Red Sox Memories: Caveat Emptor for Chaim Bloom and free agents
By Rick McNair
An All-Star team of Red Sox free-agent failures
The Red Sox have certainly established a standard for bad contracts of the free agency variety. The shop the market and invariably overpay especially when the market for their target is rather slim as in the case of J.D. Martinez. But the real filling of the roster potholes is relegated to scouring the market for filet mignon and ignoring the far cheaper cuts.
This has been the history through multiple GMs during this current ownership regime. Despite an extensive list of blunders, the franchise has four World Series titles this century so even making mistakes have been overcome. Now a change of direction is anticipated and the Red Sox may take a more judicious approach under the tutelage of Chaim Bloom.
Bad contracts are eternal or internal have consequences and the Red Sox have had their share of dead money with both. With luxury tax issues, the burden of a Dustin Pedroia (internal) and David Price (external) show the consequences. Now an infamous “All-Star” team of the worse or the worse.