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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I've seen Koss at shortstop in Double A; not bad. Goodrum in 402 career MLB games: negative dWAR. Not good.
  2. 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.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Music soothes the savage breast. Anyone noah song?
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MVP just cut his wrists with braiser lades.
  5. 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.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's a thad, thad, thad, thad ward.
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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.
  10. 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.)
  11. 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...
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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).
  15. 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.
  16. 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?
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At least Bloom admitted he's full of crap when he said he won't be judged on his words, but his actions. The action Red Sox fans have seen for four offseasons now are a lot of inaction. Bloom's deliberate style is to wait as long as possible to make moves, and often it is too long (incompetently... or intentionally?)... waiting until all the best star free agents are signed, then picking through the leftovers; waiting until the last seconds of the trade deadline, when all the expensive pieces are gone. And Sox fans don't really need reminders of the exceptions, like when he jumped on Arauz in the Rule 5 draft, or signed Joely in the first week of free agency... because fans really don't care about the depth Bloom is building with replacement players for the bench or in the minors. Don't even remind us of the good additions -- like Renfroe, Schwarber, Wacha and Strahm -- that he didn't bother to bring back. Not when the New York teams and almost all the clubs out West are stockpiling all the star players available. Especially our own...
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Would it be easier to understand if you were a season ticket holder or just a parent who wants to take the family to one overpriced game at Fenway? The Red Sox are the joke of the industry right now. Beat reporters, local columnists, national reporters and talking heads aren't spending as much time wondering WTF is happening in Boston. Instead, they are just lambasting Bloom, Kennedy, and especially the AWOL and MIA owners. Any tired old metaphor can be used to explain the feelings in Red Sox Nation right now. Fond memories of great times. But it's not the same anymore.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    First, forget about attaching Sale to any Devers trade this winter. Bloom has at least learned his lesson (though dumping half-price Price at the cost of Mookie will maybe be underrated in his legacy). Second, because there's no albatross contract attached, a really good return -- at least a freaking upgrade from Doogie, Downs and Wong -- will be based on finding and/or pitting two rivals in a bidding war. Because the winner of the Raffy sweepstakes will have the edge going forward... no matter what past statistics say. Even old guys with our failing eye tests know this one.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not even close to my suggestion... but definitely the inspiration for it. All we ever heard about was that the Dodgers' paltry package was for one year of Mookie, when in reality they were intent on building championships around him for only the next dozen years. No more joking around. Now they'll have to pay up for Devers, or they know the Padres or Giants or Mets or Phils will get him for the next dozen years.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Bloom is really Bloom, here's how he can trade Devers and save his job: ... approach the true big money markets -- which are really now just owners with big money pockets... afire -- and tell it like it is: Any club willing to deal for Raffy -- because they will do so with every intention of signing him to a longterm contract and keeping him away from free agency -- should offer a trade package of what it would be worth for a World Series title. Because Rafael Devers is a difference-maker, and is good enough to tip the scales for the Mets or Phillies in the East, or the Dodgers or Padres in the West, or even get the Giants back in the conversation. You want his prime? Make us an offer for more than one year of control... it doesn't have to be for the next dozen years that you'll gladly pay him for... just for control of the next half decade of rings and banners. Best package wins. Over and over.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mookie will still be bowling 300 games. All Judge will be doing is wearing a bowler hat.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And even Bloom would tell you that range can offset anyone trying to strong-arm you.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Checked their prospect list yesterday. Two of their top 5 are shortstops; those we don't need. Their top three pitchers -- Harrison #2, Whisenhunt #7, Crawford #8 -- are lefties. Outfielders are #3, 4 and 10: Matos, McCray, Brown. A catcher, Bailey, is #12 (Joey Bart, 25, is SF's starting catcher right now, with a career 38% K-rate). Brandon Crawford, 35, is the obvious name on their big league roster who is probably available and can serve as a reasonable placeholder at short.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom's Christmas wish: one of the prospects he traded for gets promoted to fill in for an injured guy and hits bombs, like Valdez, or runs wild, like Hamilton... for about a month, until MLB pitchers figure out huge holes in their at bats. If you can't have Lynn and Rice, settle for naughty and nice.
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