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3 biggest Chaim Bloom failures for 2022 Red Sox

By Gabrielle Starr

BOSTON, MA - OCTOBER 25: Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom of the Boston Red Sox addresses the media during an end of season press conference on October 25, 2021 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - OCTOBER 25: Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom of the Boston Red Sox addresses the media during an end of season press conference on October 25, 2021 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) /
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J.D. Martinez of the Boston Red Sox
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – AUGUST 14: J.D. Martinez #28 of the Boston Red Sox watches the pregame ceremony before a game against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park on August 14, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images) /

Not trading JD Martinez

Hindsight is 20/20, but Martinez was already struggling before the trade deadline earlier this month.

After hitting .302/.368/.481 in the first half of the season, he’s hitting .188/.256/.268 since the All-Star break, with only two home runs, unheard of for the prolific power hitter. Between 2018-21, he homered 28+ times in each full season. He homered more in the shortened 2020 campaign than he has this year.

While Martinez says he knows why he’s not producing at the plate, the knowledge hasn’t seemed to translate into much improvement. He finally hit his tenth home run of the season over the weekend, after a 143 plate appearance drought, the second longest of his entire career.

For whatever reason, Bloom’s asking price was very high in Martinez trade talks, and teams eventually moved on to other prey. So now, when the season ends, the struggling slugger will reach free agency

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