Late in 2022, when Chaim Bloom was infamously accused of not “picking a lane” after the first of two laneless trade deadlines, the part that frustrated me most was that while selling off key pieces to the major league team, Bloom still couldn’t find a way to get under the Competitive Balance Tax (CBT). J.D. Martinez and Nathan Eovaldi were still in Boston, the Red Sox were a tick above the CBT and, as a result, were hit with significant penalties in a season in which they were not remotely “going for it.” While I assume very few of our readers were concerned about the monetary penalties that John Henry received, it was the draft pick compensation for departing free agents that really stung.
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