And yet, the Red Sox bullpen is actually quite good. Speaks more to sheer number of close games than performance of bullpen.

I would have led with, "You can bet your ass it's better than what Bloom got back for Betts" and see how that played.

Just not true. A lot of large corporations with employees who have contributed to a company's previous success have had bad/very bad/unceremonious endings. Let's not act like it's rare for things to end badly; things often end badly in every industry. Not an excuse, but also not exceptional.

Where have you gone, Brett Lawrie?

Or just don't foul so much?