Article: What if the Red Sox Are Done Adding?

[moonslav59]

44 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Yeah, we've already seen what Casas is at 1B, might as well try Devers. 

I could be wrong, but my gut says Devers would be better, after an adjustment period.

[Bellhorn04]

8 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I could be wrong, but my gut says Devers would be better, after an adjustment period.

If there's one thing better than the eye test, it's the gut test.  😉  

[moonslav59]

23 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

If there's one thing better than the eye test, it's the gut test.  😉  

The thing  is, Casas is just plain awful on D. It's really  not hard to be better. If Devers turns out to be about the same, we just let them share time at DH and 1B. If Devers turns out worse, we just DH Devers and play Casas at 1B, unless he needs a day off.

[Hitch]

14 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

The thing  is, Casas is just plain awful on D. It's really  not hard to be better. If Devers turns out to be about the same, we just let them share time at DH and 1B. If Devers turns out worse, we just DH Devers and play Casas at 1B, unless he needs a day off.

Casas is bad at 1st base. Devers is terrible at 3rd. 

Cant get much worse by standing pat.

[moonslav59]

8 minutes ago, Hitch said:

Casas is bad at 1st base. Devers is terrible at 3rd. 

Cant get much worse by standing pat.

Three years in a row, we went into the season knowing this, and just letting it continue.

We did and still do have other areas of need and higher need, and the Yoshida signing and his inability to play LF really complicates any plan to keep Casas and Devers in the line-up along with Yoshida, without keeping Devers at 3B and Casas at 1B. 

I'd hate to see Yoshida bak in LF, even on a platoon with Ref or Duran, who would play CF, when not in LF, but keeping Devers at 3B is worse, IMO.

[Hitch]

Just now, moonslav59 said:

Three years in a row, we went into the season knowing this, and just letting it continue.

We did and still do have other areas of need and higher need, and the Yoshida signing and his inability to play LF really complicates any plan to keep Casas and Devers in the line-up along with Yoshida, without keeping Devers at 3B and Casas at 1B. 

I'd hate to see Yoshida bak in LF, even on a platoon with Ref or Duran, who would play CF, when not in LF, but keeping Devers at 3B is worse, IMO.

Yeah the Yoshida signing really was a bad one and has and is hampering us constantly. I live in hope we can move him. 

[moonslav59]

4 minutes ago, Hitch said:

Yeah the Yoshida signing really was a bad one and has and is hampering us constantly. I live in hope we can move him. 

He may end up doing okay as a hitter, over the next 3 years... not the power you normally want from a DH, but he likely is worth more than zero. The issue is, we have at least 4 guys best suited to DH: Yoshida, Refsnyder, Casas and Devers.

Our corner IF defense sucks, and our catcher defense sucks. We can win it all without fixing those positions, but it makes it harder. To me, it is not our top priority: getting a lockdown closer is. Catcher defense is probably my number two, RHB #3 and 3B defense #4. 1B defense might be #6 behind adding another RP'er.

Getting Bregman or Arenado checks two bowes out of our top 4 needs. The cost of Bregman and Arenado are too high, and I'm not so sure their bats totally fill the need of a RHB with some power, but I think Fenway would treat bth very nicely.

If the idea is to use the money we have left to extend Crochet and or a top prospect or two and not on Bregman or Arenado, I could see the reasoning for avoiding both. Maybe there is another option, via trade, that works better. I still think we will trade Abreu as a way to "balance" the line-up.

[Larry Cook]

13 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Yeah, we've already seen what Casas is at 1B, might as well try Devers. 

Do we test out devers at first base this spring training ???

[moonslav59]

33 minutes ago, Larry Cook said:

Do we test out devers at first base this spring training ???

And hurt his 313M feelings?

[Larry Cook]

6 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

And hurt his 313M feelings?

Good point, maybe someone should point out to him that he is the worst defensive 3rd baseman in the American League first!!!!

that should lessen the hurt to his ego 

[notin]

2 hours ago, Larry Cook said:

Do we test out devers at first base this spring training ???

Nope.  Casas will be there…

[mvp 78]

10 hours ago, Larry Cook said:

Do we test out devers at first base this spring training ???

Not if they don't have a replacement at 3B. 

[mvp 78]

10 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

And hurt his 313M feelings?

I don't think that's an issue.