mvp 78

If it only were so easy...

I heard that he was a little banged up? Maybe I'm just misremembering.

Zavala isn't good anymore. That's why I wouldn't simply call him up.

His HR was a 93 mph meatball right down the middle and sitting on a tee. As I posted yesterday, he's not missing those.

Welcome to TalkSox! Also, I agree!

Gomber's ERA did NOT go down after last night, that's for sure.

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Duran is so good against LHP that he's no longer POSTING. 💪

I don't know what Cespedes's value is. He isn't a great fielder, doesn't have a projectable frame and is having a rough season in low A. They'd be better off aiming for a return for Bleis, Tibbs or Gonzales.

Like swatting flies in here.

Jarren Duran has a 580 OPS vs LHP this season. Wilyer Abreu has a 678 OPS vs LHP this season. Which one should be the part time player?

1. I didn't fly off the handle. I was just trying to show you how ridiculous it was for you to blame Cora for how Campbell is being treated. It has NOTHING to do with Cora. He's being handled the same way now as he's been handled since he was drafted. It's on the org. It's on Breslow. You wanted to give cover to Breslow for some reason for it and it just doesn't make sense. 2. I am a Mayer fan. I am a Campbell fan. Both things can be true. Mayer should be the SS. The Sox should find one other position for Campbell and just stick him there rather than shuffling him all over the place. They are doing him a disservice in the way they are handling him. I don't care if they move him to 1b, 2b or LF. They just need to find a plan and stick to it.

Gomber has been one of the worst pitchers in MLB since 2023 (7th worst fWAR for qualified starters, 5th worst ERA, 2nd highest HR/9). Rockies may sneak out a win in one of these games, but I don't know if it's this one.

Ok, so you say this, but ultimately agree with me that Anthony is probably best suited for LF. Someone has to get traded. It's most likely either Duran or Abreu. If it's Duran, Anthony goes to LF. If it's Abreu, Anthony goes to RF, which isn't my defensive preference. If you truly believe Anthony has a good arm and is able to play CF, the best alignment would be: Anthony LF - above average potential (Duran is terrible in LF) Rafaela CF - GG potential Abreu RF - GG winner (you don't like him, but it's a fact that he won the GG and has put up great defensive metrics in '24 AND '25) They've spent years trying to work on Duran's defense. They got one good season out of him and now it's back to yuckville. I don't think they should really be messing around with the roster just to try and fix Duran.

That's how it should be: on merit. Some guys need to spend a long time in AA (Sandlin) working on their stuff. Other guys may just fly through the system.

And once Refsnyder is gone, that vs LHP number will get worse. Devers had a 146 wRC+ vs LHP. He'll be replaced by someone worse as well.

In theory, I'd trade Garcia for another player. I just don't believe Breslow would win that trade this deadline. I'd be more apt to trade Garcia if I felt like the Sox were a legit contender and needed a piece or two to get them over the top.

I'm not trading Garcia for any two month rental.

The story is that they are open for trades if they like the return.

The jetstream is pushing him towards BOS.

Next, your bias against Cora is evident. Don't you realize that all of these moves with Campbell were planned out long before he made it to MLB. Go look at where he played in the minors the past few years: 2b, SS, CF. He didn't just play one position. Why? Of course it was just Cora! He played LF and RF in 2023 in the Complex League, Salem and Greenville because of Alex Cora of course! It wasn't because of an organizational decision to see where he'd fit. It was Alex Cora! Alex Cora was worried about this 4th round comp pick so much in 2023 that he wanted him playing positions he's never played before! Then he deviously said that Campbell should continue a path at 2b/CF in 2024 when he began the season in Greenville! Alex really cares about High A lineups and is often watching Drive games while in the dugout. Man, if only Craig Breslow had control over HIS team and could get Campbell to play his one true position again! I wonder why Breslow isn't stepping in and making Campbell play SS every game if he's so great at it???

On Rafaela vs Duran in CF I prefer Rafaela in CF and Duran in LF. I don't believe Duran would be all that much better this year if they moved him back to CF. With Duran, he's not a confident fielder. He's a guy that has stated that he doesn't want the ball hit to him. Why do I want that guy in CF? He makes up for bad reads and bad jumps with speed. As his speed goes away (he's slower this year) his defense is going to get worse. Even saw some bad reads this series. That's not going to get better in CF IMO. Duran's game is down across the board this year. I'm not going to move him with the hopes that it will get marginally better and play Rafaela out of position. Rafaela one of the best CFers in the game and I'm leaving him there. He struggled last year when they moved him around, so I'm not going to do that to him this year when he's finally starting to hit too. I don't think Anthony is that good in the OF. He's worse than Abreu for sure. Probably is LF only if playing with Abreu and Rafaela. He doesn't have a great arm and only has average range.

Why would I have to explain? You made an assumption about it for some unknown reason. There's nothing in my previous post that even alluded to it!

He's young and cheap. Maybe they trade him, but they don't have much coming up behind him if they do! 🫣