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Workman was pretty solid after finally shaking off the troubles of his TJ, but agree 100% on the rest. None, even Hembree the last year or so were worth a flip and bloom managed to pick up a handful of fair kids in return. Like pennies from heaven.

All i could think of when Tampa was sending the Sox hernandez.. Philly Pavetta and Seabold, Pad's Potts and Rosario is THANK goodness there are other GM's who look at fuzzy numbers that hardly ever translate and paid thru the nose for extras. Sure, Moreland and Pillar were OK, but some GM's really over valued their worth and Bloom did well.

It's been posted here by several before, think needs repeating that Boston is not just a ballclub, but media (NESN) organization as well. Throwing away just a single season would lead to a huge loss of cash. Not just in subscription to NESN, but ticket revenue as well. It wouldn't be bottom line worth it and face it.. This is a company 1st and a 2 billion dollar one at that. JH isn't going to allow anyone running it to even think of affecting the bottom line that negatively and rightfully so.

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Maybe my add on Bloom wasn't understood 100%. Not a critique, only that thought Duquette could have done better befriending the faces behind the camera instead of alienating those he did. I also think Bloom should have more leeway than just this coming offseason to judge properly as Incandenza proposed at a minimum. Bloom was put into an impossible position and only after this coming season is over will he really have any room at all to operate as he sees fit. Maybe 2-3 more years more reasonable. My only critique of him this entire offseason has been the MiLB guys. The MLB people were solid.

I wouldn't want CV moved personally. Couple of reasons. 1, is not many combo of good hitting/catching and throwing receivers in the game as it is and 2. Vazquez is one who likes it in Boston, saying multiple times he wants to remain, which means he may take a slight discount in terms of $$ and years to remain in any extension.

Should Bloom look to move him, which his name was rumored to have come up last year's trade deadline, I expect the price to be quite expensive, as in a player ready (or nearly) to step right into the lineup/rotation and more is so rare catcher's of his ilk, with 2y of control being paid so little.

Projected 1st 5-6 of the MLB pen shouldn't be too bad. It ought to be better than last season's mess-terpiece, unless the wheels fall off. It's the guys who will be needed to fill in for those always needed emergency injuries which will happen, the several who won't pitch to expectations that I'm worried about. none of the minor league signings (pitchers) offer anything special, other than that glitzy fantasy spin rate, which by itself is worth less than the going rate of confederate money.

Didn't miami lose 3/5ths of it's rotation in the last draft and post draft undrafted signings?

Understand Manfred. My question was about Rule 5 picks in general really. The article made me think possibly had missed some odd agreement between owners and the MLBPA last year, or this winter regarding those picks and shortened time forced to keep them on the active 25-6 man roster.

For the injury thing u mentioned.. If one has a major injury and is forced to miss a lot of time, like 60 day injury list, it does not count as time for rule 5 guys and needs to be made up.

Not sure and didn't look up, but think Miquel Gonzalez, a RHP from Sox system had TJ, was rule5 pick by Baltimore and missed some time with them before having 3-4 really solid years in the O's rotation in the early 2010's.

Used to keep a list of players who either publicly had traded barbs with Boras after leaving, or actually sued him. Well.. I've no longer got it. was several years ago anyway.. I remember a reserve latin infielder Boston had several years ago was on that list, who was once a very good ballplayer, apologizes, don't remember his name.. Sheffield was on the list.. Seems like was about 6-8 former clients whom had either publicly dissed, and/or outright taken him to court for various things. The ex red sox player was, as remember barely paying any attention to his case in FA and relegating it finally to someone who didn't understand negotiations.

What has been commonly said about Boras is he pays attention to so called "major" cases and ignores the others, or shuffles them off to underlings. Used a lawyer for anything, especially some so called "name" one? Notice how a case will get shuffled off to some fresh faced, just out of college kiddie who knows squat? Believe myself Boras works this same way, counting on using the name to draw in unsuspecting clients.. Handling the major "cases" himself, then shuffling off the leftovers to his junior partners who barely know what the hell is going on.

I really hope Munoz is the other guy on the bench if they are going to be using the rotate guys at all these positions, like every OF ,2b and if Devers is throwing the ball everywhere, except near 1b when he fields it. Having 3 guys capable of fielding 6-7 positions would be invaluable and can hit, rather than an offensively challenged Arroyo and Chavis needs to work on his approach at AAA again. Who cares if someone claims Arroyo off waivers. gruillon was a bigger loss and that wasn't much really.

That team has really reeked at catching for the most part for years, with 1-2y exceptions off and on. Remember several years back when the near 40yo Jose Molina was the starting catcher for a couple of years? While he was decent in his prime, he was a shell of his former self and an example pretty much of what they have fielded for the last 20y more than half the time.

I thought when DD was hired there may be some push by him to sign Bradley, but we heard nothing. Everyone remembers how much of a fan of his DD was at one time. As the cpl months have gone by.. We've heard nothing linking JBJ to Philly.. I've thought to myself DD soured on him while he was in Boston, or Maybe the asking price initially scared him away and he went about construction the Philly roster, spending middleton's money elsewhere.

Thought this was important, tho wouldn't consider radical. fangraphs had this tidbit in the Sunday notes column regarding pay for miLB kids this coming season:

Not figured out really yet what it is. Not a salary dump, which some thought before he was moved trading him away it would be since they are still paying half his 6m salary and the sort of replacement (Cordero) in the deal is making around 1m. nobody has any real clue as to either the names, or quality of the PTBNL players coming back, only hoping that they will be of the same class, or better than they received from San Diego and Philly this past season, but no guarantees of course since the guys, or 2 might end up being nothing more than organization filler.

The kind of deal fans can look at and just hope the PTBNL kids are worthwhile. I, for one wasn't and am still not impressed with Cordero. Hoping reason they agreed to accept him was because the list of kids they had a choice from later on was worth it.