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Message: [QUOTE="FlippinCrazy!, post: 5074886, member: 8803"] Yeah clearly trying to save money to subsidize their other investments. But the Sox did spend frontline money on a starter. It just so happens they spent it on giolito and Hendricks, a starter with a 4.90 era the past 2 years (who ultimately bailed Breslow out of the embarrassment he would’ve been by getting hurt) and a reliever who we knew wouldn’t pitch this year and is coming off both Tommy John and cancer. Breslow is one of the worst GMs/BPOs in baseball. Believe it or not, he simultaneously subtracted from the MLB roster and farm system, while adding on payroll. Between all his additions, he has something like a -3 WAR (despite trading a dozen prospects at the trade deadline) and that’s not counting who he’s traded away. For comparison, Verdugo has a 0.9 WAR and sale has a 5.8 WAR. If the sox kept Bloom, they’d be contenders in the AL East or at the very least, firmly in a wild card spot. [/QUOTE]