"Designated Hitter Masataka Yoshida continues to be a complete disaster for the Red Sox. So much so that I came very close to just posting last week's Mayor's Office again for this week's edition. But I have integrity (and also I'm not allowed to do that). Instead, I figured out that I could come at the same topic from a bit of a different angle."
"When the dust finally settled after the team's elimination at the hands of the Houston Astros, there were decisions to be made. The first decision was actually not one to be made by Bloom, but by the Red Sox' Designated Hitter of four years, JD Martinez. Martinez decided to opt-in to the final year of his five-year/$110 million deal signed in the spring of 2018, setting off a chain reaction that the team is still reeling from."
Jake Wallinger runs a weekly Mayor's Office feature sending one naughty member of Red Sox Nation to Mayor Michelle Wu's office for discipline, public shaming, and penance. This week the targeted person is a former Boston Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer en route to Government Center. Designated Hitter Masataka Yoshida has struggled significantly for the Red Sox, prompting analysis of prior management decisions. Former CBO Chaim Bloom's 2022 decisions continue to affect the team's present and likely future seasons. JD Martinez's contract opt-in and midseason acquisitions like Kyle Schwarber influenced subsequent roster construction and outcomes.
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