square pegs in round holes has been a hallmark of the Bloom era. possibly why his teams, defensively, have had the worst four year run in Sox history using fielding pct. as a metric.
2023 -30th (last)
2022 -17th (!)
2021 -29th
2020 -28th
the only stretch even close was '95-'97 where they finished 26th, 23rd & 28th.