Red Sox/MLB 2023 Regular Season VII - White Sox clean out the front office

[quietbruinfan]

All hail, the Bloom pen!!!

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

It is not an upgrade. It is back to status quo.

If you haven’t had those players for chunks of the season, getting them back is an upgrade.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

If you haven’t had those players for chunks of the season, getting them back is an upgrade.

We are going to disagree that getting players back that you had slotted for your opening day roster is an upgrade. It is getting back to what your original plan was. Not improving on that plan.

Meanwhile how is this “upgrade” as you like to call it working out?

 

[Mione134]

All hail, the Bloom pen!!!

The pen is literally one of the best in the league. Surprisingly.

But as of late, it hasn't been up to snuff.

 

[quietbruinfan]

The pen is literally one of the best in the league. Surprisingly.

But as of late, it hasn't been up to snuff.

It's waiver wire junk, "surprisingly" is right.

 

[Mione134]

It's waiver wire junk, "surprisingly" is right.

Sure, but you can't deny stats.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

The pen is literally one of the best in the league. Surprisingly.

But as of late, it hasn't been up to snuff.

Pen shot all their bullets Tuesday night.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

According to nbc Mayer was in the top 5 prospect list but shot up to 15?

 

[CDJ]

According to nbc Mayer was in the top 5 prospect list but shot up to 15?

Hasn’t gotten results in AA, which seems to be a combo of bad luck at first and then trying to play through some shoulder inflammation for this last stretch

Super young for the level though so it’s not really concerning

 

[Johnnyduke]

Hasn’t gotten results in AA, which seems to be a combo of bad luck at first and then trying to play through some shoulder inflammation for this last stretch

Super young for the level though so it’s not really concerning

Nothing concerns you. The recent takes on Mayer should be at least a little concerning. It's not a declaration on how things will turn out but certainly a little concerning. If he's super young for the level he's at and he's having a terrible time maybe he was brought up too soon.

According to nbc Mayer was in the top 5 prospect list but shot up to 15?

I believe you mean shot down

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Nothing concerns you. The recent takes on Mayer should be at least a little concerning. It's not a declaration on how things will turn out but certainly a little concerning.


I believe you mean shot down

I don't follow baseball enough to 'get it'.

 

[smithformeragent]

It’s been said before, but just a brutal schedule down the stretch.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

It’s been said before, but just a brutal schedule down the stretch.

Haha, September schedule looks brutal. Even if they were tied with Seattle and Toronto I'd give them like 25%.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

It’s been said before, but just a brutal schedule down the stretch.

Apparently it already started in Washington.

 

[Mr Cartmenez]

It’s been said before, but just a brutal schedule down the stretch.

To put a number on it: SOS is .522, highest in baseball. Their projected end of season record is 83 wins, which has been the most realistic outcome for months.
The Jays schedule in comparison is a cakewalk on top of their already 3.5 game advantage.
It's not happening. Even the 10% of fangraphs seem generous.

I wish Bloom had the guts to sell. He didn't, which is fitting for his tenure in Boston: Average, no direction. It's just a shame they wasted 2 deadlines in a row on teams that weren't nowhere near close to competing. Add in the fact that Bloom mind boggingly doesn't care about fielding the bad news bears on defense, I have him with 1 foot out of the door already.

 

[CDJ]

SOS would be a concern of mine if this was a normal team, but they’ve been playing up and down to the level of their competition all year

 

[Johnnyduke]

SOS would be a concern of mine if this was a normal team, but they’ve been playing up and down to the level of their competition all year

Everything is awesome

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

SOS would be a concern of mine if this was a normal team, but they’ve been playing up and down to the level of their competition all year

That is kind of the whole point isn't it when it comes to the upcoming schedule???

 

[Terrier]

The "Pine Tar Game" was concluded forty years ago today.

Pine tar and The Police: NYC stadiums etched into pop culture lore 40 years later

This was late in the afternoon of Aug. 18, 1983. In those years, Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium rarely had days where both were in use.

nypost.com

 

[CDJ]

Angels are already calling up Nolan Schanuel, he was their 1st rounder this season. ~20 minor league games

 

[McGarnagle]

Angels are already calling up Nolan Schanuel, he was their 1st rounder this season. ~20 minor league games

Another exciting talent for them to ruin

 

[BostonBob]

Angels are already calling up Nolan Schanuel, he was their 1st rounder this season. ~20 minor league games

What the hell are they thinking ????

 

[CDJ]

What the hell are they thinking ????

He was the most mlb ready bat in the draft imo but yeah, still kinda crazy

I guess they saw Neto have some success and they wanted to push the envelope even further

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

He was the most mlb ready bat in the draft imo but yeah, still kinda crazy

I guess they saw Neto have some success and they wanted to push the envelope even further

Meh? What's the worst that happens for him and the team?

 

[McGarnagle]

Meh? What's the worst that happens for him and the team?

Arte Moreno's Angels: