junk" The last time I read that about a guy in charge of Boston was... let's see... 19NEVER
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wha -- and let New York get a higher draft pick next summer? Bloom your tongue.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Song will not remain the same.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    CGs are like flip phones. But even a mediocre starter who can get big leaguers out one time through the order can aid in the preservation of the bullpeners. Imagine having two bulk guys in the same game. Just a righty not named Joe Jokes or Loservera to slip between Murphy and Walter -- turn those switch hitters around!
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bring him back. Song and Wong, and pass the bong.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Singing to the satire. I'm a Red Sox fan, circa 2023. To me, an innings eater is a starter who can go more than one inning -- or, holy crap, two! An addition to the rotation that could replace our cast of openers... and go three? He'd be the Roy Halladay of the Bloom Era.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You forgot the ex-players. Can the reason they want deadline additions possibly be because of their own experiences in MLB clubhouses?
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Nomar was still around, he could tell you the difference between a grinder and a hero. But his back-up Lou Merloni would then extoll the virtues of a sub.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They've never been in the postseason every year. Their best run was '98-09, when they made it eight times, including five trips to the ALCS. That had to be a great time to be a young fan in Red Sox Nation... Boston only made the playoffs once when I was growing up. But my expectations were conflated by two things: the Red Sox were always good, and always trading for or signing top talent to try to make them great. The Sox were over .500 every season in the 1970s and averaged 90 wins. Back then only division winners played in October... usually New York (cha-ching) or Baltimore (moo/snort/baaa).
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Now you tell me! After all these years of us complaining about last place, and posting on threads like Fire Bloom! We need to start a new thread: DFA BOH
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It certainly looks that way, but unless anyone here has had a personal talk with Henry, we don't know for sure what he's insisting, since he's become the Howard Hughes of MLB owners. As for DD, it's a good thing he was allowed to invest in the Red Sox. Where would Bloom's '23 underdogs be without DD's core of Bello, Duran and Casas (team-high WAR on the mound, AL doubles machine/pizza box thief, and July MLB OPS leader)...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ah, go eat dinner at a steakhouse. Remember, though, it doesn't really matter how the steak tastes, as long as you know their beef cattle come from a top-rated ranch and are fed only the best alfalfa-grass hay mix.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I wanted nothing to do with Scherzer or Verlander last winter, not even at half of what the Mets paid. They're always just a creak or tweak away from Sale/Paxton/Whitlock sick bay. But for the other innings eaters -- Lynn, Lorenzen, Montgomery, Flaherty, even Civale -- Chaim could've parted with some of his surplus prospect capital if he really wanted to. I'm not in the clubhouse, but when all beat writers, TV reporters and ex-MLB players-turned-announcers talk about the positive vibe and vote of confidence players feel at the deadline when their boss brings in reinforcements, they can't all be wrong.
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