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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    29 of 30 teams that don't win the final game of the World Series could say their season was all for naught. But for fans of clubs who go deep in October, I'll bet they enjoyed the ride. Red Sox fans did last year and didn't even get out of the AL. As for the payroll, forget the dead money owed Price and any others (I won't even count Sale, with his whopping 5.2 IP), but how much did Bloom pay out for actual new player additions -- Wacha, Hill, Diekman, Paxton's gym shorts, etc? That to me, is the accurate guage of whether a franchise is sincere: how much are they spending that year and on whom? And the luxury tax can't be an excuse this season, since they went over and chose to stay over.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm in between, but as stated plenty of times they have to start investing in star players again (and that could include extending their own). Even if they think Bello can develop into a #1 or #2, they can't wait around for a few years without acquiring an established ace to transition back to respectability. And at trade deadlines, if the team is winning and in contention for a postseason, it should deal for quality to improve areas of need. MLB clubs are in the business of entertainment, and owe it to customers and employees to provide the best product -- and not take for granted they'll have a shot every year (or a better one, next year). The end of last June was the worst front office inaction -- coming off a winning month, we all could read the upcoming schedule for July. Bloom interns will blame it on injuries, but before the ILs we all saw that the Sox had blatant roster holes to fill. Unfortunately, instead of acquiring actual big leaguers, they chose to rely on obviously inferior minor leaguers. That turned off a lot of viewers and TV sets.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Having five or six big leaguers in the starting pitchers will stabilize the club, but the Red Sox nor anyone will actually contend for a ring unless they have a #1 and usually a #2 at the top of the rotation. And it doesn't matter if the roster is a last-place group, the change has to begin with an ace. You fill in other needs and positions around your pitching staff. There's nothing wrong with adding a stud pitcher asap, whether it's Rodon this winter, Gausman last winter or whoever becomes available. All the playoff teams continually add quality pitching; even the Braves with their wealth of young homegrown starters signed Charlie Morton for depth.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So who is the coveted free agent for 2024 that will make it time to go for it -- Josh Hader?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Better get used to Kike; he may be the shortstop in 2023.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom and Co. are backed into a corner -- the one where the cellar door leads into the garage, and off into the sunset. The mouthpieces have told the Nation they're going to spend and be way better in 2023. A bunch of Garrett Richards guys or even veteran comebackers like Wacha and Hill just aren't going to do it this winter.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed, and even though a 5-year contract for a pitcher usually ends up as an albatross, let's face it: there's no way the Sox are going to get an ace to sign in Boston unless they offer the same years or more from other contenders. Let the trades begin. One issue: Bloom's history is he takes forever to swing a swap, but maybe it's time to identify targets and get them, before someone else does.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Just a phrase; what it really means for Judge to play for the enemy is that the Yankees would no longer have him on their side. That would weaken New York considerably, but Boston would also have to anticipate a slip in production since he'd no longer get to feast off Red Sox meatballers. In regards to the former: back when Steinbrenner signed Luis Tiant, even with his career winding down, there was definitely a demoralizing effect in the Sox' clubhouse and throughout the Nation. I'd still rather Bloom spend on Rodon, Diaz and Haniger on 5-year deals.
  9. 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.
  10. 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?
  11. 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.
  12. 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?
  13. 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?
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Now that's an under the nadir deal.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So move a Tampa Ray North.
  18. 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)...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "Just point his head and let momentum do the rest..."
  20. 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"
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Severino signed one and has been hurt on and off ever since.
  22. 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.
  23. 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?
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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