The Dalbec experience:
@redsoxstats
Update: 16 at bats this spring: single, fly out, ground out, 4 home runs, 9 strikeouts
I love Devers, but this Dalbec stuff is just so much fun. I want him to hit 80 HR's and k 300 times.
Stanley was right. I never hit another home run. I struck out most of the time. But they always remembered that home run and while they still hated me, it was a better kind of hatred, like they weren’t quite sure why. - Charles Bukowski in Ham on Rye
@ThreeTwoEephus
BREAKING: Texas Rangers plan to open to full 40,518 capacity for 2 final exhibition games and Opening Day, with plans to have social-distanced sections available in subsequent games.
@ThreeTwoEephus
- masks will be required
- no tailgating allowed
- team is asking for “voluntary compliance” but refusal to comply will fall under the usual three-strike rule, just like excessive profanity, etc.
Will Fenway go to full capacity at any point this year?
It's where he needs the work and where we have a great need. No used putting him all over. Give him the experience at 2b. If it doesn't work out, then you know you can move on. However, if he goes down to AAA, he's not getting ANY reps at 2b.
@ChrisCotillo
Interesting note on Michael Chavis: He said there have been zero conversations with the Red Sox about playing outfield since arriving in camp.
@redsoxstats
In the video the Sox released today Cora told him, "Work on the corners here and there, but just work a lot at second."
Officially, 2/3 inning. That doesn't count sim games or whatever else. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/stats/player/pitching/al/spring-training/all-pos/qualifiers/?sortcol=era&sortdir=descending
@PeteAbe
#RedSox (vs. Braves, 1:05): Hernández 2B, Verdugo RF, Martinez LF, Devers 3B, Renfroe DH, Gonzalez SS, Vázquez C, Dalbec 1B, Duran CF, and Andriese RHP
Verdugo in RF and Duran in CF sounds like a good idea to me.
If Dalbec was a vastly better defender, they would have kept him at 3b. The truth is, Dalbec is just an average defender at best. You're not going to move Devers off position for that defensive profile.
I don't think Chaim sees Devers' defense as keeping us from the playoffs. We're on the outside looking in right now. I think Chaim's plan is to watch Devers this year and move him to DH/1B next offseason if there isn't improvement.
This team is NOT a WS contender. Moving a "butcher" off the position doesn't fix the larger issues with this roster.