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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If we really want legitimate change, the new guy will be allowed to hire his own "cabinet" for the front office. Otherwise, how much veering from the Bloom Era can we expect, when the entire staff -- except for one individual -- that contributed to the assemblage of three last place losers is still in place? The direction just may continue, only with a different name -- the New Guy Era... If so, might as well just call the Brad Pitts Era.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A lot of Sox fans and media thought the Lackey signing was finally salvaged when he helped win the 2013 World Series, with one win (and a loss) and a 2.57 ERA. If you agree for that reason alone, then surely trading Lackey for Joe Kelly was also worth it... because Kelly pitched in all five 2018 World Series games: winning one, losing none, with an ERA of 0.00.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No, in my fantasy, the GM goes into the season with a healthy starting rotation every year, and doesn't bank the whole season on guys coming off the IL. He also trades for legitimate bullpen help at every deadline -- and not just bank every August/September on waiver wire pick-ups DFAed by other clubs.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yup. Duran is not a good fielder. Red Sox need good fielders... to go along with all those new starting pitchers ownership is surely going to sign this winter. And they're not making any trades for rentals that they won't immediately sign longterm. The Bloom Era is over (unless they're still BSing Red Sox Nation -- which is very possible).
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The batting order needs more righthanded pop, especially if it's losing Duvall's 20 HRs. But there aren't a lot of positions for a new guy... except second base? BTV accepts Duran and Walter to SD for Ha-Seong Kim. On a team of superstar salaries, Kim, 27, leads Padres position players with 5.6 WAR, great glove, 17 homers, 36 steals, under contract for one more year at $8M then a mutual option. The Sox need more fundamentally-sound ballplayers like Kim. Maybe SD would like an upgrade in CF over disappointing Trent Grisham's sub-.200 BA and .665 OPS (Duran's '23: .295, .828).
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As a fan, I could care less about the money invested in payroll. What interests me is watching star ballplayers star for my favorite team. That all-time team from 2018 that carried over into '19 had a lot star power. No team wins it all every year, and the Red Sox never did for the first four decades I followed them... but they always had really good players on usually good teams. Agonizing to me isn't 84 wins and third place. What really sucks is having a losing record and finishing dead last in the division, three out of four years.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I do. In '19, Mookie led the majors in runs scored. Raffy was second. Devers also led MLB in extra base hits and total bases. Bogaerts was third -- in the bigs -- in XBH, sixth in TB, and led the Sox in Offensive WAR (5th overall). Raffy was also second in the majors in hits, Xander was fourth. The pair of buds were also second and third in doubles, with 54 and 52. Benintendi and Betts were tied for 10th with 40 each. Mookie was also second in the big leagues in times on base. His OPS was .915... but he was only fourth on the club, behind Raffy .916, X .936, and JD Martinez .936 -- who had 36 HRs, 105 RBI and BA .305. The '19 Red Sox missed the playoffs, and maybe the ball was still juiced back then... but for this fan, watching that team was way more fun than the total slopfests we were fed in three of the past four years since.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Open with a righty who throws gas, so opponents load up their batting order with lefties. Then bring in the Incredible Bulk!
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    OB must be getting paid extra on the side to anoint Story as the savior, because all he talks about is his great D, even while he's in the process of striking out. Even when he got picked off first last night, OB started gushing about how "fun" it's been to watch Story at shortstop -- instead of pointing out how he's fit right into the Sox' clown show on the basepaths. "What a blast."
