So, looks like two years early, would have been three if the Mets didn't Mets up their choice last winter.Chaim Bloom is the next boy genius Yalie that some big market team will be overpaying 7 years from now. He will start to play a bigger and bigger role under Silverman.
Bloom was ready to take the Mets job last winter if it was offered (he was the runner-up to Brodie), dude wants a high-profile GM job badly.Kinda puts those rumors to bed that the better executives would be hesitant to take the job after how DD was fired
would think the others would have offers waiting from AZ, Cubs or CheringtonGreat move if true. It will be good to bring in new blood to the Fenway front office. Have to think that Ferriera stays no matter what; if any of the others can find a better gig elsewhere, more power to them. A certain amount of change is good, especially given the longstanding inability to develop starting pitching.
In case there was any doubt where to turn for all things Rays and Yale....If they do hire Chaim, that seems like a great hire from what I know. I wanted to pat myself on the back for being the first to mention him here after DD was fired, and I was, but when I searched his name, I found this nugget from our resident TB fan from Nov 2014:
So, looks like two years early, would have been three if the Mets didn't Mets up their choice last winter.
Maybe. Worth noting that Mike Hazen stuck around in Boston for a year after DD arrived and it worked out pretty good for him.would think the others would have offers waiting from AZ, Cubs or Cherington
Unless I’m reading that quote wrong, I’m not getting the sense that @VORP Speed thought much of Chaim – at a minimum it seemed he thought there was some crash and burn potential.In case there was any doubt where to turn for all things Rays and Yale....
That was my first thought as well, I think it's definitely reasonable to assume they were waiting to interview BT before making a decision, until he made it for them.Coincidence that we suddenly went to the finish line after the Taubman incident?
I think hiring a high-profile outsider like Bloom makes a Mookie trade more likely. The need to have someone in charge who can make tough, immediately unpopular moves like that could well be one of the reasons why the Sox would decide against promoting an internal candidate like Ferreira, who has more invested in relationships with the current clubhouse.Bloom would be an awesome hire and I'm all in on him.
Unless he moves Mookie.
Judging by his track record on major trades involving beloved franchise players, I'd say he's the man for the job. The Chris Archer trade was a HR for Tampa.I think hiring a high-profile outsider like Bloom makes a Mookie trade more likely. The need to have someone in charge who can make tough, immediately unpopular moves like that could well be one of the reasons why the Sox would decide against promoting an internal candidate like Ferreira, who has more invested in relationships with the current clubhouse.
That’s interesting and entirely possible, though I see it in reverse. Diffusing the PR hit among an amorphous group of execs would mitigate the damage, I think. I think Bloom’s ability to find value elsewhere could fill the DH void cheaply, allowing the team to keep Mookie. Could be wishful thinking.I think hiring a high-profile outsider like Bloom makes a Mookie trade more likely. The need to have someone in charge who can make tough, immediately unpopular moves like that could well be one of the reasons why the Sox would decide against promoting an internal candidate like Ferreira, who has more invested in relationships with the current clubhouse.
The best thing that could have happened to the Red Sox was the Nationals making the World series. I think the fact they ended up making it the year after Bryce Harper left will give the brass more confidence in moving on from Mookie. Granted those are players you keep and not deal however it seems as if the organization is content with moving on from him and JD. You could essentially get a few young pieces from say the Mets that could really jump start the Sox if they are looking to still contend.I don't think that a GM is going to want to come in and have his first major move be trading away a beloved player that most fans don't want to see go for any reason.
If that is what he's going to be asked to do, I don't envy him the early days of the job. Plenty of mouth-breathing fans who don't bother to look beyond the headline will want him tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail before he's even finished setting up his office. And every failure thereafter will be laid at his feet, e.g. "If he hadn't traded Mookie, this wouldn't have happened."
He may be the man for the job and cold-blooded enough to do it (and I don't mean that as an insult), but the difference in fanbases between Boston and Tampa is about as big as the difference between Star Wars fans and Farscape fans in terms of how rabid (and, at times, toxic) they can be.
Maybe from a PR standpoint, but that’s not exactly how I define the Red Sox. As a team, they are not better off without Mookie, who has been nearly twice as valuable as Bryce Harper the last three years.The best thing that could have happened to the Red Sox was the Nationals making the World series. I think the fact they ended up making it the year after Bryce Harper left will give the brass more confidence in moving on from Mookie. Granted those are players you keep and not deal however it seems as if the organization is content with moving on from him and JD. You could essentially get a few young pieces from say the Mets that could really jump start the Sox if they are looking to still contend.
