Fans roast Red Sox CBO Chaim Bloom after $100 per win charity pledge

Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom. Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports

Fans roast Red Sox CBO Chaim Bloom after $100 per win pledge to The Jimmy Fund

By Victor Barbosa | Last updated 8/23/22

The Boston Red Sox are 60-62 entering play Tuesday and will need a huge finish over the last 40 games of the regular season to have a chance at a playoff berth. The underwhelming campaign, combined with the uncertain future for franchise cornerstones Rafael Devers and Xander Bogaerts as the offseason nears have caused Red Sox Nation to frequently air their frustrations with ownership all year.

Near the top of the food chain and receiving the bulk of the criticism has been chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom, who is in his third season in the position. The 39-year-old appeared on WEEI's "Gresh and Keefe" on Tuesday and made a pledge as a part of the annual WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon, which takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday.

This is the 20th annual Radio-Telethon.

Chaim Bloom tells @GreshKeefe, “For every win, the Red Sox will donate 100 dollars to @TheJimmyFund.”
— WEEI Red Sox Network (@SoxBooth) August 23, 2022

While any help is surely appreciated, plenty of fans soon took to Twitter to not only call out Bloom for the perceived low monetary value, but also made jokes at the team's expense.

Damn — it’s one thing to shortchange the team, but shortchanging The Jimmy Fund? What’s that gonna be, like $1,000 the way things are going under his reign of mediocrity?
— Tyler Hogan ️‍ (@Hogiebear1989) August 23, 2022

At most he will donate $2,000. Pathetic for a guy who makes almost 1 million a year. He has really screwed up this roster and then be cheap to the Sox most important charity. Just get rid of him before we lose Devers.
— R U P E R T A I (@geanengineer) August 23, 2022