I’m starting to believe with what’s going on here on top of putting Liverpool FC up for sale, Fenway Group is really trying to free up cash to buy The Commanders. It’s the only thing that makes sense.
Picked up Garrett Whitlock for free in the Rule V draft.
Picked up John Schreiber for free off waivers.
Signed Michael Wacha to a one year deal (3.32 ERA in 22 starts).
Picked up Eric Hosmer at the league minimum.
Picked up Rob Refsnyder on a minor league deal (1.3 WAR in 57 games).
Traded for Reese McGuire (1.3 WAR in 36 games).
Signed Sawamura (3.39 ERA over 104 games for us).
Signed Hunter Renfroe.
Signed Kike Hernandez
Traded for Kyle Schwarber.
Traded Brandon Workman and Heath Hembree for Nick Pivetta and Conor Seabold.
**EDIT:** Improved our farm system from 30th (according to [milb.com](https://milb.com)) in 2019 to 11th (according to mlb.com).
Yes, all moves totally free and clear from any ownership mandates.
Why is Story a bad signing after one year? What a horrible list.
Hi. I’m shit
I don’t love Chaim but these out of context one liners are unfair and have to stop.
He had ZERO leverage with Mookie, Benintendi wasnt playing well at the time and nobody really wanted him, and Schwarber would’ve had to play out of position last year at 1B or force Verdugo into RF giving us one of the worst defensive OFs in the league. Enough with the revisionist history.
You know you’re just doing what the owners want you to do right? Blaming Bloom for their incompetence
> Let Bogaerts leave while getting nothing in return
Do you understand how free agency works?
Let’s let the fans make all the decisions since they know how to run a baseball team with owners who don’t want to spend.
He can only spend what Henry lets him. He’s made some bad trades for sure but Bogaerts and Betts are on ownership
Story signing is the most damning for me. The guy was hitting terribly even in Coors Field before we signed him.
Kyle Schwarber – 2.2 bWAR in 155 games
Trevor Story – 2.5 bWAR in 94 games
I also appreciated that you included Trevor Story’s batting average and not Schwarber’s .218.
And was over the cap for absolutely no reason
I love the “Schwarber good, Story bad” narrative because they had roughly the same rWAR and fWAR last year despite Schwarber having 270 more plate appearances.
Edit since I’m not on mobile anymore:
Schwarber: 2.2 rWAR, 2.6 fWAR
Story: 2.5 rWAR, 2.4 fWAR
-Xander’s contract is ridiculous, sure you can say that it should’ve never gotten to that point but that’s ownerships fault
-Anyone still blaming Bloom for the Mookie trade has legitimately zero intelligence.
-Benny isn’t that good. Im sure those 5 HRs he hit would’ve really helped the 2022 Red Sox
-Schwarber hit .218 and had a 2.2 bWAR last year
-Trevor Story was on pace for like a 4.5-5 win season before he got hurt. He slumped for the first month and then had like 125 wRC+ the rest of the season which is right in line with his career. He’s also the best defensive second baseman in baseball and elite base runner. Trevor Story is an outstanding player and why a lot of this fanbase doesn’t seem to realize that is odd.
If you wanna find actual stuff to complain about that Bloom has done, complain about the pitching staff he built last year or the Renfroe trade, all of this other stuff is just lazy fucking narratives.
This is the stupidest cherry picked list I’ve ever seen
Was anyone expecting (or really even want) him to re-sign Schwarber though? I don’t follow baseball news very much, I just watch the games, but it felt like he was more or less filling a hole until they could find somebody else. It didn’t seem like they ever really wanted to keep him
be mad at ownership, not the guy who is doing what he was hired to do.
Looks like Mr. Bean’s asshole son.
What a shit show
Hasn’t tried to add a decent major league caliber 1st baseman to the team in 3 seasons. I wish I could be as bad at my job as Chaim and get paid millions.
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yah, not good
Love what you’ve done with the place Chaim
/s
I’m starting to believe with what’s going on here on top of putting Liverpool FC up for sale, Fenway Group is really trying to free up cash to buy The Commanders. It’s the only thing that makes sense.
