I've found myself frustrated by this trade deadline season - wanting Chaim to "go for it!" and disgruntled by his restraint. And then I remembered the obvious: The Red Sox still don't have much of a farm system. Chaim has certainly quickly improved it. But they don't have much to give - not a lot of ranked prospects, and those small few who are ranked are likely rightfully untouchable (and also note that Downs stock has precipitously dropped).
I don't think Chaim is predisposed to hold on to all his chips. He just doesn't have many chips. Maybe he's more conservative than DD, but certainly Bloom wants to win a World Series himself. The conditions of the current team are such that they SHOULD go for it now via trades (first place, excellent but expiring core with clear needs/weaknesses). But the resources aren't quite there. The major league team is a wonderful surprise but with clear clear flaws. That they can't be fully addressed is evidence of the ways this is a "rebuilding year" -- not in the Nats fire sale sense, but in a "not able to maneuver from a position of organizational strength" sense. They're just not there yet.
I hope Bloom will make another move today and he likely will - for either a guy like Cron and/or a good RP. But they can't compete for players like Scherzer, Bryant or Berrios.
Hopefully Schwarber and any other newbie, combined with internal additions and the continued "magic dust" the team has been sprinkled with will all season keep the ju ju going.
Forgive if this is all too obvious. But if the Sox falter here at the end; or make the playoffs but get bumped quickly, I don't think it's "on Bloom." It's simply the state of things.