In response to the tweet that you quoted, it has nothing to do with nuance or calling Bloom incompetent or whatever..Exactly. We keep going around and about on this stuff, bemoaning the lost opportunity that Bloom just couldn’t see cuz he’s clearly incompetent, without looking at what actually transpired.
The Sox could have traded JDM and got rid of his salary. The return would have been basically nothing but they would have got under the tax. Bloom and the FO thought that it was better to ride it out, keep JDM and try to get into the playoffs. I understand the thought process and why they chose that course of action even though they ended up missing the playoffs. Completely defensible decision but it was a choice. Bloom wasnt handcuffed with no options because no one wanted JDM and he would have had to pay some of Martinez’s salary or whatever. There’s nothing to suggest that was the case