Bill Simmons Slams Chaim Bloom After Firing

The reactions in the MLB universe after the Boston Red Sox decided to fire Chaim Bloom have been frequent and intense on social media.

Some fans can’t believe the team couldn’t wait until the season was over, others believed they should have given Bloom one more year, while others are celebrating.

Twitter has a bit of all worlds.

MLB insider Jeff Passan came in Bloom’s defense, implying that he wasn’t always given the resources to pursue a championship in terms of payroll allocation.

While he acknowledged Passan’s statements as true, Bill Simmons added much more context to the debate and went on to call Bloom a “terrible GM”.

“This is true — but also, Chaim Bloom was a terrible GM. He is definitely good at drafting prospects. But putting together a 40-man roster, figuring out who to spend real money on, evaluating his own talent, dealing with his manager, handling trade deadlines? Really bad,” Simmons tweeted.

This is true — but also, Chaim Bloom was a terrible GM. He is definitely good at drafting prospects. But putting together a 40-man roster, figuring out who to spend real money on, evaluating his own talent, dealing with his manager, handling trade deadlines? Really bad. https://t.co/fQRNDSBs5o

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 14, 2023

It’s true that Bloom’s strongest suit was identifying and developing young talent.

He wasn’t the best resource manager and negotiator, having accumulated mistakes over the years (mistakes that resulted in multiple last-place finishes).

However, given the fact that he put together or brought the most out of the majority of the young core that has helped this year (Brayan Bello, Jarren Duran, Triston Casas, etc.) and was starting to build an above-average farm system, with multiple impact and top-100 prospects, he probably deserved to be judged after next season and not 2023.

Such is life on a big-market team with demanding fans and World Series expectations every year.

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