Red Sox's Chaim Bloom Primed To Make Splash Trade With Improved Depth

Bloom could make his first big acquisition via trade this offseason

Scott Neville | Oct 7, 2022

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Could the Boston Red Sox make a major splash in the trade market this offseason?

Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom indicated as much at the team's end-of-season press conference Thursday. He was asked if the improved farm system makes him more inclined to make trades.

"Yeah I think that makes it more likely," Bloom said, as seen on NESN's broadcast. "We are in a situation where we are... and this has been the case I think increasingly every year that I've been here where the decisions when it comes time to set your roster in November (are hard decisions).

"We have depth of prospects and especially prospects who are on the roster or eligible to go on the (40-man) roster. To handle that properly we need to be willing to look at using some of those guys in trades and it's both easier and more necessary to do that the deeper you get."

The Red Sox will have a lot of areas to improve upon after a last-place finish in the American League East. They cannot purely rely on free agency to make improvements regardless of the increased payroll flexibility this winter.

Bloom always has prioritized building the farm system, and has had immense success doing so. He took the reigns of the organization when the farm system was ranked No. 25 in Major League Baseball and improved to No. 11 in just three seasons.

Boston boasts a much better crop of potential trade chips, which could be vital for Bloom potentially swinging a notable trade this offseason. There has been a perception that Bloom doesn't want to make the big move. That was mainly due to the organization not being ready for a splash. Though the team finished last this year, they are in a much better position to make a blockbuster trade.

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Published Oct 7, 2022

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