Last edited by Swiharts Ghost; 11-16-2019 at 06:18 PM.
You are right that he hasn't done anything for us yet. Also, he has a very tough task ahead of him. That said, his reputation precedes him. I expect the team to be competitive in 2020. I'm not sure if the payroll will be where Henry wants it to be this year, nor will the farm system be where we need it to be this year, but Bloom will get those things headed in the right direction.
Bloom’s “reputation” for building a low budget contender might need to be tempered just a tad. While what he did this year in Tampa was impressive, bear in mind his division competitors included the worst team in the league, another team trying to unload all its major leaguers to replace them with their kids, and a Dave Dombrowski’s quarter billion dollar tribute to Murphy’s Law...
Sorry, I have a hard time tempering my enthusiasm about Bloom. I'm excited! Every report I've read from anyone in baseball raves about this guy and thinks that the Sox scored a huge victory in signing him. It's not just this year, it's his long standing reputation. Have I mentioned that I'm excited?!
Bloom what do you neeeeeed ? Mooooooveth thy caboooothis
MLBTR suggests a possible trade:
Betts to CWS for 2B prospect (#40 on MLB Pipeline) Nick Madrigal.
If we did that, why not trade Price for Wil Myers & a prospect and Eovalid & JD for ML ready prospects.
Maybe then, we'd have the funds to re-sign Betts and a few moderate free agents and a nice core of young players to make them want to play in Boston.
Note: I am not saying I want to trade Betts and others. I'm just putting this out there as a long shot option.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Only person they need to start with is Kopech if that's a non starter they can pound sand