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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He's never gone out of character since he's been in Boston. Some posters used to compare Bloom with Henry's purse to Friedman in LA, but that's never been anything but a fantasy. Bloom keeps spending, but always on piles of rocks looking for hidden gems, the once-weres and never-has-beens. It's time to just accept this is who is, and why he was hired.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yup. On the surface, to me, Freeman made no sense, adding Correa and/or Story would just cause issues, Schwarber was redundant... but Suzuki or Bryant filled a need, as did Castellanos to a lesser extent, and any good starting pitchers who were young enough to become dependable rotation pieces for the next several years. No thanks to expensive relievers, because they all fluctuate year-to-year (though Dombro signed Familia and Hand for less combined than Jansen).
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's a good point. In the past, it seems like often some national reporter would publish actual monetary offers by true finalists for big name free agents. Is is coincidence there have never been any literal numbers discussed in the media about all the guys that Bloom was interested in but just missed?
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some of us have been saying "next winter" for three winters. And although there's "a lot of money coming off the books", what good is letting an Eovaldi walk if then we're scrambling to spend the savings on two or three more reclamation projects to fill in the missing innings -- a more mediocre talent level? All I'm saying is, better be prepared for all that additional payroll to be spread out on even more depth moves and AAAA players.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm no longer interested in purported interests in the best interests of a club that's really not interested in signing any of them.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Correa turned down $170 million more from Detroit. He's obviously hoping in the next three years he doesn't break a rib throwing out a runner from deep in the hole.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And yet, I remember when Yankee fans on this very forum predicted the mighty Yankees to win it all back when they featured the Big Mapo.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yolmer was my son's first favorite player because he wore white goggles on his baseball card.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bunt?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And I'm sure the front office envisions this, as well. And again, it costs nothing more, since Kike is already under contract.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was thinking more about position players, like when they traded Beni because he was due for $6 or $7M, and just traded Hunter because he was due Beni bucks. And now I need to walk my dogs, Beni and Hunter...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Meanwhile, an average righthanded hitting outfielder like Tommy Pham still seems to fit the Sox... but he made $8.9M last year, and would have to take an Ottavino paycut to prove he actually is better than JBJ in a big market (like he claimed a few years back).
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I keep reading he has a no-trade clause, so he's not going anywhere this season unless they totally piss him off. As for Story, if we're honest with trying to think like the front office instead of as sucker fans, why create any lineup strife with X and blow all that dough when there's already a capable and totally inexpensive guy at second in Arroyo?
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Paxton will be this year's Sale, coming back in the second half as the designated pitcher to face the Orioles. This is an important role that the Sox now see as a legitimate annual strategy: allowing the key staff members to rest up before facing rivals for wild card berths. Sale will be this year's Price in his LA twilight role, transitioning into an occasional bullpen piece, an inning a week, then two, slowly stretching out for an ultimate spot start in the nightcap of a late-summer doubleheader.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That is interesting, considering the Sox haven't even paid anyone as much as Atlanta did to Eddie Rosario -- a mere $9M AAV for the NLCS MVP. But at least Bloom leads all chiefs in stockpiling pitchers who either weren't in the majors the past two years or are recovering from operations.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    With the cost of ground chuck these days? We'll be signing Spamloaf...
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pablo actually asked me to have lunch with him, but with so many Kennedy quotes I lost my appetite.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was waiting for someone to jump on me; I meant the Angels also signed Archie Bradley... we're all a bit dizzy with so many new players going to every other team but one. And before someone else says They paid Ottavino $8 mil last year, remember it was more like They took Otto's crappy contract so they could buy prospect Frank German. This explains this FROZEN Stove Season -- Bloom can't accept paying the price for anyone good unless there's a prospect attached. It's all part of the plan.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Angels, who just traded for Amir Garrett, also just signed Ryan Tepera for two years, $14 mil. Another actual good reliever... but $7M a year is too costly for the Red Sox? I know, let's find someone coming off TJ surgery who hasn't pitched for a year or two...
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They need to market a pitcher ("70% of the game"), but I doubt kids would like the big money guys projecting grumpy personas on the mound (albeit contrived in the Bob Gibson/Randy Johnson mode).
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Thanks for the perspective. It shows that Bloom hasn't even paid anyone as much for as long as Ben did for Victorino 10 years ago! Three years for $39 million... a decade of added revenues ago.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd pick Soto and Ohtani before Acuna, Tatis and Buehler. Raffy and Vlad are always smiling, too.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ...the Gospel of Billy Beane: thou shall not deter from the plan. Such sacred blueprints, known locally as the Shroud of Jarren Duran, have guided young disciples in small market front offices everywhere... (and even big markets acting like small markets).
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Freedom's just another word for playoffs left to lose... (updated for MLB, apologies to Kris and Janis).
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not bad. Fans like me are dupes. Gotta wonder if Mr. Brightsides was really organic or part of the conspiracy. A bipartisan committee should start subpoenaing texts and emails now. Or what I've suspected from the beginning of Bloom County -- that Henry is planning on selling, and Kennedy is the Red House Press Secretary.
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