Chaim Bloom’s previous employer, the Boston Red Sox, believes that long-term investments in key young players is good business.

Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow gave Ceddanne Rafaela and eight-year, $50 million contract before his big league career got rolling. Then he gave Kristian Campbell an eight-year, $60 million contract in April.

He engaged Roman Anthony in contract talks at that time, then struck an eight-year, $130 million extension deal this week. Escalators that could push the overall value contract value to $230 million.

“I don't think we view him all that differently in terms of recognizing that this was an incredibly mature 20-year-old at the time, 21-year-old now, but someone that we felt like was going to successfully transition to the big leagues. Someone that we be

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