![]() I should note that Bloom did make one notable acknowledgement in his remarks Wednesday, though saying that “we haven’t had any discussions internally or with any other club about them” in regard to Devers and Xander Bogaerts is more a declaration of common sense than anything else. But he would make some sense for the Astros or another team that covets a quality catcher and misses out on the Cubs’ Willson Contreras. ![]() Vázquez is having a solid season at the plate (.281/.326/.422) in the final year of his deal, but he is occasionally lackadaisical defensively, and catching doesn’t often seem to be a trade-deadline priority for teams. Why do I have this hunch that Dave Dombrowski would love to bring him to the Phillies? He was one of the best pitchers in the American League last year (he led the league with a 2.91 FIP), and his selflessness and guts in the postseason are part of Red Sox lore. He has been an outstanding postseason performer (.303/.381/.596 with 9 homers in 128 plate appearances) and the universal designated hitter expands his market.Įovaldi hasn’t looked right in three July starts (10.38 ERA in 13 innings) since returning from the disabled list, but he’s a risk worth taking. His power is down (9 homers), but he does have 30 doubles and is as prepared as any hitter in baseball. All are pending free agents, but a competitive market could lead to the Red Sox receiving a decent prospect return as Bloom pursues his apparent Mission Impossible of cramming 60 players onto the 40-man roster.īloom also could move assorted other pitchers and perhaps versatile Kiké Hernández if he’s healthy, but I believe I have their most appealing yard-sale items listed in the proper order in the previous paragraph. Martinez, Nate Eovaldi, and Christian Vázquez would all have appeal to genuine playoff contenders. 2 trade deadline, facing this: A playoff berth, let alone a pennant, is a sucker’s daydream. So here we are, less than a week from the Aug. Bloom has let obvious holes on the roster go unfilled for months, and for some crazy reason, I don’t think recent minor league pickups Danny Santana and Abraham Almonte will solve them. The myriad injuries are a reason for the team’s collapse, but the absence of depth behind the regulars is inexcusable. He shouldn’t be asked to subject himself to such embarrassment by attempting to do something he is incapable of doing in his quest to stay in the big leagues. Wednesday’s three errors are part of Cordero’s permanent record. In 396 games and 3,155 innings at first base from 2005-08, Kevin Youkilis totaled nine errors at first. He has eight errors at first base in 42 games and 299 innings this season. Strangeglove” Stuart wield his tungsten mitt for the ‘60s Sox, so Cordero qualifies as the worst Red Sox first baseman I’ve ever seen. I’m not old enough to have seen Dick “Dr. ![]() Franchy Cordero, who made three errors at first base Wednesday night, is the avatar for Bloom’s failings. Capable but injury-prone pitchers like Michael Wacha and Rich Hill were capable before getting injured.īut Bloom, the chief baseball officer, put together a flawed team in the offseason, and he has neglected to fix those flaws in-season. Rafael Devers couldn’t swing from the heels and let an injury heal at the same time. The Red Sox’ current situation, which I’d describe as annoying and in the fast lane toward irrelevance now that the Patriots have started training camp, is due in part to lousy injury luck. ![]() They should be sellers at the trade deadline. The Red Sox are not recovering from this, not this year. Wednesday’s loss was just one more piece of evidence supporting what has been obvious for most of this month.
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