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  1. nvalvo

    So....who is the new GM/head of baseball ops?

    This is a very good point. Theo seems like the most likely next commissioner of baseball, Cherington is running the Pirates and Dombrowski the Phillies, and a ton of Boston FO diaspora have scattered across the Diamondbacks, Padres, Cubs, and so on. Bloom leaves with his reputation more or less...
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    Red Sox sign Masataka Yoshida

    There are two things I would like to add to this discussion. One is that Yoshida has a very mild platoon split. vs. RHH it's .294/.336/.460; vs. LH it's .264/.340/.392. He loses some power and some average, but the OBP stays solid. The other is that while his chase rate and contact rate on...
  3. nvalvo

    Red Sox sign Masataka Yoshida

    If we're dealing for Soto — I doubt it — it's either contingent on an extension or it's a deal for one year of Juan Soto at an Arb3 price that might approach $30m. Now, as a 6 WAR player, that check is only half of what he's worth on a one-year deal. But the value on paper should be less than...
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    Red Sox sign Masataka Yoshida

    Getting *anything* from Story and Urías would really help in this department. I think this is where the Trade Verdugo energy comes from: he’s the LHH it would be easiest to move on from, especially because Duvall makes so much sense as a replacement. We should probably have a thread to...
  5. nvalvo

    Joey Votto: Hall of Famer?

    The counting stats aren't there, but the rate stats sure are. It will be an interesting barometer about where people are on these questions. I voted that he should be in, but probably won't be.
  6. nvalvo

    2024 Core

    A thought: we need to add a RH outfield bat to the lineup, ideally a better defender than Yoshida. People are talking about Ohtani, but the likely-departing Angels superstar who fits our team needs better (assuming he can pass a physical) would be... Mike Trout. The Angels say they'll trade him...
  7. nvalvo

    The Red Sox have fired Chaim Bloom

    That's more or less who's available later on in the draft, though.
  8. nvalvo

    So....who is the new GM/head of baseball ops?

    Brandon Gomes and Ben Sestanovich both seem interesting, but I have to say, I don't see a ton in this thread that I would prioritize over just promoting Eddie Romero.
  9. nvalvo

    The Red Sox have fired Chaim Bloom

    You know, as grossed out as I am about the team smearing people on their way out, these stories are in fact pretty damning about Bloom’s limitations. If — and it’s a big if — the Sale and Turner trade stories are substantially accurate, he had opportunities at the last two deadlines to *really*...
  10. nvalvo

    The Red Sox have fired Chaim Bloom

    Well, it would have been a better move than the deal they gave de Grom.
  11. nvalvo

    What was Bloom's best acquisition?

    Yeah, me too. Yoshida has a wRC+ of around 112, but it has fallen sharply since his excellent first half. There are indications that he got a bit worn down, which makes some sense given the the longer season, the outdoor stadiums, the more-rigorous travel, the jet lag and the playing in a...
  12. nvalvo

    What was Bloom's best acquisition?

    I voted Whitlock, but there are kind of a lot of candidates!
  13. nvalvo

    The Red Sox have fired Chaim Bloom

    To be clear, I don't think that. I just think that reasoning like the bolded... ...is maybe a touch naive. If ownership anticipated angry masses following from their direction, wouldn't they be looking for a PR strategy? Mightn't that strategy involve bringing in a (well-remunerated!)...
  14. nvalvo

    The Red Sox have fired Chaim Bloom

    Does it necessarily dispel that notion? They may have brought him in to do the dirty work and now he gets to be the fall guy.
  15. nvalvo

    So....who is the new GM/head of baseball ops?

    Ahh, baseball-reference let me down on this. As I checked, I was thinking that I remembered that contract being way worse.
  16. nvalvo

    So....who is the new GM/head of baseball ops?

    The Padres just sent their entire farm system to the Nationals for Soto in a win-now move, and... are a fourth place team, four games better than the rebuilding Nationals, despite a payroll $59m over the threshold. They have Soto for one more season, but will be paying Bogaerts, Machado and...
  17. nvalvo

    So....who is the new GM/head of baseball ops?

    Whaaaaaat? Did I miss a joke? Not only did he scam the Red Sox by sending falsified medicals in the Pomeranz deal, he is in the midst of squandering the prime years of an astonishing collection of young talent with his inability to build a team that makes any sense. He "wins" every other...
  18. nvalvo

    The Red Sox have fired Chaim Bloom

    If they want to alternate between two kinds of GMs for rebuilds and GFIN, why not hire two guys and keep both skill sets in-house?
  19. nvalvo

    The Red Sox have fired Chaim Bloom

    I hate this move for precisely this reason.
  20. nvalvo

    Bloom, Cora -- Do they stay or do they go?

    The farm system took huge strides this year. I feel like somehow this board hasn't fully metabolized what we have in Roman Anthony: a 19 year old OF with a .950 OPS in AA, and he's only our second best prospect. We got him at the end of the the second round, for a late first round bonus. We...
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