Justin Turner Removed From Game After Being Hit In Face With Pitch

Dh isn’t a spot you line up depth pieces to cover. Giving 1/15-16m or 2/25 to a 38/39 yr old 3b also isn’t a wise ‘depth’ move either given the other glaring holes on the team.

In fact, that Turner money would be much better spent on a true OF, put Yoshida in DH and as a 5th OFer for the turner money.

That would improve DH, improve OF defense, and give the benefit of improving SP results by virtue of the better defense, and, you’re not taking the age-related injury risks of putting a 38/39 year old on the field.

One thing I’ve noticed is this front office seems to be about a year delayed in its moves, they ignore doing the things everyone things are necessary, then, overreact the following year or two to try and compensate but do so at higher costs in money/opportunity cost, usually for a lesser player.

Suit – that’s fine, you’re entitled to your opinion.

For me, he cost 50% more guaranteed money than JD; he’s about 3-4years older; you mention playing 3b…

In the last 4 years combined, Turner was worth -7 DRS at 3b (only +1 once, last year); his uzr/150 was -12.9 (2019) -3.5 (2020) -5.1(2021) and -12.2 (2022).

Turner’s fielding pct the last 4 years at 3b have been .973, .952, .961, and .961 respectively showing a general downward trend.

To put it in perspective, you saw Devers on tv last year, he had a .964 fielding pct, and a uzr/150 of -2.1 and you saw what that looked like on the field.

I don’t see Turner giving much value with the glove. He’s just an older player, and doesn’t have the reputation for work with video and helping coach other guys with their swing JD does.

Suit –

Because there’s other positions that needed the resources much, much, much more.

I get your point is, ‘but they’re still under cbt, could’ve spent more’ but the idea is, death by 100 cuts. You spend unwisely in non-critical areas, and, you wind up unable to pour resources where they’re needed for top-end talent because you priced yourself out.

For example, this year projects to be one of the worst defensive outfields BOS has had in the last 25 years. Right side of the infield? Following close.

And that is the crux of it:

If you like the direction of the team and moves being made, you support bloom and the baseball ops dept.

If you dislike the direction of the team and moves being made, you don’t support bloom, you don’t support the ops dept.

As far as ability to allocate resources? I disagree. In fact, there’s a strong likelihood a chimpanzee with a set of red and green buttons could dictate a simulated offseason of yes/no choices on asset allocation better than bloom has.

Three bad finishes in 4 years with one season riding the remnants of a core from your predecessor are proof of that, after inheriting most of a core that won the most games in team history.

You need to go back to 2019. There were more talented individuals on the team than Benny, Mookie, and Bogey.

And, it’s bad moves and squandering resources in 2020, 2021, and 2022 at issue. Not just spectacularly failing in the Bogey debacle at issue.

You’re repeating the party line without questioning it Suit….

Why teardown to try and build a young core after ’19 when in ’19 you had…. a young talented core?

Amd IF you believe that isn’t after-the-fact lip service justification, then the question becomes, look at the moves made, the players NOT traded, the players that WERE traded and what was sought in return, and the blown decisions like creeping over the tax and blowing bonus pool and draft slot.

It doesn’t add up.