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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The case for signing Judge: homers, rightfielder, stick it to Yankees. The case against spending $300+ million on a 30-year old: tons of strikeouts -- 202 per 162-game average; Sox fans happy to no longer see JD flail at sliders down-and-away be careful what you wish for, because Martinez never fanned more than 150 times in Boston... plus, Story is here for four more years... Schwarber, another all-or-nothing whiffer, is not, but his contract was only for four -- imagine Boston watching Judge the next decade as his bat slows. Then there are the injuries: Judge has only played two entire seasons without missing time with physical issues... does anyone think his muscle tissue will become less brittle as he ages? A competent CBO can certainly find better ways to invest $300M on more players plural for less years committed, especially in the middle of a rebuild to contention. Or just extend Devers, who is five years younger.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Schreiber is suddenly valued at a 24.2 on BTV -- the Red Sox' most valuable non-rookie trade chip besides Whitlock and Devers. Wouldn't a team in rebuild almost have to sell high on a guy like that, meaning someone who's been kicking around in the pros for almost a decade, playing for nine different teams, before suddenly arriving as a solid big leaguer at age 28? The question smarter men than us need to answer: did he just have a career year or did he find something that will propel him to All-Star status for the next decade?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Berti led the big leagues in stolen bases this year, so he'd definitely be on the radar of a smart club preparing to exploit the new speed rules. For that same reason I doubt the same front office would give up Rafaela, who can also provide wheels soon, but at minimum wage. Yorke and Jimenez and it's a deal.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wait - what? Who forgets Kike's postseason heroics -- from coast to coast?!?!? He Arozarenaed the AL playoffs just last year... after blasting three home runs in LA's pennant clincher in 2017. Hernandez' shirt sales were repeatable, too; his jersey was the Dodgers' best seller before they traded for one year of Mookie. How clutch can a guy be who gets a Miss Universe to marry him?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... for my posts -- or others that keep typing about this offseason that will define Chaim? Can we really trust a guy with silent letters in 40% of his name?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Where you been, man? The Red Sox just nabbed catcher Caleb Hamilton from the Twins... although unfortunately they had to DFA Almonte, a guy they valued more than Plawecki, when he got cut. Hamilton should fit right in with what they're looking for; mixed in among his 60.9% K-rate in '22 was his one hit -- a home run! This is a good sign for fans convinced this offseason would see the end of Bloom's dumpster diving. We be bolstered.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Can't help but wonder if the big misses were maybe the pitching coaches and/or developmental staff that worked with Springs and Perez in Boston.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Now that's an under the nadir deal.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So move a Tampa Ray North.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm actually looking forward to at least two (maybe one) new acquisition Bloom specified in the presser: catcher and home run hitter. Hard to imagine $20M per for Willson Contreras, 30, who the Cubs already said they're giving a QO... not when the Sox need to first pay aces to throw to him. Will the M's lock up Cal Raleigh, 25, this winter? Will Bloom trade Franchy and Winckowski for Sal Perez, 32, who's only owed $75M... if KC throws in a young pitcher? The Blue Jays' top prospect is a catcher, and they have Captain Kirk, All-Star. Can the Sox at least get Danny Jansen, 27 -- just so they don't have to face him anymore (Jansen has career highs: 9 HRs, 30 RBIs vs. Boston)...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "Just point his head and let momentum do the rest..."
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At the outset of the season, Bloom admitted his roster was a right-handed bat short in the outfield -- so unless he's lying, one question about 2022 persists: Why leave the roster incomplete? It's hard to believe no reporter or columnist ever asked him this... or if they did, I missed his answer. Entering the season with holes on the field can't possibly be "the plan." And no offense, Moon, but an actual big league plan that includes "we just suck it up" might as well just be "we'll just suck"
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Severino signed one and has been hurt on and off ever since.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The writer actually acknowledged other big markets aren't as bad -- "Other upper-tier revenue teams in baseball, in New York and Los Angeles (and even Boston), give a much higher return — and year-to-year competitive effort — to their fans." But Hoyer's a-lot-of-nothing quotes are almost the verbatim spin that regularly spews from Kennedy and Bloom.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I agree we all liked our returning core of star players, but many of us were left hanging when Bloom said at the time the roster still needed a right-handed hitting outfielder. And we were all wary about the bullpen and starting pitching depth beyond the new but injury-prone veterans. The team just felt incomplete -- no one expected Devers, Bogie, JD and Dalbec to hit 44 less home runs than in 2021, but even if they didn't, was it reasonable to assume Story would supply the lost production of both Schwarber and Renfroe combined?
