On Chaim Bloom, Alex Cora, job security, a potentially overly volatile ownership, Rafael Devers, Chris Sale, Julio Rodriguez, Austin Riley, and oh my gosh are you serious Mookie Betts /jumps off cliff
While I generally like Bloom and the approach he's used in rebuilding the farm system, there's plenty to criticize about his construction of the 2022 team. We were complaining about RF, 1B and the bullpen in April. They didn't address the first two until the trade deadline, and the bullpen is still a disaster.
However, I've been under the impression that Bloom is doing what Henry & Co. hired him to do (just as Dombrowski did). If that is not the case, I'm not sure what to think.
“But even more important than any of that is this: if you overpay by a little bit, you still get Mookie Betts! You still get Rafael Devers! You still get to keep these cornerstone face-of-the-franchise players who you can market your team around for the next decade! That and they’ll help win a lot of baseball games. But also the marketing crap.”
Thanks, Matt.
While I generally like Bloom and the approach he's used in rebuilding the farm system, there's plenty to criticize about his construction of the 2022 team. We were complaining about RF, 1B and the bullpen in April. They didn't address the first two until the trade deadline, and the bullpen is still a disaster.
However, I've been under the impression that Bloom is doing what Henry & Co. hired him to do (just as Dombrowski did). If that is not the case, I'm not sure what to think.
“But even more important than any of that is this: if you overpay by a little bit, you still get Mookie Betts! You still get Rafael Devers! You still get to keep these cornerstone face-of-the-franchise players who you can market your team around for the next decade! That and they’ll help win a lot of baseball games. But also the marketing crap.”
YES