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The funny thing is, many of our contracts for 4 years or longer, actually stopped being an asset before 4 years or never really were an asset, except...

I don’t mind any free agent signed to a deal of 3 years or less. Anything longer is probably going to stop being an asset and start being a problem…

It's interesting to look back and see that our best 2 free agent signings of this century were in 2000 (Manny signed by Dan D.) and Jan 22, 2003...

I'm not really sure what your argument is any more. You said "the free agents Henry has shelled maybe a billion or so for over the years haven’t...

Comparing the farm and budget Bloom was given to spend on a "supporting cast," even without Betts and half-Price's contracts on the books to what LA...

I think you and I differ greatly on the definition of a free agent bust…

Well, it's a little early to be pronouncing Cohen's spending orgy a brilliant success.

Only the negative stories get the attention.

… at which point his agent blindfolded Devers and decided the conversation could proceed slowly from there…

Supposition is what we do here. I'm talking about Foulke, Dice-K, Drew, Lackey, Victorino, Price, JDM and others, and that's not even counting Mr....

Unless, somehow, someway, our GM could have and would have convinced JH to not slash the budget from 2019 to 2020, what other choices did we have?...

In the midst of all our griping this offseason, the story about the Red Sox negotiations with Devers at his home in the Dominican was actually pretty...

Instead, the Red Sox were over the tax threshold last year and still didn't have Mookie. If you're a billionaire and going to be over, might as well...

Maybe. Although a lot of that rests entirely on your definition of a bust and throw in a little supposition…

If anything, these last 3 years proved just how little support Betts would have had around him through his prime years. He turns 31 this October. ...

Most have been busts, but if you jump in the way-back machine and undo all those signings, we would have fewer rings-maybe none.

Yep, and the age difference Betts and Devers is 4 full years. That's a lot of years in relation to an MLB career.

Sure, that's pretty obvious, but what's the big deal about it? To get under the tax threshold, Bloom had to trade Mookie and someone else making...

The 5 year plan is almost up. Let's see how it plays out.

Impatience is not a virtue.

I agree, and I was the guy saying we should give Betts a 14 year deal, but to me, the Betts choice was really JH's. I'm not saying Bloom tried to...

If Devers doesn’t get some protection batting behind him, he will suffer now, nobody will pitch to him, he has a big plate anyway so pitchers will...

This will always be the grassy knoll in the Mookie character assassination conspiracy. Some day there will be an expose on History Channel where a...

your right this is definitely Blooms team now, no one else to blame.

Actually now that Casas and Bello are all but assured MLB jobs, Bloom did bring in 5 of the team’s top 8 prospects. None of his have graduated yet,...

Agree, and Bloom trying to shout down all his great admiring boo bird fans who paid money to do so made him look even worse.

Bloom's statement is a insult to the fan's intelligence. He didn't sign Mookie because he didn't have the players to back him up. But he signed...

The flaw in this argument is that the Sox couldn’t afford Betts after someone closed up the budget by extending Sale and Bogaerts and doling out the...

The flaw in Bloom's argument against making his big Betts three years ago is that Mookie is still a great freaking ballplayer today, and better...

True as well. And overall, the free agents Henry has shelled maybe a billion or so for over the years haven’t really done much…