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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And as I've said before, Story for half the cost of Bogaerts may have been the main reason Bloom signed him.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In his first year as a second baseman in Boston, Trevor Story was like Mark Bellhorn with the bat, Pokey Reese with the glove and wheels. Combined, that's a pretty decent player... though, maybe not quite worth the biggest contract of the Bloom Era.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It was just as much that a lot of his mound acquisitions were already prone to injury, Bradley was already in decline, and his non-moves left the rotation, bullpen and rightfield unacceptably incomplete.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    D is all I'm considering from catchers now, with bigger, shorter bases and limits on pitchers keeping baserunners close. Veteran D can help a young, rebuilding staff, too.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nope, Lopez is not a true ace. Put it this way, on bb-ref, his top three similar pitchers are Randy Wells, Steel Arm Tyler and Henderson Alvarez III. I swear to Boggs, I didn't make that up.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Will the Red Sox sign Roberto Perez or Austin Hedges? Former is going to be 34, four years older, but two-time GGer. Either will cost less than half of Vazquez. Dumb me, still speculating on making moves, like it was the team I've followed for over half a century...
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Right -- any deals better exclude any potential future core of the next sustained contenders. The only logical trade bait would seem like Verdugo, Pivetta and Kike. Comeback vets like Sale, Paxton, Barnes, Taylor, and the new relievers could be flipped in the summer if they have good first halves. Even Story could, since his contract is suddenly average. I haven't forgotten Devers, who I think they'll wait until ST to swap to avoid public static and to give serious suitors a chance to bid against each other. Otherwise, they'll just play charades for another year with their latest #1 Priority...
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some fans are so frustrated with Bloom that they hammer every move he makes at this point. I like the Yoshida signing, period, and could care less about how much he costs (as if there is such a concept as overpay anymore). Some posters also like to point out that many big money free agents are busts, but for half of those on list, it still looks like you get what you pay for. A few good new players can improve a team more than several mediocre pieces. Bloom just tries too hard to fill many of the holes in his swiss cheese with a can of cheez whiz. Too much of that crap is unhealthy. It's the holidays -- give me a wedge of imported gouda.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How can the Red Sox tank when they're going to be way better? For those who somehow think Henry will suddenly have an epiphany and start spending like the before he was very old days, the question is only: on what? All the top free agent starting pitchers are now signed... in this offseason with tons of money coming off the Boston books that would supposedly define the Bloom Era. The Sox lost three starting pitchers, and haven't replaced them... but have confidence in Bloom's adamance about putting Whitlock and Houck in the rotation: "we would be silly to deny them a chance to reach that ceiling." Here's his plan: "We'll see how it plays out..."
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    LA should be willing to give more for 14 years of Devers... but never one single pitching prospect.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Second paragraph in Bloom's bio: In the first major move of his short-lived career as CBO, he engineered what he mistakenly thought was a trade of Hall of Famer for Hall of Famer... however, as Chaim later excused, "Actually, I was formulating a new calculus -- making changes for Red Sox fans that both exorcised old demons and repossessed them as allies: Mookie (as in Wilson) for Jeter (as in personalized Fox Network TV cam that follows fist pumps on the diamond, in the dugout, clubhouse, on the team bus, charter, and private dance cubicles for gentlemen everywhere )."
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I just assumed he slithered back under a rock when Judge and the Spanks choked again in the playoffs.
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  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd rather have Yoshida than a dead mob boss in the outfield. Yoshi has struck out over 700 times less in more career pro games than Crazy Joe.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    OBP vs. BA depends on what you value more -- moving a runner or being a runner. If it's the former, a walk's not always as good as a hit (I'm ignoring guys who get hit by pitches a lot; they're not good longevity risks... or Ellsbury, who as he aged became better at hitting the catcher's mitt than the baseball).
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We get it, we can handle it, but as far the Nation, he's screwed no matter what: ... when he has to trade Raffy, the average fan will never accept the reasons a billionaire owner won't pay their homegrown superstar favorites market rates to stay in Boston. ... but even if he signs Devers, the team is most likely going to blow, unless Sale and Paxton find a time machine and turn back into their 2017-18 selves.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I still say the Mets are the bets -- for those who think they'll never give up one of their top-10s, why not? They're in total go-for-it-NOW mode, can easily extend Devers to a contract through 2050, and who cares if they lose a prospect, when Cohen can just buy more established players at the same positions next year.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All good points, but the most chilling is #3... what if our guy in charge won't make risky moves because he knows he'll still be here?
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I meant about Yoshida... who I'm still in favor of signing.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They'll never give him the years and he probably won't sign for any number these guys calculate he's worth, anyway. But just be ready to read and type futile speculations and disillusions on this forum and elsewhere for the next three months, because they will certainly draw it out as painfully long as possible.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Correct, and they lost their three best from last year's cellar dwellers. Is it coincidence that Eovaldi, Wacha and Hill are among the last remaining decent unsigned starters? The Sox have a ton of money coming off the books and are intent on adding 4 or 5 more guys to make them a lot better next year...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At this point, if another team instead of Boston had made the offer, gotta wonder if Boras would've started barking his auction to the big money clubs... ... but since the Red Sox are now an industry punch-line, he maybe felt that killed any demand for the player, so he closed the deal.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The always phlegmatic Bloom will wait until the last possible second to trade Devers, soliciting and contemplating the best possible package from 29 other clubs to end the the worst possible winter that defined his career. Then, moving like a sloth, he'll use those reluctant claws to deal the third homegrown fan favorite that will be listed forever in the lowlight of his obituary. When Kennedy said the Red Sox "will make the right decision" on Devers, he meant they won't dump him until after Christmas. Not when there's still a chance someone might buy '23 tickets for stocking stuffers...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's fair, but how do you think Xander or any loyal company man -- you, me, Swihart's ectoplasm -- would feel when offered less money to stay than a newly recruited outsider?
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We know, we know -- the only mistake they're not making this time is to give him the kiss of death as their Priority (now their priority may be to trade him for more than a bucket of BP balls)... ... because the Bloom Era never gets their man. Just remember -- as viable free agents sign elsewhere daily -- this is the offseason when "the Red Sox have over $100 million to spend, and will add 8 or 9 new players to compete for the postseason in 2023." Now that they couldn't even spend $13 million AAV on a new starting pitcher (the going rate for a Quintana or Thor), we're told the new strategy will be the trade route. We know there's no way Bloom is dealing any decent prospects, so what can we get for Verdugo, Pivetta or even Kike???
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