We shall see. Bloom made it clear that the future will take precedence over the present in his decisions.
We have no idea how much money he will be given to work with, and apparently, he doesn’t know either!!!!
But I expect trades will be more important than free agent signings.
In his defense, at the 2023 deadline, Mo made a number of trades to try to beef up the farm system and received nine (sort of) prospects. He had good trade bait to offer but held them too long, so the return was diminished (which he repeated with Helsley).
He got more quantity than quality in return, as Svanson and Saggese are the only real MLB contributors two and a half years later. And neither of them is expected to be a difference-maker.
Bloom has a difficult job ahead, which is probably why his contract is five years.