It’s hard because of how much we love him. “I think it became clear to us as things went on that this was going to go to a point that we just weren’t, irrespective of how we prioritize things, it just wasn’t something that we should do. “We wouldn’t have said that if we didn’t mean it,” Bloom said. To add a bit more shock to Bloom’s confession to Cotillo, he said at the beginning of the offseason that re-signing Bogaerts was the ballclub’s top priority.īloom stood by that message when speaking with Cotillo, even if they weren’t able to get the job done. For everything he’s accomplished here and what he helped this organization accomplish,” as his voice trembled. After telling McWilliams to “Give me a minute” multiple times as he stared at his phone, Bloom said “Everybody is sad that is not going to be a part of the organization. We just weren’t going to get there.”īloom’s admission that he knew well ahead of time that the Red Sox had lost Bogaerts is a bit of a surprise considering the interview he had with The Boston Globe’s Julian McWilliams at a San Diego airport early Thursday morning. “That’s not to say that, emotionally, it wasn’t hard, but I don’t think there’s any sense in beating around the bush on that. “It got to a point to we just weren’t going to get to,” said Bloom, who has not spoken to Bogaerts since the signing. He replaced Dave Dombrowski, who was fired just 10 months after Boston won the 2018 World Series.Bloom didn’t confirm to Cotillo if that was the Red Sox’ final offer, but implied that the 11-year, $280 million deal Bogaerts received from the Padres was out of their price range. The Red Sox have been marred by injuries this season - including to the aforementioned Story, as well as starting pitchers Chris Sale, Nathan Eovaldi and Michael Wacha, closer Tanner Houck and center fielder Enrique Hernandez, among others.īloom, 39, joined the Red Sox in October 2019 from Tampa Bay, where he oversaw a Rays team with one of the lowest payrolls in baseball in 2019 that went on to make the playoffs for the first time since 2013. But we've been around here a long time and we're prepared to turn things around quickly here as we head into '23." And frankly we deserve the criticism we're getting. "To be looking up at the American League East at this point of the year is painful and frustrating. We were very optimistic about our chances and where we were headed and incredibly excited that our baseball operations group had just done a fantastic job of building for the future at the same time. We went out and added to what was an incredibly talented group with Trevor Story. We had a magical 2021 year where we were two games from the World Series. "It's certainly not where we thought we would be when we came into camp. "We're all incredibly disappointed in how the season has unfolded," Kennedy said. MLB Power Rankings: Where every team stands in the last week of August.On Monday, the Red Sox lost for the sixth time in eight games, as Gio Urshela's three-run double in the fifth inning paced a 4-2 win for the Minnesota Twins. They currently reside at the bottom of the AL East - six games behind the rebuilding Baltimore Orioles - and eight games back of the second wild-card slot. That direction is continuing to build for the future, but also continuing to invest at the major-league level."Īt 62-67, the Red Sox find their playoff hopes fading. "And I am very comfortable saying there is a strong belief in the direction of the franchise from our ownership group. "I am very comfortable saying Chaim and Alex will be back," Kennedy told The Athletic on Monday. Despite what has thus far been a forgettable 2022 season for the Boston Red Sox, the team has no plans to move on from chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom or manager Alex Cora, according to team president and CEO Sam Kennedy.
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