GatorMike
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Probably a little too early to talk about shutting Bello down. Give it another two or three weeks, and if they're still four or five games out, I think it becomes a serious possibility.
Red Sox/MLB 2023 Regular Season VII - White Sox clean out the front office
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Dennis Bonvie
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Cup driven
Because they mentioned how they were up against the luxury cap and facing future penalties if they didn’t get below that threshold as a big reason why they had to move out players when that was happening? I’m not sure how this is a bone of contention for you given the team said it multiple times.
Dennis Bonvie
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Like the Nationals did with Strasburg early in his injury plauged career?
Don't see any reason to shutdown Bello. He's a major league pitcher, has to play a major league schedule.
Dennis Bonvie
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Not a bone of cotention at all. Just a simple question.
Doesn't mean they had to trade Betts to accomplish that goal.
Though the combination of Betts and Price leaving in one transaction went a long way to getting below the threshold.
KrejciMVP
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ya lets get him a career high in innings for a 4th place team. what happened to the saving pen argument you made yesterday. what a 180
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Basically why I am expecting them to do it. Just curious what point the GM would officially throw in the towel because they are not making up this 4.5 game deficit. They haven't shown an ability to rattle off a lengthy hot streak to climb back into it.
BigBadBruins7708
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Resting guys to "save their arm" is dumb. The more you baby an arm, the less likely they'll be able to put up the big innings when needed. Not to mention, he's young, he needs the game time to keep learning how to get even better.
KrejciMVP
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with a lame duck GM doubt load management is a top priority
EverettMike
FIRE DON SWEENEY INTO THE SUN
GatorMike
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I think you're going to be disappointed if you think the Red Sox are going to fire Chaim Bloom this winter.
Agreed. Next year will be the last year of his deal I believe. If he doesn't deliver, then he could be gone. But he'll be here for another season for better or for worse.
We can hope John Henry wakes up from his coma. But as long as visiting fans are providing the demand for tickets, Sweet Caroline baby.
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Dennis Bonvie
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Its not like Dodger fans were buying tickets from the Red Sox. Almost all of those tickets the team had already sold to outlets or season ticket holders.
Red Sox see ticket sales increase year-over-year
2.21.2023Red Sox President & CEO Sam Kennedy said that ticket sales are "up 4.5% from this time last year," adding that "approximately 1.5 million tickets have been sold." It is a "bit of a surprise" that the year-over-year sales have increased, as "a lot more excitement existed about the Red Sox before the 2022 season" after coming off a 2021 ALCS appearance. Kennedy was asked if the Red Sox have "determined what accounts for the increase" after a 78-84 season and a last-place finish in 2022, but he "didn’t pinpoint a specific reason that accounts for it" (MASSLIVE, 2/20).
That was from February, but the point is at that point the Sox were selling more tickets than the prvious season.
GatorMike
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I don't understand your point. I'm not sure the Red Sox have been hurting for ticket sales for as long as the current ownership group has been in place.
KrejciMVP
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why delay the inevitable. sox will look to reset and they will mutually part ways with bloom for PR purposes
And as long as the ballpark is full it doesn't matter if it's with visiting fans.
GatorMike
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GatorMike
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I would think that most Sox fans would view 2023 as an improvement over 2022.
Generally, you look to "reset" when things are headed in the wrong direction, no?
And if the team is continuing to improve at both the major league and minor league levels, why does there need to be a PR firing?
KesselBuiltMyHotrod
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Best part of a wasted season is getting to watch the kids get called up.
The thrill of being a middling team, getting to see prospects in September! (but yes I am looking forward to seeing this kid)
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