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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know, managers at every level of baseball for over a century have all been wrong batting their best hitters in the heart of the order. Bloom probably typed a thesis on a website about this, and got hired for all his experience... with a word processor.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The problem isn't whether Devers gets fed up. We just better hope Bloom gets canned before he pushes the panic reset and pulls a Longoria, because Devers does not have a No-Trade Clause.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Our one righty home run hitter gets hurt, and we have Refsnyder batting third, a day after Bobby Dalbec starts at shortstop. It's the second week of the season! Too bad our poor CBO who's been in charge of building the Red Sox for four freaking years wasn't allowed to fill a full Major League roster.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I never post on the Pessimistic thread, but I'm a regular on the Realistic thread.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Did you watch the first 10 games? Duvall did not play like a good centerfielder. And letting good finds like Schwarber and Renfroe leave is part of the problem in the Bloom Era. As for Bloom's guys who look good but get hurt, or who haven't been good because they're hurt when acquired -- does anyone think this is all bad luck and coincidence? Or maybe a pattern?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I can't regret losing guys who sucked here and developed into good players elsewhere. But the bottom line is that Bloom has continually let impact players leave Boston -- Betts, Bogie, Schwarber, Renfroe -- and never added one yet. Whitlock was nearly an All-Star set-up reliever for half a season, and Pivetta delivered some clutch innings in the postseason, but Bloom has yet to replace the difference-makers. Star players are not Story, an infielder who had one good month with the bat in Boston so far, or Duvall, who had one good week before getting injured playing out of position. If you want to call Wacha an impact pitcher, then so was Eovaldi, and both were replaced, along with Hill, with one Kluber...
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Helpful's just another word for nothing left to lose.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Refsnyder batting third today. I swear Cora pulls crap like this just to show the world the deep options of a roster Bloom has provided him with.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yet he's the biggest trade chip, especially in the most fungible area of big league rosters: the bullpen. Houck may be more valuable in the long term, depending whether he develops into a legitimate starter, but Schreiber can make a good team better this year.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Shake it up now. St. Louis could use some pitching. The Trade Simulator accepted Schreiber and the ghost of Paxton for DeJong and Tyler O'Neill. O'Neill is like a Duvall clone -- power and high K rate -- a former Gold Glove OF who just two seasons ago hit 34 HRs with .912 OPS. He's disgruntled, only 28, and probably available now with the emergence of WBC hero Nootbar and rookie record-breaker Jordan Walker (make a deal, before NL pitchers find a book on him).
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hamilton would've beaten out that bunt attempt that Chang tried last night down two runs... especially if he bunted it straight to Sale on the mound.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But we're always on the verge of making a run... ... making a beer run, a run in the stockings, running out of options/time/patience/disposable income. Waiting until everyone is healthy is unhealthy.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What's the worst that could happen? The team might suck and come in dead last?
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And the Red Sox planned to make the playoffs this year going into the season with one starter in his prime: the #5 starter.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Imagine the prospect that Bloom will have to give another team in July to convince them to pay even half of Sale's contract for one more season.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sale is done. He's throwing BP meatballs to every Rays batter.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Even if you're an optimist, it's pretty obvious that if the Red Sox somehow rebound and become a competitive ballclub again, it won't be with a lot of the men defiling their laundry right now. There's not many that even look like they want to be big leaguers right now.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's disappointing that even casual Sox fans I have talked with lately have noticed this point. He can be such a better hitter with a better approach. There's just nobody that can pick him up in the batting order... but no coaches that can talk sense into the $330 million dollar man?
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So let's envision exactly how this assemblage can compete for a Wild Card. Pitching -- IF the old guys reclaim... let's just say consistent, average, not lights-out but with a mix of quality starts all season, with NO IL stints... and IF the young starters can contribute the same... can the defense support them enough so that the offense can score one more run on most nights??? That's praying the bullpen won't burn out, and hoping the O will come around -- at least Yoshida and Casas will improve as they become acclimated and find it. Don't know if we can expect comebacks by vets who may be losing it: Hernandez, Turner, Arroyo (who set a record last night swinging and missing three pitches by three meters). The D is a HUGE IF... arguably weak or below-average at every single position on the field. But I dare say the outfield D is already improved with Refsynder in CF...
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If this isn't a tank, then that says an awful lot about the ability of Bloom to rebuild the parent club into a contender. Emphasis on "awful."
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    True, fans and media both said this was an important offseason and year for Bloom... but Red Sox ownership never said that. Logically, we have to assume Bloom has been following orders. No competent GM would ever join a club, allow most stars to leave, and replace them with mediocrity, castoffs and damaged goods. And then get to keep his job with the promise it's going to be awesome. Allowing the Sox to fade into quiet irrelevance won't affect the plan. Henry can still make a profit on summer tourists if my TV is shut off avoiding his unwatchable ballclub. The only hope for changes towards legitimate improvement is to make noise. He doesn't like that...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Duvall on a hot streak, was more all than nothing, but at least a legitimate power threat. Refsnyder, his replacement, has never been anything but a replacement player. Ten games into the season, and this is our new #5 batter -- an eight-year MLBer with 12 career homers... except when righties face us, and then it's going to be... Tapia? That's it? The Rays may be great -- and McClanahan had the best stuff of any starter we've seen so far -- but they still haven't played any good teams yet.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nothing, when he was a Rockie. Now, he has no elbow. Last year Story was really good defensively as a Red Sox second baseman. Now he has an artificial brace attached to his elbow. If that doesn't make him an enhanced Bionic Man, why wouldn't they just return him to the position he just mastered before this winter? It's not like Boston isn't hurting there, either, with a career back-up looking overmatched on both sides of the ball...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not for short and center, and with their specific injuries, probably never again at those positions in Boston.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Come on, Sam, what is a back-up stud? Most all-in teams traditionally have a true starting shortstop and true starting centerfielder and starting pitchers in their prime beyond a #5 man. Those are all pretty important positions for actual contenders. How many actual contenders have you ever remembered in the preseason wishing and hoping and praying that everything goes right for the guys they're trying there?
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