Fairly balanced take... "tightfisted approach to free agency"...
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/chaim-blooms-time-as-bostons-fall-guy-has-ended/
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/chaim-blooms-time-as-bostons-fall-guy-has-ended/
Bloom won’t be around to reap the benefits of those prospects’ production, mainly because the big club’s sluggish performance didn’t buy him enough time. It’s yet another unfair aspect of the thankless job he was hired to do. Perhaps his tenure will receive some credit for its contributions to a future championship in Boston the way Cherington did for his additions to the 2018 team. And perhaps Bloom will find success at the helm of another organization; he’s too bright a baseball mind, and too well-regarded within the industry, not to get another shot. But until then, and for perhaps even longer, Bloom will be remembered as The Guy Who Traded Mookie Betts, and that’s a tough tag to wear.