You are correct that Bloom deserves criticism. I just think that criticism should be reserved for things he does rather than things we think he didn't do.
I know I'm not going to respect myself in the morning for re-engaging. But I'll just say that when you are running the Boston Red Sox, not spending in prospects and money is the exact opposite of being risk averse. The safe course is to spend, spend, spend. The risky one is to do what he's doing.
Cornering the market on lefty relievers. Holland has been awful for the last three and four of the last five years. Assume he’s just a body.
There's only two things I hate in this world: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.
He’s lousy at SS, played well at 2B last year (and, more important, hit well), and the team seemingly wants to keep him there.
X has similar splits. Rockies players adjust well when they leave. Story would be fine in Fenway.
Playing for COL hurts your road numbers at least as much as it helps your home ones, Mike Petriello has written a lot about this in recent years.
A lot of that road ops is based on games in SF, SD, and LA which suppresses offense. .658/.681/.770 respectively
It’s kind of funny. Rockies hitters go the whole year vacillating between “I’m great! I suck!” depending on where they’re playing. We think the shift f’s with hitters minds?? Think about playing for Colorado, in that division!
Yes, it would be a huge organizational failure if Devers isn't extended before he hits FA. I'm not overly worried about it. They should get it done.
I think getting that done would eliminate some of the "Tampa Bay-itis" some of the Eeyores fear.
Padres haven't been in the World Series in the last 20 years
Sure. Bloom said the other day that he's looking forward to talking extensions, but that the first priority right now is squaring away the current roster. Given that he has three weeks until opening day, I suspect extensions won't be getting done before the season. That goes for Devers, Bogaerts or anyone else.
I'm not going to go so far as to call it a failure if it doesn't happen because an extension requires both sides to agree. If they offer the moon and Devers still wants to go to free agency, that's not an organizational failure.
It isn't much less confusing after being fixed either.
I will suggest that the good people of the Netherlands do not have to tolerate Derek Holland being held up as representative of them. It turns out there are three Derek Hollands on Wikipedia, the American baseball player, an English right wing crank, and an Irish rower. Also I guess I'm willing to believe that this Derek Holland, however Dutch he may or may not be, doesn't so much dislike Asian people but maybe watches too much South Park? Anyway, his arm probably won't stay attached long enough for him to offend either Bogaerts or Sawamura in person.
Kind of conditionally disagree. If offering the moon to your homegrown guy doesn't get it done, then there is a decent chance something organizationally was the reason or a contributing factor unless it was "hey, I want to live in warm weather" or something.
Holy crap! I drafted this dude in one of the long long ago Real Fantasy Drafts. Jesus I've been here a long time.
They barely finished ahead of the 4th best team last year. 4th best in this division isn't necessary the negative that it would seem, especially with three wildcard spots up for grabs.
You can add Max Muncy to that list, as well. This is what Bloom seems to be trying here, as well. I'm down for it (though I do hope they extend Devers).
Guess where the conventional wisdomeers picked us to finish last year?
I don't see a lot to distinguish the Rays, Yankees, and Red Sox. The Blue Jays are the clear best team in the division right now.
At the very least, they certainly seem to have the best home field advantage in 2022.
The fourth team in this division will likely be the fifth or sixth best team in the AL.
At least we won't have a repeat of last year when Toronto was the second or third best team in the AL and missed the playoffs.
Remember why Kluber didn’t sign with the Sox last year? They had the option year tacked on that would’ve extended their control into this year. I would imagine Chaim is looking to leverage his control in any offers, and that’s being undercut by just how hot the market is now…
Doesn't the movement on breaking balls effect hitting even more? Balls don't break as much in the thin air, so the movement looks extra intense when you're on the road... Normalizing your home break with road fixes your splits quickly.
