Red Sox/MLB 2023 Spring Training Begins- Forbes says Boston Red Sox are worth $4.5 billion

[smithformeragent]

ESPN has the pitch clock implemented on screen.

 

[Mione134]

ESPN has the pitch clock implemented on screen. View attachment 660112

I like the way that looks

 

[CDJ]

The Red Sox didn't have to take Marcelo Mayer. They could have picked an underslot guy and used the draft pool savings to sign a better player later in the draft. This is actually something that Bloom's done twice in his three years in charge of the draft, but specifically didn't do it with Mayer.

Also, if you go to SoxProspects.com, 19 of their Top 30 Prospects were acquired by Bloom.

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t by these “fans”

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

No thanks to Bloom though. Mayer fell into his lap. He inherited the other good ones.

Lmao. It’s a thanks to Bloom. Give me a break with this garbage.

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t by these “fans”

I think followers is a better term.

 

[Seidenbergy]

Lmao. It’s a thanks to Bloom. Give me a break with this garbage.

Laugh all you want. Dombrowski is just as much to thank for their current farm system as bloom.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Laugh all you want. Dombrowski is just as much to thank for their current farm system as bloom.

That’s fine. Obviously Dombrowski’s work is still here but to poo-poo Bloom’s move is laughable.

 

[Seidenbergy]

That’s fine. Obviously Dombrowski’s work is still here but to poo-poo Bloom’s move is laughable.

Wait, we can't poopoo bloom's move? He's only made one?

I'm being a dink there, but I honestly don't understand what you're trying to say here.

The Mayer move? I'm not poopooing it. I'm just saying it wasn't exactly a genius move. It was as chalk a pick as one could make imo.

 

[GatorMike]

Well, sure, there's a handful of things they COULD HAVE done with that pick. I'm just not going to heap praise on bloom for doing what I feel to be the obvious one in that scenario.

The soxprospects rankings don't exactly blow my skirt up.

I don't think it was obvious, at all.

That was a HS SS-heavy draft. They could easily have decided to take someone they liked slightly less who would sign underslot in order to spread their money out among multiple picks. It's a perfectly valid strategy.

 

[CDJ]

I don't think it was obvious, at all.

That was a HS SS-heavy draft. They could easily have decided to take someone they liked slightly less who would sign underslot in order to spread their money out among multiple picks. It's a perfectly valid strategy.

For example Lawlar went right after him, was a projected top 3 guy at one point, and is also a stud

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Wait, we can't poopoo bloom's move? He's only made one?

I'm being a dink there, but I honestly don't understand what you're trying to say here.

The Mayer move? I'm not poopooing it. I'm just saying it wasn't exactly a genius move. It was as chalk a pick as one could make imo.

Wait, we can't poopoo bloom's move? He's only made one?

I'm being a dink there, but I honestly don't understand what you're trying to say here.

The Mayer move? I'm not poopooing it. I'm just saying it wasn't exactly a genius move. It was as chalk a pick as one could make imo.

I’m saying that Bloom has plenty to do with the farm system being ranked Top 10.

 

[smithformeragent]

 

[Seidenbergy]

I don't think it was obvious, at all.

That was a HS SS-heavy draft. They could easily have decided to take someone they liked slightly less who would sign underslot in order to spread their money out among multiple picks. It's a perfectly valid strategy.

To be clear, I'm not saying it's not a valid strategy. I'm just saying that from everything I read pre-draft, Mayer should have been the clear pick if he fell to them.

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

MLB sets up local media group, could broadcast 17 teams

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball added three executives to its new local media department as it prepares for a possible takeover of broadcasts for 17 teams amid the financial deterioration of the Bally and AT&T SportsNet regional sports networks.

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MLB is getting ahead of the curve. Wonder what course the NHL will take.

 

[smithformeragent]

Mic’d up.

Pretty cringey.

 

[GatorMike]

Arroyo MVP season incoming...

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Not watching right now but reports sound positive.

 

[smithformeragent]

Chaim in the ESPN booth

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Chaim in the ESPN booth

Love Chaim

 

[CDJ]

123 wins

It’s pretty clear the locker room was pretty sour last year and had a level of entitlement that didn’t line up with their record. This year seems fresh. I’m obviously kidding with the wins prediction but if that 77.5 O/U is still there i think it’s free money

 

[LouJersey]

Wait, we can't poopoo bloom's move? He's only made one?

I'm being a dink there, but I honestly don't understand what you're trying to say here.

The Mayer move? I'm not poopooing it. I'm just saying it wasn't exactly a genius move. It was as chalk a pick as one could make imo.

Kinda like the Seguin and Hamilton picks tbh.

 

[EverettMike]

I'm not going to overreact to spring training I'm not going to overreact to spring training I'm not going to overreact to spring training I'm not going to overreact to spring training I'm not going to overreact to spring training goes to Enocre to bet on the Sox making the playoffs I'm not going to overreact to spring training I'm not going to overreact to spring training

 

[CDJ]

The Vazquez return are both having nice springs

 

[Smitty93]

Everyone knows Grapefruit League Champions is the real trophy every team's after

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Everyone knows Grapefruit League Champions is the real trophy every team's after

Damned if they do, damned if they don't.