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    Red Sox sign Masataka Yoshida

    Looks like he totally lost the ability to lay off of breaking stuff outside the zone: https://www.overthemonster.com/2023/9/7/23862858/masataka-yoshida-will-be-fine-i-think-red-sox-analysis
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    So....who is the new GM/head of baseball ops?

    Dave Dombrowski took over a Tigers team that won 66 games the year before he got there. He then spent four years building them into a winner (oh huh, look at that: the same amount of time Bloom had with the Sox. . . ) and then kept them winners for the next 9 years. What a short-term thinking...
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    The Red Sox have fired Chaim Bloom

    In a league where every single team makes a significant profit every single year -- before they even get to revenue sharing, and to say nothing of the appreciation of team value over the duration of ownership -- tanking is nothing but a cynical and disgusting strategy that billionaire owners...
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    The Red Sox have fired Chaim Bloom

    Jared Carrabis is the single biggest social media personality in all of baseball. He has plenty of sources all over the league.
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    Bloom, Cora -- Do they stay or do they go?

    I think it's pretty basic: for all intents and purposes, Bloom has refused to deal away any minor leaguers since he got here. I think he's only done it three times: he traded away a middling prospect for Schwarber, a post-prospect for Hosmer, and then another middling prospect for Urias. The...
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    Bloom, Cora -- Do they stay or do they go?

    Pretty sure O'Halloran doesn't have a say in whether his own boss keeps his job.
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    Bloom, Cora -- Do they stay or do they go?

    Not once did I state that Henry believed he would have all three going forward. I pointed out that the 2019 team had all three to demonstrate the relative strength of the 2019 Red Sox as an organization that was not contemplating "a rebuild."
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    Bloom, Cora -- Do they stay or do they go?

    For what to be true? I'm not even talking about the Mookie trade. I'm just saying that I think John Henry told Bloom "keep winning, but do it for less money" and that the idea of a 5-year rebuild never entered his mind.
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    Bloom, Cora -- Do they stay or do they go?

    No, I actually don't for one second believe that John Henry looked at a team that (a) was one year removed from winning 108 games, (b) had just won the AL East 3 years in a row, and (c) was led by a position player core of three budding superstars in their mid-twenties (well, two in their...
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    Bloom, Cora -- Do they stay or do they go?

    One thing I find particularly striking is the frequent and unquestioned of the word "rebuilding" in this thread. On the day that Bloom was hired, absolutely no one was using that term. Not Bloom, not Henry, and probably no one on this board. No one was using in 2021 for that matter, either.
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    2024 Core

    Does the field of logical reasoning have a term for when someone invents a debate opponent in their head and then takes them down in order to make themselves feel superior to their imaginary opponent? Because this board (and the whole internet, really) is filled with statements like the above...
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    '23 AL Playoff Picture

    The discussion of whether Houck has pitched 4.2 innings or 5 innings more frequently is really besides the point. The issue with Houck right now is he simply doesn't have the arsenal to be an effective starter. Check out this breakdown of one of his recent outings from Over The Monster, which...
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    '23 AL Playoff Picture

    Wonderful, he has two somewhat promising stats. He also has only completed six innings four times all season, still only has two reliable pitches, doesn't have an out pitch to use against lefties, and is in the bottom third in all of baseball in hard hit percentage and exit velocity and doesn't...
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    '23 AL Playoff Picture

    It wasn't intentional, but if your plan is to go with a three-man rotation for a month and then rely on starters coming off long injury stints to go deep into games (particularly ones who have been inconsistent all season to begin with), then it is negligent.
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    '23 AL Playoff Picture

    Re the bolded: no, it absolutely could not easily be something like that. A 1-9 lineup of productive homegrown talent never happens. Never. They were close in 2018. In fact, the strategy you outline sounds a lot like the 2018 team, which, according to Bloom, was totally unsustainable, so, ~shrug...
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    In Which the Red Sox Beat the Astros

    No, they're not chasing three teams. One of the Astros, Rangers, or Mariners is going to win the West, while another one of those three teams is going to get the second wild card. They are essentially only chasing the Blue Jays and whoever holds the third spot at a given moment, which, last...
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    In Which the Red Sox Beat the Astros

    THEY WERE PLAYING THE TEAM THEY'RE CHASING!
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    JWH and Bloom in Light of Mookie's Comments

    Sure, but absolutely no one is forcing anyone him relitigate it, and he didn't even say that it's the relitigation that bothers him. What bothers him, apparently, is that that other fans are upset about the trade and not thankful enough for what the ownership group has done.
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    JWH and Bloom in Light of Mookie's Comments

    Fan policing like this is incredibly lame. Mookie Betts is almost certain to be the greatest Red Sox position player any one on this board will ever see play for the rest of their lives. Hooray for you that you don't care that he was traded. Other people do.
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    JWH and Bloom in Light of Mookie's Comments

    Eh, not really, no. First, while it's true that the Sox have only the 28th-biggest ballpark, the difference between the 28th and 10th biggest is only 5,000 seats. The fact that attendance and demand for Red Sox games is so strong easily makes up for that 5,000 seat deficit. Secondly, the...
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