This is dead-on.I don't think that a GM is going to want to come in and have his first major move be trading away a beloved player that most fans don't want to see go for any reason.
If that is what he's going to be asked to do, I don't envy him the early days of the job. Plenty of mouth-breathing fans who don't bother to look beyond the headline will want him tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail before he's even finished setting up his office. And every failure thereafter will be laid at his feet, e.g. "If he hadn't traded Mookie, this wouldn't have happened."
He may be the man for the job and cold-blooded enough to do it (and I don't mean that as an insult), but the difference in fanbases between Boston and Tampa is about as big as the difference between Star Wars fans and Farscape fans in terms of how rabid (and, at times, toxic) they can be.
But they may be better off without a $400M Mookie. Regardless, PR plays in to this just as much as "fan favorite" plays in to keeping guys.Maybe from a PR standpoint, but that’s not exactly how I define the Red Sox. As a team, they are not better off without Mookie, who has been nearly twice as valuable as Bryce Harper the last three years.
I don’t know. What’s the Venn Diagram non-overlap of Red Sox fans and Patriots fans. If SOSH and other message boards are any indication, it could be pretty large. I see Red Sox fans calling football “that other sport” and Pats fans still with a pre 2004 attitude about the Sox. Both teams are hugely popular though because so many New Englanders are passionate about at least one of the local sports. Gonna be outrage about Mookie no matter when the “evil deed” might occur.Could be just me, but I feel like the Red Sox are flying under-the-radar moreso now than anytime in recent memory. Trading Mookie won't go unnoticed, but they can weather it, especially if it happens say, the Friday before Patriots/Chiefs.
And in reverse, if Bloom trades Mookie inside his first year it'll give him a shorter leash of goodwill with the fans, but by itself the narrative will be that he's executing a ownership mandate and the immediate ire will fall on Henry and Werner.If ownership is having second thoughts about dealing Mookie they can always say the new guy convinced them not to do it.
And we can all toast L'Chaim!
If only Henry were a rich man.If ownership is having second thoughts about dealing Mookie they can always say the new guy convinced them not to do it.
And we can all toast L'Chaim!
The Nationals’ decision - if it was indeed their decision - not to re-sign Harper wasn’t part of some austerity plan to get under a certain dollar amount though; they still handed out a huge deal to Patrick Corbin in the same offseason (and were prepared to sign both). If the Red Sox trade Betts, it’d be because they’re trying to save money.The best thing that could have happened to the Red Sox was the Nationals making the World series. I think the fact they ended up making it the year after Bryce Harper left will give the brass more confidence in moving on from Mookie. Granted those are players you keep and not deal however it seems as if the organization is content with moving on from him and JD. You could essentially get a few young pieces from say the Mets that could really jump start the Sox if they are looking to still contend.
Sunrise Sunset LunchIf only Henry were a rich man.
He can't be a fiddler on the Mook.
I mean this is the one organization in baseball that you can look at definitively and say they make moves solely based on PR. So having that reassurance definitely helps a lot.Maybe from a PR standpoint, but that’s not exactly how I define the Red Sox. As a team, they are not better off without Mookie, who has been nearly twice as valuable as Bryce Harper the last three years.
And load up on young pitchers. I would be so sad if they trade Betts, but if it works out in a year or so, I'll be mollified. I do think that somehow unloading Price and JDM would be lots better.The Nationals’ decision - if it was indeed their decision - not to re-sign Harper wasn’t part of some austerity plan to get under a certain dollar amount though; they still handed out a huge deal to Patrick Corbin in the same offseason (and were prepared to sign both). If the Red Sox trade Betts, it’d be because they’re trying to save money.
It's not quite Bloomsday yet.Not sure what to make of this "It's not quite done, but everyone expects it." gist in the reporting.
Could a deal be in place but not announced until after the world series.........is there some type of a blackout period? Although, several new managers were just named which would seem contrary to a blackoutNot sure what to make of this "It's not quite done, but everyone expects it." gist in the reporting.
I believe teams aren’t allowed to make announcements during the World Series.Not sure what to make of this "It's not quite done, but everyone expects it." gist in the reporting.
But it may soon be Bloom County in Fenway.It's not quite Bloomsday yet.
There has been 3 managers named in last 48 hours.I believe teams aren’t allowed to make announcements during the World Series.