Mariners (Woo) vs Red Sox (Crochet): 4/24/25, 1:35pm

[Old Red]

9 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Moving him to DH was the right thing to do. Having Bregman play 3B was the right thing to do. Promoting Campbell and playing him at 2B was the right thing to do, although playing him in CF over Rafaela had some merit.

Modern line up philosophy says the best hitter bats second, and Devers has something like 4 of our top 5 OPS seasons over the last 4 seasons, so starting him there made sense. The "new" philosophy also highly values the 4 slot, especially for your power guy, so having Devers bat 4th is not really a demotion, and he has hit there very often in his career.

Other than batting 2nd (1660 PAs)

1157 batting 4th

556 hitting 5th

390 6th

319 3rd

144 7-8-9

If he really wants to play in the field, pick up a 1Bman's mitt and take some practice there. Show Cora he is as good as the worst defensive 1Bman in MLB, today (Casas.)

It has nothing to do with being a right move in Raffy’s mind. You are so worried moving Raffy down the order as being perceived as a demotion, but you’re not concerned about outside of being benched moving to DH was, and is the biggest demotion of all. and I think Raffy does.

[moonslav59]

I agree on picking a position for Campbell and staying with it. I'd be okay with it being CF, but IMO, we'd need to make an OF'er trade for that to be the best idea, and in reality, two OF'ers traded.

LF: Duran, Anthony, Refsnyder, Yoshida

CF: Rafaela, Campbell, Duran, Anthony

RF: Abreu, Refsnyder, Anthony

That's 5 OF'ers, not counting Refsnyder and Yoshida.

[moonslav59]

32 minutes ago, Old Red said:

It has nothing to do with being a right move in Raffy’s mind. You are so worried moving Raffy down the order as being perceived as a demotion, but you’re not concerned about outside of being benched moving to DH was, and is the biggest demotion of all. and I think Raffy does.

I'm not worried one tiny bit. I'm not sure why you keep framing my opinions that way. I actually think Devers might prefer batting 4th. I have no idea.

I was concerned how he would take being moved to DH, but to me, it had to happen. He obviously did not want to DH. There is no disputing that.

I hope he asks Cora to get a chance at 1B.

Maybe casas handles the DH role better.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

8 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Maybe casas handles the DH role better.

He just might. Imagine all the activities he could do in between ABs: make beaded bracelets, play the flutophone, read Zen (or Zinn), tie-dye t-shirts...