Chaim Bloom's Latest Comments Imply Big Moves Are Coming To Bolster Roster

Boston is look build around their core at the deadline

Scott Neville | Jul 26, 2023

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The Boston Red Sox have spent the last few seasons trying to position themselves for perennial postseason contention behind chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and appear to believe that time is coming.

Bloom spent a lot of time with the media yesterday and dropped some highly insightful news regarding the team's direction as the trade deadline approaches.

“Generally speaking, with the way we’ve been trying to build this and also the position we’re in... usually, when you’re in the position we’re in now and you start selling out for rentals, that often doesn’t go well," Bloom said, as transcribed by MassLive's Chris Cotillo. "

Obviously, those guys you can keep with you, those tend to be bigger acquisitions, and in some ways, for where we are, potentially more appealing. That’s easy to say and those guys are often in really high demand. But given where we are and the way that we’re building, I do think it’s something that we’re going be aggressive with.”

Bloom was alluding to players with multiple years of team control and picked the word "aggressive" when speaking on his approach to acquiring them before the deadline.

If the Red Sox are going to add players with multiple years of control, those deals typically come at a higher price and thus will be bigger moves. It's not time for the fanbase to start dreaming of controllable aces such as Chicago White Sox's Dylan Cease but a controllable backend starter or high-leverage reliever could be in the cards.

Bloom's comments are not only encouraging for this upcoming deadline but for how they approach the winter with a reset luxury tax. If he feels like this team is close, he will finally start to be aggressive in all avenues.

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Published Jul 26, 2023

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu