Exactly where I'm at. Shocked.Egg on my face, I thought they'd stick with him. I personally hate it but...we'll see what they do instead.
I feel like some team is going to enjoy the fruits of Chaim's work and we're gonna look real stupid.
Maybe the flirtation with David Stearns had poisoned the waters and separating from Bloom became inevitable.Why fire him now rather than in a month? Get a jump on poaching someone?
Firing GMs after September losses to the Yankees is how it's done around here.Why fire him now rather than in a month? Get a jump on poaching someone?
Unless he's getting an ownership stake, slim chance. OTOH, Im all for him getting am ownership stake.They clearly have a pattern now. Cherington and Bloom rebuilt the farms, now it’s time to find a finisher. My left arm for Theo.
Orrrrrrr they felt that Bloom had no plan besides wait for the kids. And wait. And wait. And wait.Guess the Shaughnessyite lunatics are running the asylum. I'll be pleasantly surprised if they have an actual plan waiting in the wings. But the implication here is that they had a plan they couldn't wait out, which is to say, they have no plan.
Isn't this all about pitching and defense? His teams hit pretty well but they sucked with the glove and the starters are well below league average. The farm system is stocked with position players but the pitching in the minors is lacking and I seem to remember Henry talking about having Bloom rebuild the pitching staff using the TB model. I wonder what happens with Cora.In the end I feel Chaim was an example of the Peter Principle in action. He could identify prospects and help with a farm system, but he struggled with identifying and scouting major league talent and could not do the most important job of a GM: put a winner on the field.
No, it's a disastrous way to run an organization and also not a recipe for winning. It's listening to the whiner line instead of having a plan.Saying "the cycle" of hire a farm GM, fire him, hire a go-for-it GM, fire him, and back again might be ruthless in efficiency but it can't be good for your reputation as an organization, surely?
As long as they identify the right guys to trade and do it for cost controlled pitching I'm all in. There are probably 6 or 7 guys in that top 10 right now that are very overvalued in terms of what they'll eventually become in the majors. Figure it out.Yeah I really thought this next offseason and 2024 was going to be the culmination of what Bloom was building. The last thing they need is sometime to come in and start trading the bulk of their top 10 prospects to get immediate help and then we are starting all over again.
Same for me. Wasn’t he tasked with rebuilding the farm system, getting under the threshold, and making a run at contention in ‘24 and beyond? I have definite issues with some of his moves, but this feels reactionary and premature.I was totally surprised. I thought '24 was going to be Bloom's "prove it to us" year.
Yeah. While I do wish he'd gotten one more year with a bit more to spend I ultimately have a lot of faith in this ownership group* - if they dont trust Chaim's ability to translate the orginzational depth into major league winning, then I'm fine with the change.In the end I feel Chaim was an example of the Peter Principle in action. He could identify prospects and help with a farm system, but he struggled with identifying and scouting major league talent and could not do the most important job of a GM: put a winner on the field.
Exactly where I was as well. I really thought next year was going to be the make it/break it year for him.I was totally surprised. I thought '24 was going to be Bloom's "prove it to us" year.
It's reasonable to think that those are two separate skill sets. A lot of GMs are good at both. Bloom appeared to be good at one. Perhaps it's too soon to say he's not good at the other but the on-field results have largely stunk.This is indicative of how Henry and co operate. They get the guy to rebuild the farm and then bring in someone else for the championship push.