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    None of 2020-23 was just Bloom's fault, but it all happened on his watch, when he occupied the top position in the front office. For all I know, he's a good guy, as are many of his colleagues in Sox management -- including those who had good reps for years before he was even hired. But unfortunately, those who remain employed by the Red Sox may also have to step aside if Henry and Co. are really intent on changing things. What I'm getting at is the new CBO/GM/JEFE/HONCHO probably needs to be hired from outside the org, and be allowed to bring in his/her own staff to run things. That may also mean a new manager and coaching staff on the field. Otherwise, fans should not expect all that much to change right away... and realize that Bloom's firing was just for show. But not The Show.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Damn soxprospects -- calling Teel carefree. Now all we need is Lars Anderson to teach him guitar lessons... if the ghost of Lou Gorman catches Teel playing "Box of Rain" on the team bus, he's going straight onto the trading block.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You'll never see me guys type any adjectives that disparage other posts. But now you're just arguing for the sake of arguing. No one said Bloom should have won a title or even more games than he lost in 2020. I merely pointed out the fact that in his first year -- the year HE, HIMSELF, signed, traded for or promoted TWENTY new players (20 in '20) who threw a pitch for the Boston Red Sox -- that the pitching staff set an all-time franchise low with the highest ERA in club history. It's a fact. And I seem to remember you, yourself, also stating at some point that the 2020 Sox pitchers were the worst you've ever seen as a fan. Please stick to your post yesterday when you literally typed, "I can't say anything" because it's "beyond discussing." Let it go. Just like the Sox let Bloom go.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The guy knew what he was getting into when he accepted the job. He even told us the truth when he said the Red Sox weren't going to be as good. And he did sign, trade for or add 20 new players who pitched for Boston in 2020 on a pitching staff with the worst Earned Run Average in franchise history -- that's 120 years. And it happened on his watch.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In 2020, new Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom acquired or promoted 20 new pitchers -- including three position players -- who threw at least one pitch. His pitching staff had the worst team ERA in franchise history. Perez, Mazza, Godley, Valdez, Brice, Springs, Osich, Covey, Kickham, Stock, Hart, Hall, Triggs, Leyer, Tapia, Houck, Pivetta, Lin, Plawecki, Peraza.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't know how anyone could possibly place blame on the chief officer of a ballclub that finishes 5th out of 5 teams in their division in 75 percent of the years he's in charge. Glad this is beyond discussion and there will be no more words on the topic, ever again.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I've been watching just as long, and I am adamant that there has been no worse pitching and no worse defense than what we suffered through in the Bloom Era. The 2020 club had the worst ERA in team history. The bullpen had more blown saves 2019-2022 than any Red Sox team ever. The rotation threw less quality starts in each of the past four years than any other Sox staff in any season the past 100 years. Argue all you want about how the game has changed and how stats are deceiving, but numbers aren't opinions. As for defense, no data can do justice to the injustices we witnessed in 2023, because nobody knows for sure how many actual "errors" official scorers made on plays they somehow ruled as "hits" -- when we all know what we saw were called Es the past 100 years.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Let's see: last place three of four years = failure 75% of the time... if you fail 75% of your classes at Yale, you're not getting fitted for a cap and gown -- no matter how much new knowledge you have stored up in your brain for future use.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Post of the post-Bloom Era.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But the insults won't be as pointed, and the metaphors will confuse, as our cognitive abilities fade. We'll call him Obama, caution against starting World War II, and confess to all sorts of crimes in order to defend past posts we've forgotten.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What if you went to a job interview, and the owners of the company gave this description of duties: "We want you to reduce payroll, cut overhead, fire overpriced employees, replace them with unemployed journeymen at first-step minimum wage, and develop a training program for entry-level recruits. We understand productivity will initially suffer, but we'll pay you a million dollars for four years, with the outside chance you'll be retained if somehow you can make this look good..." Would any applicant -- who has never held, but always aspired to, a position of such authority -- refuse or hold out for more money or years?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Has to be either Covid or the vaccine -- one or both must stunt the sense of smell, taste, and common. Or, like me, the owners have deviated septums (among other things).
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I agree with this entire post. That's why I think the quickest -- and safer budget way -- for a new boss to turn the Sox back into a contender is to trade prospects for good starting pitchers who may still be a year or two away from free agency, and then immediately extend the new #1 or #2 to longterm deals... (I realize that's living in the Pedro past, but if it happened once...) Never know -- maybe the idea of blowing out an elbow and losing a fleetload of mullah like Ohtani just did would appeal to an arm from the Brewers or Marlins.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The bad thing is Bloom's worst moves impacted one season in 2020, one season in 2021, one season in 2022, and one season in 2023. The worst thing about being a Red Sox fan in those seasons is if you were a Red Sox fan in those seasons. That will be the memory of this era for diehards in decades to come. Hopefully, someone like Roman Anthony -- not easy draft picks like Mayer or Teel -- will become a star, and improve the future legacy of Bloom in Boston.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pads and Orsillo were on MLB channel last night. Don was interviewing Snell live during game action. It was revealed that Nate Quickly has never pitched into the 8th inning in his big league career. Watching a double, he also yelled, "Go, Bogey!" to a teammate who leads all NL shortstops this year in OPS.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Now does that make sense? ... maybe, if they each agree to one-year/$10M deals. Seriously, I can maybe see this franchise splurging on one pitcher at market rate. But I'd be shocked if these owners suddenly go Steinbrenner 2009 and blow a billion bucks on a CC/AJ/TEX winter. 2004 will be two decades old next season.
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