Chaim Bloom Traded Mookie Betts for Luis Urías

Kill me.Ed. Note: Why, yes! We do realize the irony of running this piece on the same day and directly next to Jacob Roy’s latest Anatomy Of An Inning, which opens with an impassioned plea to stop the Bloom wars. Life sure is funny sometimes!

Luis Urías could be a nice player for the Red Sox. I’ve always liked him, and he was Chaim Bloom’s main trade deadline addition, very much in the Bloom style: The Brewers wanted to be rid of him despite his potential, and the Sox were there, waiting, for that very moment. Another step forward for the Bloom regime.

The inevitable step back happened over the weekend, where the Sox didn’t just get swept by the Blue Jays, but embarrassed by them. (To be…