4/25 Red Sox at Jays

[Bellhorn04]

E-Rod vs. Sanchez

 

Time to get back on track.

[Bellhorn04]

Betts RF

Benintendi LF

Ramirez 1B

Martinez DH

Devers 3B

Núñez 2B

Bradley Jr. CF

Vázquez C

Holt SS

 

Looking for Mr. Andrew Benintendi to step up and deliver tonight and end talk of being dropped in the order.

[Kimmi]

There's no better time than tonight's game to end this losing streak.

 

WIN!!!

[Maxbialystock]

E-Rod vs. Sanchez

 

Time to get back on track.

 

You da man!

[Emp9]

Yup! Mookie!

[Station 13]

What is wrong with Benni? he strike out and pop up every AB.

[jung]

Gotta move faster than that defensively around the bases Nunny. It might be awhile before Nunny is the player he was before the knee. Can't tell because he has never been much of a defender.

[Natick to NC]

Erod ...come onnnnn

[Station 13]

Nunez pls

[Natick to NC]

Getting squeezed because he's all over the place

[Natick to NC]

Not hitting the glove

[Natick to NC]

Devers sucks as at 3rd ....1b written all over him .

[jung]

Devers has made and will make I guess for a time every single kind of throwing mistake a 3rd baseman can make.

[Station 13]

This is why you lost last night *******.

[Natick to NC]

Devers cost us last night and again tonight ...it's early and love the guy but he's a liability with the Glove more than we could have invisioned .

[Natick to NC]

Well ...it's not going to be easy as we thought a week ago .Holes on the team showing up every night now ....Nuney butcher play and Devers not making plays he must ....if I'm a team at this point I'm trying to pull everything toward these two players .

[jung]

Devers cost us last night and again tonight ...it's early and love the guy but he's a liability with the Glove more than we could have invisioned .

 

He has so far never IMO shown that he can throw from 3rd consistently. From the moment the ball hits his glove and assuming it sticks there (which is not really his problem) the rest becomes an adventure. Either he screws up the transition out of the glove or screws up the footwork into the throw or just flat blows the throw especially to anyplace other than 1st base and even 1st is a challenge. All I can say for his throwing from 3rd is that I would hate to have to remember what I was doing at his age. Maybe its gets better. But it is going to have to get a bunch better, not just a little.

[Natick to NC]

.........Swihart still waits .

[Natick to NC]

He has so far never IMO shown that he can throw from 3rd consistently. From the moment the ball hits his glove and assuming it sticks there (which is not really his problem) the rest becomes an adventure. Either he screws up the transition out of the glove or screws up the footwork into the throw or just flat blows the throw especially to anyplace other than 1st base and even 1st is a challenge. All I can say for his throwing from 3rd is that I would hate to have to remember what I was doing at his age. Maybe its gets better. But it is going to have to get a bunch better, not just a little.

 

He's my favorite player ...love his attitude love that swing .....he can't play 3b consistently enough it's been bad ....what do we do though ? We are stuck big time .The sad part is why the hell they didn't go get the guy playing in KC ...he would have made a hell of an apprentice to moose.

Edited April 25, 2018 by Natick to NC

[Station 13]

Giving JBJ, Nunez, Vazquez 10 ABs a night is GROSS.

[Natick to NC]

Erod settling in ?

[Natick to NC]

Giving JBJ, Nunez, Vazquez 10 ABs a night is GROSS.

 

It's obscene and woooo nice play Benny !!!

[a700hitter]

Devers is killing us tonight.

[Natick to NC]

Devers isn't ready ....he is just not good enough at D.....what the hell do we do ?????

[Natick to NC]

They are trying to hit it to him now .....yikes

[a700hitter]

And their hitters keep finding Devers.

[a700hitter]

Devers isn't ready ....he is just not good enough at D.....what the hell do we do ?????

When Pedroia returns, they can slide Nunez to 3B,

[Station 13]

And their hitters keep finding Devers.

 

Expect them as Porcello, Sale, Price, E-rod throws inside a lot.

[jung]

My previous comments were not to imply that Devers ability to catch it is that great. Notice that instead of getting down with his glove and coming up for the hop, he was up with his glove and stabbed down at the ball. That is a cardinal sin of infield play and Rafe makes that particular mistake over and over again.

 

He has so much work to do if he is going to stay at 3rd for any length of time and yes, when you consider how little Moose drew for money, he would sure have looked good in a Red Sox uni. The Sox could have groomed Rafi for 1st or at least taken the pressure off of him at 3rd.

[moonslav59]

I'm not trying to toot my own horn. I've been wrong too many times to do that.

 

I've always felt Devers should play 1B/DH, and we could have signed Moustakas to play 3B for the same money Moreland is making.

 

While Moose is no longer a clear plus defender, he's much better than RD.

 

We better hope Devers' learning curve is short.