Picked up Garrett Whitlock for free in the Rule V draft.
Picked up John Schreiber for free off waivers.
Signed Michael Wacha to a one year deal (3.32 ERA in 22 starts).
Picked up Eric Hosmer at the league minimum.
Picked up Rob Refsnyder on a minor league deal (1.3 WAR in 57 games).
Traded for Reese McGuire (1.3 WAR in 36 games).
Signed Sawamura (3.39 ERA over 104 games for us).
Signed Hunter Renfroe.
Signed Kike Hernandez
Traded for Kyle Schwarber.
Traded Brandon Workman and Heath Hembree for Nick Pivetta and Conor Seabold.
**EDIT:** Improved our farm system from 30th (according to [milb.com](https://milb.com)) in 2019 to 11th (according to mlb.com).
Yes, all moves totally free and clear from any ownership mandates.
Why is Story a bad signing after one year? What a horrible list.
Hi. I’m shit
I don’t love Chaim but these out of context one liners are unfair and have to stop.
He had ZERO leverage with Mookie, Benintendi wasnt playing well at the time and nobody really wanted him, and Schwarber would’ve had to play out of position last year at 1B or force Verdugo into RF giving us one of the worst defensive OFs in the league. Enough with the revisionist history.
You know you’re just doing what the owners want you to do right? Blaming Bloom for their incompetence
> Let Bogaerts leave while getting nothing in return
Do you understand how free agency works?
Let’s let the fans make all the decisions since they know how to run a baseball team with owners who don’t want to spend.
He can only spend what Henry lets him. He’s made some bad trades for sure but Bogaerts and Betts are on ownership
Story signing is the most damning for me. The guy was hitting terribly even in Coors Field before we signed him.
Kyle Schwarber – 2.2 bWAR in 155 games
Trevor Story – 2.5 bWAR in 94 games
I also appreciated that you included Trevor Story’s batting average and not Schwarber’s .218.
And was over the cap for absolutely no reason
I love the “Schwarber good, Story bad” narrative because they had roughly the same rWAR and fWAR last year despite Schwarber having 270 more plate appearances.
Edit since I’m not on mobile anymore:
Schwarber: 2.2 rWAR, 2.6 fWAR
Story: 2.5 rWAR, 2.4 fWAR
-Xander’s contract is ridiculous, sure you can say that it should’ve never gotten to that point but that’s ownerships fault
-Anyone still blaming Bloom for the Mookie trade has legitimately zero intelligence.
-Benny isn’t that good. Im sure those 5 HRs he hit would’ve really helped the 2022 Red Sox
-Schwarber hit .218 and had a 2.2 bWAR last year
-Trevor Story was on pace for like a 4.5-5 win season before he got hurt. He slumped for the first month and then had like 125 wRC+ the rest of the season which is right in line with his career. He’s also the best defensive second baseman in baseball and elite base runner. Trevor Story is an outstanding player and why a lot of this fanbase doesn’t seem to realize that is odd.
If you wanna find actual stuff to complain about that Bloom has done, complain about the pitching staff he built last year or the Renfroe trade, all of this other stuff is just lazy fucking narratives.
This is the stupidest cherry picked list I’ve ever seen
Was anyone expecting (or really even want) him to re-sign Schwarber though? I don’t follow baseball news very much, I just watch the games, but it felt like he was more or less filling a hole until they could find somebody else. It didn’t seem like they ever really wanted to keep him
WOAT
Fook that guy
[hired the year we were over luxury tax to reduce payroll…. reduces payroll and builds up our farm system](https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_q65li/styles/communityIcon_fwfbmntlgjv91.png)
be mad at ownership, not the guy who is doing what he was hired to do.
Looks like Mr. Bean’s asshole son.
What a shit show
Hasn’t tried to add a decent major league caliber 1st baseman to the team in 3 seasons. I wish I could be as bad at my job as Chaim and get paid millions.
More like the horse’s ass.