Maybe they try to sneak Wilson through waivers at the end of Spring Training?
The change to the start of the AAA season does seem to be an interesting complication.
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Reading between the lines a bit, Opening Day sounds like a reach for Brasier and Cordero.
Sox seemed short in the outfield already. Yairo Munoz could factor into the mix after being dropped from the 40-man after last season.
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Darwinzon Hernandez will get in a sim game tomorrow, Ottavino is scheduled for Wednesday.
Bogaerts is taking BP on the field tomorrow. Cordero is still not cleared,. Santana is on the field but still going through his throwing program after elbow surgery.
Not today, see "current model of Duran." Maybe someday? Cordero just can't stay on the field, so he'd be at least in a timeshare with someone else.
A healthy Cordero would probably be a fine CFer. He also has "interesting route running" per reports.
If Duran is up, may as well keep him up. More likely that Santana is on the opening day roster for Cordero insurance. Maybe even Wilson since he's already on the 40 man? If Duran is good enough to be injury replacement, I'd say they stick with him and stop messing around. Same with Downs. Bring him up and DFA Arroyo.
I agree. Current model of Duran wouldn't fix any defensive ills either. However, a mature Duran in CF, Verdugo in RF and Renfroe/Cordero in LF would be the best defensive unit they could put out there.
Maybe? If Devers can go back to 2019 era defense, the infield should be fine, but underwhelming. I think the OF defense could get ugly. The last full season we saw, Betts and JBJ were in the OF. This will be a far cry from that.