Originally Posted by moonslav59
and it might change the dynamics that a pretty good team has built. I don't see any reason at all to even think about moving him.
and it might change the dynamics that a pretty good team has built. I don't see any reason at all to even think about moving him.
Agree 100%.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
Some of the players were wrong, but I gotta give credit where it's due. Even if they don't get there, the optimism was apparently valid.
Nope. You keep Devers at 3b because you have nobody to replace that production there. Then you promote Casas who already is a good glove and can outhit Dalbec.
MY logic is that the Sox are not a good defensive team, and Devers and Bogaerts are both below average defensive players at two key defensive positions. Of course, they are also the two best hitters on the team, so it's very, very likely nothing happens.
The big issue is how well Bogaerts could handle third, since he has not played the position in 8 years and reportedly does not like it. I have no trouble believing Devers could handle 1b, as it is the easiest position to play and is where every hitter with fielding problems gets moved to (other than DH).
Now if the Sox were losing, maybe they make a drastic change like this. But no way they do anything like switch the positions of one of them while the team is winning. Although it is interesting tht Cora has no problem bouncing Verdugo around the outfield and won't move any staters around the infield.
So upgrading this team defensively is not very likely. Maybe a 1B (won't be Casas). Maybe a CF (should be Hernandez, but probably won't be).
It also makes it difficult to figure where to plug in Duran. As of now, he is not necessarily any sort of defensive upgrade in CF. So he would have to replace either Verdugo or Renfroe. And it does not help his case that Renfroe continues to hit. In fact, right now, bringing up Duran probably weakens an already soft defense by forcing Verdugo into CF full time.
Casas isn't coming up in 2021.
I think if the Sox moved Devers to 1B this year, they would get a 3B from outside the system. But unless Devers demands to be moved to 1B for unknown and unforeseen reasons, I just don't see it happening.
But if the Sox do make any move at the trade deadline for a position player, it will probably be a rental 1B (Mitch Moreland?)...
I just don't see Devers ever asking to move to 1B. He's going to be a free agent in a few years and he will get paid much more handsomely as a 3B than he would as a 1B. Also, after a horrid start, he's looked much better over at 3B for over a month now.
Casas is hitting over 50% ground balls in AA as a 20 year old with barely any experience past A ball. We don't see him until 2022 if he continues to make improvements.
Well, Cora doesn't move Bogaerts or Devers. We've had plenty of different guys play first and second.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
100%
Why would they move Devers midseason? That makes zero sense.
I really think that coming from the Rays organization, where the budget is very limited, is a good thing for Bloom and for the Red Sox. I'm not saying that the Sox should never sign a big contract again, but just because we're a big market team, that doesn't mean we shouldn't be making these small market moves. Sometimes, they work out the best.
Things may change, but how good does the Hunter Renfroe signing look right now?
But opens up a big hole at 3B.
Fairly certain I said they wouldn’t do exactly that. I set it up as hypothetical as possible….
I did qualify it with “unknown and unforeseen reasons.”
Ultimately the Sox aren’t going to do anything to the left side as long as Devers and X are healthy.
At the deadline, they probably move on a reliever. They might move on a 1b, but I don’t think even that is all that likely. So the lineup you have today is probably the one we see going forward.
I think it’s odd that a lot of people overreact to even blatantly hypothetical suggestions that Devers move to 1b, but no one reacts when I say bringing up Duran might weaken an already soft defense…
It's not even realistic as a hypothetical.
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