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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    People trying to make sense of Bloom's signings this winter might have this one right: He picked up four relievers to turn into more prospects at the trade deadline next summer. Hopefully, the strategy will be not to overuse and burn out Martin, Joely and Mills before August. There doesn't seem to be as much risk about Jansen, who's used to closing out victories.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Until Bloom somehow unleashes an unlikely multi-team multi-player blockbuster that says goodbye to Devers, Pivetta, Houck and Verdugo (his only touchable MLB trade chips), and lands a return that miraculously transforms this abysmal roster into an overnight sensation, the direction is clear: They're all out. It's Lose Now Mode.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Four? Two old guys and two recent surgically-procedured young guns. Apparently, the Sox valued Eflin more than Eovaldi, offering the Rayward one the biggest reported pitching contract of the Bloom Era. I was in on Eflin early, but as a late-innings option, after seeing him in that role in the postseason. The one word to describe Boston's offseason that I'm seeing more lately is confusing.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Glove it.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Scratch Rich Hill off the list to replace himself or two other starters missing from the rotation. He just signed with another last place team. Go Pirates!
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All good suggestions. I don't why Iglesias isn't also an option; he really fit in down the stretch in '21, and was almost like a player-coach for Cora -- especially, when ineligible for anything but cheerleading in the postseason.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I agree, and while I'm not crying over Bogey, it would've been nice to replace him with another good player. There were several available, but the costs were prohibitive -- or antithetical to the long-range plan -- for this regime. I get that, but still find it unacceptable that the front office left the roster woefully incomplete last season and is doing the same thing this offseason (as far as idling, whilst many, many viable candidates find new homes with actual contenders). Especially when they're still trying to pretend they're trying to win the World Series.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't blame the fans for doubting the plan. It sucks to come in last place, and then lose your best players and not even replace them before the next season. Why would anyone look forward to that? Part of the outrage about Bogaerts is that fans invested in watching every game -- and reading and writing about the Sox year-round -- now rightfully fear we'll also lose Rafael Devers. The only goal isn't to just win rings, because that's unreasonable (and elitist). Fans want to be entertained, and cheer for their favorites -- who are hopefully forming the core of an improving ballclub. Most don't give a damn about a GM or CBO who's clever enough to recruit low-cost players who are merely functional.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox are incredible.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I've seen Koss at shortstop in Double A; not bad. Goodrum in 402 career MLB games: negative dWAR. Not good.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not a chance; the medicals are a perfect excuse not to pay Correa. Bloom rejected medical reports on Brudstar Graterol, who in the past three years in LA has pitched in over 100 games -- more than twice the MLB games played by Downs and Wong combined.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Music soothes the savage breast. Anyone noah song?
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MVP just cut his wrists with braiser lades.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Who is even the starting shortstop for their Triple A team? You know, the guy who may have to be promoted to fill in when our MLB shortstop we don't even have goes onto the IL? If it's Rafaela (whose name, at least, seems inevitable to evolve into the next Raffy), ok -- then play him there all year. But what's the point, you may ask, if Mayer is moving up soon? Then we'd need Ceddanne to man CF. I've seen Rafaela play short and center in person, and he's pretty good at both. Versatility may be overrated by Bloom, though... since we all remember Marwin with the bat or how bad Franchy was anywhere on the field.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's a thad, thad, thad, thad ward.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sung to the beat of If I Only Had A Brain: I would pitch in Oklahoma If Yoshida hits a homer Or we'll face the Old Red's wrath Kike moving to the infield Makes the Red Sox team way better If we only had a staff...
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Sale is traded, Red Sox fans' favorite part will be getting to watch him pitch for someone else while Boston still pays half his salary. Posters' favorite part will be getting to blame Dave Dombrowski, even if Chaim Bloom reinvests the savings in wins Below replacement players...
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Thorough list. It's interesting to see how few homegrown players have been extended for market money by the Red Sox: only two of the team's top 20 this century -- Bogaerts and Pedroia. Is it coincidence that both signed what many considered hometown discounts? It's also an indictment on the franchise that the highest paid homegrown pitcher this century is still Clay Buchholz, whose $30M for four years only equates to a $7.5M AAV... which means Boston's all-time best-paid homegrown arm... with an AAV of $9.375M... is Matt Barnes.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some posters have speculated through the Bloom Era that the business model Chaim aspires to is in LA, where his former mentor presides. For Sox fans sanging the blues, take heart: the club now has six players who recently wore Dodger Blue who should contribute this year... maybe even lead the team out of the Red. (that wasn't meant to be political, because superheroes wear both blue and red, like Superman, Spider-Man, Captain America, etc.)
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd almost bet some GMs are trying to take advantage of Bloom's Grinch status by trying to help him out and taking Sale off his hands -- as long as Chaim agrees to pay half of the contract again. At half price, Chris would be worth taking a flier on, because that's about the cost of an average MLB starter these days. You can almost hear the devious wheels turning: he did it once with Price... let's see how desperate this sucker is to keep his job in Boston...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Happy holidays, all. Some may have forgotten that whenever the Red Sox made offers to Mookie, they were always below what his market value was at the time (which was top of the industry). I'm not saying they lowballed him, but was it really necessary to alienate a young star by taking him to arbitration? Then when he almost took Boston's offer for $200M, his mother talked him out of it because he was worth more. Trout is great, but not twice as great as Mookie. Finally, when Boston offered $300M, everyone knew Betts was a better all-around player than Harper and Machado, who had each signed for more. The Red Sox front office has this history. And now -- if they really want Devers to sign an extension -- they'll have to overpay above market prices. Otherwise, Raffy knows he can just wait a year and establish a new market ceiling.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Meanwhile, here are Xtra factors to the other AL East rotations... NY: Rodon, Toronto: Bassitt, Baltimore: Gibson, Tampa: Eflin. None are guaranteed to be good, but they're all definitely better than the zero free agent starters Bloom has added.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Those Red Sox teams from the 1980s were different because even though they lost stars, they still paid to keep some of their best homegrown players -- Jim Rice and Dwight Evans -- not to mention icon Carl Yastrzemski, who played his entire career in Boston through '83. They bottomed out winning 78 games in 1983 (not last place, though 6th out 7)... then were back in the World Series in three years, and won three division in five seasons. Pitching, developed from drafting and the minors, was key. But the Sox still swung some solid trades -- not with prospects, but big leaguers (Eck for Buckner, Ojeda for Schiraldi, Lansford for Armas, Mike Brown and parts for Hendu and Spike Owen).
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You mean what all the GMs who pay for pitching every single winter think... Meanwhile, the last-place Red Sox will just rely on four starters rehabbing from injuries or surgeries to contend for the World Series, absolutely.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Even if there's an infinitesimal chance that Sale and Paxton both make healthy comebacks and turn back the clock, is relying on a miracle a sound strategy for improvement... when many of your rivals for the (ahem) World Series have been fortified with bonafide starting pitching?
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