100% agree with your takes here, Matthew. The Red Sox are only committed to spending enough to give off the illusion of trying to compete for titles, but that’s it. Going all in to win? Not going to happen with this ownership again, unless Bloom fails to build something good on the cheap and franchise value takes a hit as fans tune out the Red Sox. NESN ratings were a disaster in 2020 and if they are again in 2021, the clock will already be running out on Chaim.
Any guys out there you think Bloom should have an eye on seeing as he whiffed on Kim? Semien and Hendriks are guys I really like but wondering if Bloom would go after a Schoop and Giles/Treinen sort of combo with a lower price point.
I wrote about this a few weeks ago. I like Semien if he's willing to play second. Of the second baseman I think Wong is a great option. Jurickson Profar could fit as well as Enrique Hernandez. And those are just the free agents. There are options, is the point!
Follow the money would lead back to John Henry bailing out in Florida. It would be the an answer to a prayer if the creep left town. It still wouldn't be worth losing Mookie, but if it takes seeing the rest of the roster sold, I will put up with anything to see the tail lights of Roush Racing and FSM Bloodsuckers. There must be some nice estates for sale around Liverpool.
I don't hate Henry or the ownership group. I think they've done a pretty good job since buying the team. Definitely there are things they could've done better, things they've done I wouldn't have. Mookie is high on that list. So is re-signing Lester. But considering where this team was in the not-so-recent past, the Henry group has been wildly successful.
John Harrington ran the club to maximize the value for the Jimmy Fund. It would be great to have the club owned by locals. Cheaping out on Mookie finished me with Henry.
100% agree with your takes here, Matthew. The Red Sox are only committed to spending enough to give off the illusion of trying to compete for titles, but that’s it. Going all in to win? Not going to happen with this ownership again, unless Bloom fails to build something good on the cheap and franchise value takes a hit as fans tune out the Red Sox. NESN ratings were a disaster in 2020 and if they are again in 2021, the clock will already be running out on Chaim.
Any guys out there you think Bloom should have an eye on seeing as he whiffed on Kim? Semien and Hendriks are guys I really like but wondering if Bloom would go after a Schoop and Giles/Treinen sort of combo with a lower price point.
Here's that piece on second base in case you missed it https://soxoutsider.substack.com/p/that-black-hole-at-second
I wrote about this a few weeks ago. I like Semien if he's willing to play second. Of the second baseman I think Wong is a great option. Jurickson Profar could fit as well as Enrique Hernandez. And those are just the free agents. There are options, is the point!
Follow the money would lead back to John Henry bailing out in Florida. It would be the an answer to a prayer if the creep left town. It still wouldn't be worth losing Mookie, but if it takes seeing the rest of the roster sold, I will put up with anything to see the tail lights of Roush Racing and FSM Bloodsuckers. There must be some nice estates for sale around Liverpool.
I don't hate Henry or the ownership group. I think they've done a pretty good job since buying the team. Definitely there are things they could've done better, things they've done I wouldn't have. Mookie is high on that list. So is re-signing Lester. But considering where this team was in the not-so-recent past, the Henry group has been wildly successful.
John Harrington ran the club to maximize the value for the Jimmy Fund. It would be great to have the club owned by locals. Cheaping out on Mookie finished me with Henry.