Randy Red Sox

for sure. guy is a stud

way to win the big ones boys. Let's sweep CWS and screw our draft choice

you mean someone like DD ?

wonder what Ken and Phil from the old board are thinking these days. They both vehemently defended Bloom and told me there was no way the Sox were lowering their payroll to this degree.

like i said-now that the Sox are out of it they will win most of their last MEANINGLESS games and screw their draft position

the mushy middle that will get you nowhere fast

it is kind of unique that Anthony hit for a higher avg at each of the 3 levels he moved through

What a ******** loss that was. Chapman should have been rung up on the previous pitch. Springer got the same ******** call in his favour last week and got a GWH. Blue Jays have horseshoe luck.

I am pretty sure the new GM will focus on pitching but I just hope it's YOUNG SP. Price and Sale have shown us the downside of signing 30ish SP to long term contracts. GO FULL OUT on Yamamoto and try and trade for one of the young Marlins SP.

Sometimes it seems you do defend Bloom too much. Yes he made a few good moves but many more bad ones and the truth is 3 last place finishes in 4 years is just not acceptable. bTW--when did we pick up Robertson and Weiss??

I'd give up Duran first or if needed Rafaela for one of the Marlins young pitchers.

keep defending your guy. Sox are now 2 games behind the NYY in last place again in the AL East--3rd time in 4 years with your guy in charge

toughest ball to catch but yeah let's get rid of the kid already

I want young power arms who are still under control for a year at least preferably 2-3.

I am talking of the other board

I said back when we were still #3 or 4 in MLB payroll that Bloom was brought in to cut the payroll. We are now #15 the last I heard. I said we had not enough pitching either at the MLB level or on the farm and 4 years later we still don't. 90% of the posters on that board were solid Bloom supporters and told me I was wrong especially about the payroll. I suspect now that the payroll will rise with the new GM but I dont think he should sign any of the veteran FA SP on the market that have been rumoured. Go hard after Yamamoto and if the Marlins really do have some young pitching prospects go after 1 of their better ones.

it IS getting personal alright. I got banned on another site for about 1/10th of what I am seeing in this thread. My "fault" on the other site was simply stating how the goal from John Henry was to lower the payroll as well as the point that I still share on here that the pitching is horrible and that we have no real pitching talent on the farm CLOSE to MLB ready. Most of the other posters on that board slammed me for my position but I wonder what they are thinking today because I have been proven to be right. I did not even think our payroll would sit where it sits today. One poster in particular was argumentative of everything i posted but I never called him out close to what has been done in this thread yet I was banned.

yeah but it was well know before the season that Story would miss most of the season and he did nothing to replace him even though there were several low cost options available.

nonetheless if that IS true that may well have been one of the reasons Bloom was fired as that would have lowered the payroll even more

Who are these scrub pitchers we are using tonite.. who is Robertson and who is Weiss. Great pitching finds by the late Chaim Bloom

No kudos are in order for John Henry from me/

you always feel bad when a guy gets fired. I was never a Bloom fan but I think he got thrown under the bus here from an owner who refused to spend. Henry WAS a great owner but now I wish he'd sell the team. Time for new blood all around.

You consider the need for 3 SP as less major needs?

You make some good points here and I have felt all along that he has been handcuffed by John Henry. I remember the talk when Bloom was hired that he would bring a balanced approach coming from Tampa in that he would cut costs but be able to spend when needed as this is not a small market like Tampa. So he DID cut payroll drastically but he has still spent some $$ although I am not sure how well he spent those $$. His big sign was Story who in my view was an UNMITIGATED disaster. I think most of us believe that signing was made because they knew they would not be keeping Xander. All that aside my biggest disappointment has been his inability to add any young quality SP. That was and still is one of Tampa's strengths but Bloom brought none of that to Boston. IMO he could have used the Mookie trade, and trading our impending FA'S from last year who all walked for next to nothing. He has also not used any high draft picks to add quality young pitching. This is his biggest fault in my view and I don't see any pitching prospects he has brought in as close to MLB ready. I think our farm system although improved on his watch is over-rated. I'd fire him after this year but have little faith that any new GM can do any better under this ownership's current philosophy.

PS does it ever not rain in Boston ????