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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't fall into that trap. The Yankees, Mets, Rangers, Phillies and Giants also showed this week they are all willing to pay market rates. The Twins paid Correa $35 million for one season. The Cubs and Diamondbacks were also in the Bogey sweepstakes. The Cards paid Contreras. Every team gets a share of the new gambling proceeds, which they can decide to reinvest or not. If Devers actually wants to stay in Boston, it will now cost at least $330M... and that's only for 10 years, when he'll be 36. He just saw older guys like Judge and Xander get paid into their 40s. What sucks for Sox fans is that if Raffy isn't locked up by the end of Spring Training, he absolutely has to be traded... because he'll definitely become a free agent and hit the road. And the last thing Bloom or anyone in Red Sox Nation needs is another long, miserable summer of a fan favorite playing out his last days in Boston...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sure -- last spring. But people really need to stop thinking Bloom "misread" anything about the market. He's not that incompetent -- or he'd be gone, instead.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Already reading "if only" stories and posts, like the Red Sox blew it. But let's be clear: The front office knew exactly what it was doing last spring when Bloom offered Bogaerts less than what Story signed for. Unlike Mookie, Xander was public with his desire to stay in Boston. And don't say what San Diego paid isn't the current market -- which also includes paying over $100 million dollars to a guy from Japan who has never played a single inning in the MLB. This is Plan A for the Red Sox.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I love this move. Yes, it was in Japan, but Yoshida put up a .400+ on base % and .500+ slugging% the last six straight years. I'll take a .900 OPS guy who doesn't strike out at the top of my order any time. Fundamentals -- we miss you.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Let me get this straight: in the Major League Phase of the Rule 5 Draft, of the 15 players picked -- three were pitchers from Boston... the team that finished in last place because of crappy starting pitchers and relievers?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom and BOH will partner up to play Sam and a cardboard fan from the pandemic summer. Setback. Nickel a point.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I hope this list isn't projected on any smartboards in a front office planning room. The Red Sox would be foolish to expect anything from Sale and Paxton right now unless it's a bonus. They're losing Eovaldi and Wacha so have to add two starters minimum... plus a third new starter for insurance for the other three guys -- two of whom will be attempting to complete their first full seasons of MLB workloads (one coming off surgery). Maybe one of the newcomers can be Mata...
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's getting serious. They're engaged and they gave him a ring.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... inextricably linked is if the starting rotation isn't as embarrassing in its failure to even go five innings per game. Without starting depth -- and that includes innings and bodies (to fill in when injuries inevitably hit) -- the pen will be overused, no matter how good the arms are in the first few months... The Red Sox need more reliable starting pitchers.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Kenley made $16M in '22 for Atlanta... Bloom should've just signed him a year ago for three seasons, and saved this board a lot of grief. Now we just need to swing a deal with Toronto for spare catcher and Red Sox killer Danny...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom offered $9M at 360 years.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The best point you made so far is the fear of Bloom promising 8 or 9 additions -- instead of 4 or 5... because we all know by now that means more "value" players instead of the most valuable players.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They can't be that inept -- they have degrees in classics at reputable institutes of higher learning. Taillon just signed for the equivalent of Eovaldi's last contract, so assume Nate is gone, too -- because that was a Dombrowski deal. And might as well forget about Senga, if another team is interested (reportedly, there are several). The Red Sox have drawn their lines in the sand... which keeps spilling from the hour glass at a tortoise rate.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Performing in the postseason is definitely a factor -- and players don't want to hear about sample sizes; they know. It's fair for Yankee fans to be concerned... ARod always faced added pressure in the playoffs. But true fans know batting stats aren't everything, because anyone who has actually watched entire postseasons knows that Mookie Betts always contributes, on defense and/or baserunning.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But Chaim, if you ever do sign any player in demand, you have to realize you're not overpaying. The GMs doing their jobs trying to build contenders for 2023 aren't exceeding market prices -- they're just establishing and complying with new market prices.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And yet, we're told, more offers are imminent. Wait, check with the first base ump... did he offer? He went --
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe it was just an offer for Heaney's upside, while the Rangers agreed to also pay for his downside and inbetweenside. Or maybe the Red Sox offer was only for a bus ticket to Texas. Heans took offense, expecting to fly first class... which didn't make sense to Bloom, but Chris Young's analytics project a lot of highside.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Heaney will reportedly provide followship and a lot of lowside.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    2023 will be really strong. It's going to feature a hitter who slugged a 100-mph fastball out of Yankee Stadium when he was just 20 years old. And now he's about to enter his prime...
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    John Henry has not changed. He's always wanted it this way. Moneyball was written 20 years ago. Here are Henry's lines from his recruiting scene in the movie version: JH: "You won the exact same number of games as the Yankees, but the Yankees paid 1.4 million dollars per win, and you paid two hundred sixty thousand. Yes, I want you to be my General Manager. Any GM that doesn't tear down their team and rebuild it using your model is going to be a dinosaur." Chaim Bloom is just playing Brad Pitt playing Billy Beane. Meanwhile, D Rex has an open checkbook down at Citizens Bank Jurassic Park...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "if he keeps getting outbid"... we'd better hope it's that, and not that a target is signing elsewhere because it's anywhere but Boston.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He what? Theo just broke a chair in his hotel room.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sam just reported a teaney offer is imminent.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Tanks.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Kahnle's coming off an injury? Purrrrr-fect -- that's exactly the type of value Red Sox fans are looking for. He's the kind of fan favorite we've come to expect, a great underdog guy to root for to stay healthy and not break down by July when we know our cheaphf baseball officer won't replace him at the deadline despite flocks of tweets of reported interest while the class president insists to the Nation we're absolutely going for it and are all in with our way better team.
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