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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom wouldn't survive in the stands surrounded by fans. On second thought, the crowd won't be big enough anymore to hurt him, and they can't afford enough overpriced beer or franks to do damage.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox offered one year to a client of Scott Boras, the most powerful super agent in the industry. One year! Then they said signing that player was their Number One Priority. Such hypocritical failure is so disgusting that someone should be fired for either mere incompetence or just for the PR hit of utterly lying to the public. No company in any business would stand for this crap (none I'm allowed to mention on this board, anyway).
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Trade Braiser to Washington for Thad Ward.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I really can't see a viable solution to the Devers dilemma. They can't possibly pay him $400 million, and they can't possibly trade him or literally all of New England will abandon ship. And no one wants to watch the slow, miserable departure of Raffy's last season in Boston... no one in the dugout, in the clubhouse, in the press box, in the stands, or in the recliners in their living rooms.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know, how pre-2020 of me. My unease from the very beginning of Bloom -- and the total about-face of the now faceless ownership -- has manifested into Mookie and Xander in California. Next is Raffy -- because extending him at market value will be like admitting they f***ing blew it with their other fan favorites. And big egos don't ever admit they're wrong. I never thought, like a lot of others on here, that Henry and Co. would eventually start spending big again on star players, just because they did in the past. And if Raffy does get traded, there are no backs left to turn while turning back on fandom. Don't be surprised if the Red Sox are up for sale within a year.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed. If a big move doesn't happen soon, the clamor only gets louder. Which is the more likely splash: Correa or Rodon? Swanson won't polarize like Correa -- who comes with no QO, but will cost between Judge and Turner bucks. However, paying someone else for more than Bogey got will just elicit more WTFs... Senga also doesn't have a QO, but can another splash that's never played an MLB inning be trusted by the already distrustful Red Sox Nation masses? Trading a legit prospect doesn't make sense for a rebuilding doormat; doesn't any splash almost have to come from the checkbook?
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Sox are going nowhere without an ace starter and zero run production from the now missing heart of the order. There are no bounce-back candidates who will suddenly find out how to hit .300 with 30 homers again. Devers is the only one, if he's not traded. If Bloom for some out-of-character reason (ownership) suddenly signs Rodon and Correa, trades for Murphy or Reynolds and extends Devers, then Kike's club will be better... because, after all, they finally have a bullpen.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm ok with moving Kike to short if Rafaela makes the team. Verdugo is brutal in center, and reports are Yoshida isn't a great outfielder, either. But every eval of Rafaela is that he's a big league defender right now. His quick-twitch bat might not be ready yet for a steady diet of MLB sliders, but the Red Sox need some quality defense as they attempt to return to respectability. Posters can snort about bringing up not-ready-for-primetimers, but fans of the Dead Sox can really use some youthful exuberance -- not the kind that stand there and watch inside-the-park homers. Plus, Rafaela can run, and baserunning will be a big weapon with the new rules -- especially for teams that can't hit.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red Sox are a bad punchline nationally today. Talking heads on a national "news" show -- which includes both Boston and New York fans -- concur on two points: 1. Sox are operating like a small market team 2. New England fans are very angry The host implored, "What is the plan? Tell us the plan." Another said a lot is riding on the next moves, that better start with signing Devers. A third just said, "Chaim Bloom stole my Christmas."
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No signings are overpays anymore. Working fans have always been obsessed with athletes' salaries since the beginning of professional sports. In baseball, the numbers will always be insane, but good teams always pay good money for good players. Clubs that want to spend less have no choice but to hope their prospects develop into big leaguers. This explains the noticeable lack of multi-player trades, because no GM wants to part with young MLB-ready guys. The A's are going nowhere, but wouldn't trade Murphy to the Cardinals unless they got back both Nootbar and Donovan. Some franchises (and CBOs) may get desperate -- and trades for cost-controlled regulars are where the true overpays will take place. Just hang on to Miguel Bleis...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Just learned that Yoshida's agent is Boras, who we all know loves to shop players for as long as humanly possible to squeeze out every possible penny... ... unless a club totally overpays, like San Diego with Bogey -- or Boston with Yoshida (which is the consensus across the industry). I still like the signing, because a guy who doesn't strike out and consistently gets on base is always valuable -- and nowadays, a rarity. Now Bloom just needs a couple big righty boppers to drive him in (like JD or Xander in their primes).
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Globe story on a stunned Bloom finding out at the airport has really added to the outrage in New England today.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm smaaaht, too.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Does that even exist anymore in the MLB?
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was talking about projected regulars. Won't see him no more. I shouldn't say that -- watch Bloom converts him into a bullpen option or opener.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe not, but all righty prospects could use some BP aiming at the short porch in right in Worcester to get ready for Yankme Stadium.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mayer... Niko!!!!!! Seriously, Nick Yorke may get promoted next summer.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Cut off in Sicily by Greg and Tanya on the vespa.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But not fer Gallo, ffs; he's lefty, too! And ferget Conforto, Brantley, Lefty Grove and Lefty Luciano (Lucky's unlucky brother).
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There is no front office. Or back office. Everyone went remote during the pandemic and never returned. The Red Sox are run by a spare bedroom.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Righty bats in Fenway 2023: infield Arroyo, Story; utility Kike. Can somebody please call Rico Petrocelli? Tom Brunansky? Jason Bay? Nick I forgot his last name Vertigo? Don't tweet Manny until after the Bruins play there or he'll slip on the ice and pull a hammy...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That was because LA was forced to take Price or there was no Mookie. Until anyone working for the Sox at the time ever comes clean, I'll always assume getting rid of Price was a mandate, and maybe the priority.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe there has been too much business sense by the business people who run the business, and can't seem to appreciate the emotional attachments fans have to players -- who are in our living rooms every night for six months (which is more than a lot of other family members). Fans do realize any industry is a business, even one predicated on winning -- but if you're in the business, please just stop giving us the business about how much you care about winning.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Newspaper? These guys don't read anything made out of trees. But he'll surely suffer metacarpal funnel scrolling the stock market on his cell.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    My ugh was based on your post of just Casas and Story for power, so a lot depends on who they project to play third base and lead the team in run production.
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