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not quite, but most had pre-arb years bought out where they doubled or tripled salaries by age 25 or 26. Payroll really increased for some stars in 1993, when Cleveland was still just a 76-win team. Then they finished first or second for the next eight years.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It was when John Hart, now an MLB Channel analyst, was GM. I found an old article from 2014 when he was then advising the Braves, who were locking up young players like they're doing now. "Here's the Hart Doctrine: if you're a baseball executive interested in keeping one eye on the present and the other on the future, and if you have a slew of young players with talent, then you should sign them to the longest contracts possible to drag them past the arbitration process." "Hart had a tremendous nucleus -- Albert Belle. Carlos Baerga. Kenny Lofton. Jim Thome. Manny Ramirez. Sandy Alomar Jr. -- mostly kept intact with long-term contracts. Then he added free agents along the way such as Eddie Murray and Orel Hershiser." Someone may point out no rings, but those clubs still won six division titles and two pennants... as sustained contenders. And they were fun to watch.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    https://sports.yahoo.com/wittenmyer-cubs-among-trendsetters-openly-015436551.html ... interesting gripe column about "smart-guy front offices" spreading disinformation to fan bases in attempts to cover up -- you name it: tanking, not spending, not trying to win, pretending to go for it, fans deserve more, etc. It comes from a Cubs' perspective, but here's a familiar quote that sounds like Sam Kennedy channeling Chaim Bloom: “We absolutely want to compete next year. We also want to build something really special for the fans. We want to build something stable, something lasting. And that’s the lens that we’re going to view our transactions this winter.” The speaker was actually Chicago team president Jed Hoyer, once a Red Sox interim GM and disciple of Theo Epstein. In fact, this is the first line in the column: "Jed Hoyer and Theo Epstein finally did it." This is why it's doubtful Bloom is on the hot seat with Boston ownership. He's doing exactly what they hired him to do.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Jays and Rays crush the Red Sox all season, and in the end, both only play two more games apiece in the final week. AL Beast '22 postseason (thus far): 0-and-4.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Extending the identified young core of the next sustained contenders in Boston is definitely part of The Plan. It wasn't invented by Bloom, even if he calls it something else ("a new calculus?"), though Longoria was one of the better-known guys to be extended by Tampa. The Astros with Bregman, Yankees with Severino, Braves with anyone good, have made the strategy more prevalent lately. But didn't Cleveland seek to lock up everyone back in the 90s?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It may not be a coincidence. The Sox are losing their doubles leader -- JD, who actually led the big leagues in total two-baggers the past two seasons... but next year a fast guy who can reach first base can turn that into two a lot easier with the new rules.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom will be ahead of the market if speedsters go up to nickel-and-dime a dozen... Put it this way, when management said at the presser they want a 2023 roster that is "more athletic," it's doubtful they'll covet trapeze artists.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hey, that's not "callous and insulting" -- that! must! be! compassionate! and complimentary! It's true that Boston has done a lot of spending in the wrong places lately. And the opposite: not spending in the right places. But where is the rationale to support "the success and recognition the franchise never deserved in the first place"? Why, because other big market teams somehow deserve it more? I couldn't find where the blog said the Yankees, instead, deserve all the credit for the Red Sox titles this century by taking ARod, thus changing the entire course of baseball history.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom may also be looking at the recent Lindor deal: star shortstop, age 28, 5.4 WAR... but compare that to one of the guys he was traded for -- Gimenez, now a star shortstop at age 24, 7.2 WAR in his first full season, third in the AL behind only Judge and Ohtani. Gimenez also makes about $340 million less than Lindor...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Are you including the remaining three years still on his $20M AAV contract? If not, there's no way Xander will agree to stay in Boston for just one more season after that. That was the insult offer last spring. Plus, the probable wear and tear over the next four years makes a better payday then unlikely. Boras will make sure this winter he gets paid for at least the next eight years...
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