Just saw this.....
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story...oom-almost-4-seasons
Not entirely Blooms doing, but I think this little experiment is over. Let's get some real MLB players.
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"Welcome back" Theo! With a ownership.
Bob
It wouldn’t make sense for Epstein to return. He doesn’t do do overs. He could only ruin his legacy. The only thing that could bring Epstein back would be as principle owner.
Define "principle" owner.
Bob
@Consultant posted:Define "principle" owner.
Bob
Face of the franchise as owner. Final say decision maker.
No problem when you have options to buy shares.
Bob
Hopefully whomever is hired slows / stops the practice of picking up high priced players at the injury prone age which becomes the self fulfilling prophecy of not have enough budget room to pick up players that actually can still play / produce every day (or every 5th). Whatever anyone thinks of Bloom's tenure, he certainly was hampered by some fat and ugly contracts of non producers.
@JohnF posted:Hopefully whomever is hired slows / stops the practice of picking up high priced players at the injury prone age which becomes the self fulfilling prophecy of not have enough budget room to pick up players that actually can still play / produce every day (or every 5th). Whatever anyone thinks of Bloom's tenure, he certainly was hampered by some fat and ugly contracts of non producers.
Ownership told him he could spend more money.
@JohnF posted:Hopefully whomever is hired slows / stops the practice of picking up high priced players at the injury prone age which becomes the self fulfilling prophecy of not have enough budget room to pick up players that actually can still play / produce every day (or every 5th). Whatever anyone thinks of Bloom's tenure, he certainly was hampered by some fat and ugly contracts of non producers.
100% @JohnF. I was not a big Bloom fan (known as Bloomenati in some circles), but I also think he wasn't treated fairly by ownership. Yes, I know sometimes life isn't fair, and this is a good example. He had a small market budget plan, cut costs, dealt with awful contracts and injected talent into the farm system. This is what ownership wanted, and he executed on it despite its unpopularity with the rabid Boston fans. A funny thing happened on the way to the forum, ownership got booed and dragged through the mud for a number of unpopular moves (Mookie, Bogaerts, Martinez, etc...). Fans weren't pissed at Bloom as much as they were ownership, and that didn't sit well with the guys that hold all the money and cards.
Bloom also did not help himself with any significant trade deadline activity for 4 years. He sat on his hands. That more than anything angered fans. I think it became apparent last year that he wasn't the guy (very risk adverse) ownership wanted to rebuild the Red Sox. Whomever takes over has their work cut out for themselves. The fact that Bloom is gone is a signal to the rest of the baseball world that the Red Sox are open for business, and not counting their pennies.
JMO. Slainte!
@JohnF posted:Hopefully whomever is hired slows / stops the practice of picking up high priced players at the injury prone age which becomes the self fulfilling prophecy of not have enough budget room to pick up players that actually can still play / produce every day (or every 5th). Whatever anyone thinks of Bloom's tenure, he certainly was hampered by some fat and ugly contracts of non producers.
At the 2022 trade deadline a team offered players for Sale and they would also take on the contract. Bloom demanded better players in return. I would have taken a bag of used BP balls to unload Sale’s contract.
Casas, Bello, Duran, and Rafaela all were brought in under Dombrowski. Bloom traded Betts and lost Bogaerts, Eovaldi and Rodriguez. Bloom traded Benintendi for Winkowski when Beninintendi won a Gold Glove and made the all star team the following year.
What exactly did Bloom do for the Sox except dismantle a World Series winner?
Had the Sox rotation this year been Rodriquez, Eovaldi, Bello, Wacha and Sale with Houck, Crawford and Whitlock as spot starters with Betts in right and Bogaerts at short the Sox would be in the playoffs and Bloom would still have a job.