The Latest Breaking News from Chaim Bloom

Bill Madden: It’s contract madness from MLB owners at winter meetings in ‘age of irrationality’

NEW YORK — Sometime around the midpoint of the baseball owners’ nearly two billion dollar spending spree at the winter meetings in San Diego this week, Billy Eppler got off the phone in the Mets war room and announced to his troops that the earth had just shifted.

Tribune News Service · Dec 11, 2022

Padres to Sign Xander Bogaerts to 11-Year Deal, per Report

He has spent his entire 10-year career in the majors with the Red Sox.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 8, 2022

Red Sox to sign Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida to historic contract worth $105 million

SAN DIEGO — It’s not the move Red Sox fans have been waiting for, but for the first time in years they made a franchise-altering free-agent signing that will completely change the way they look on the field.

Boston Herald · Dec 8, 2022

Red Sox Executive Says Xander Bogaerts Is ‘First Choice’

The shortstop opted out of his contract and will hit free agency.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 8, 2022

Rafael Devers Trade ’Not on Radar,’ Red Sox’s Bloom Says

The two-time All-Star is set to become a free agent after the 2023 season.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 6, 2022

Jason Mastrodonato: Red Sox would lose credibility if they fired Chaim Bloom or Alex Cora, but they need to be better

Of course the Red Sox weren’t going to fire Chaim Bloom or Alex Cora.

Boston Herald · Aug 31, 2022

Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale out for remainder of season after fracturing right wrist in bicycle accident

BOSTON — Chris Sale has already had a rough year. It somehow got even worse this weekend.

Boston Herald · Aug 9, 2022

Red Sox trade for Padres first baseman Eric Hosmer in only deal on deadline day

BOSTON — If the Red Sox’ trade of Christian Vázquez on the eve of the deadline signaled a sell off was coming, it never came.

Boston Herald · Aug 3, 2022

Brayan Bello shines in relief, but Red Sox go quietly in another July loss as MLB trade deadline looms

BOSTON — Chaim Bloom insisted this week that how the Red Sox perform leading up to Aug. 2 would only go so far into determining his approach at the trade deadline. The standings matter, but they weren’t everything to the chief baseball officer’s plans.

Boston Herald · Jul 30, 2022

Jason Mastrodonato: Red Sox trading Xander Bogaerts a nightmare not far from reality

If we had known in March that the Red Sox were looking at Trevor Story not as an addition, but as a replacement for Xander Bogaerts, approximately 100% of the fanbase would’ve offered an emphatic, “No thanks.”

Tribune News Service · May 12, 2022