Breslow is safe in his job for another 2.5 seasons most likely. Maybe JH gives him another year to show the rest of the league some goodwill that he wants to keep his CBO around before yanking him out his chair.
Bloom - waffled, but ultimately refused to trade Sale knowing that he still had a vintage season or two left in him
Breslow - decisively traded Sale for uber prospect Vaughn Grissom
Which one wilted in this scenario?
They wanted him on the team regardless of how he played in ST. Seemed obvious that (a) Roman was playing well and should have been promoted, (b) Marcello was playing well but hadn't played any AAA so it made sense to have him start there for a little while and (c ) Campbell was playing poorly and may need a few more weeks in AAA even though he looked great in AAA in '24.
There aren't enough hitters on that team to make you pay to throw him any strikes that Devers can do damage with. I think Gio will know how to do it. Dobbins I'm not sure on. Bello may be in big trouble against him.
According to Devers's Statcast:
Expected Career HR's at Fenway 203
Expected Career HR's at PacBell/At&t/Oracle/ETC 201
SF won't be great for him, but it wasn't all that hot for him in BOS either (career 223 HR).
Maybe both? Easier to put him at 1b in WOO than in front of the Fenway Faithless. Blaze will still get reps at 3B/DH on days that Campbell is at 1b. Grissom hasn't played 1b since May 23rd so that ship sailed. Grissom can't even hit the ball anymore so probably needs to be dealt to make roster space.
Jordan
Monegro - TJS
Mullins
Paez
Sandlin
Three are protected and two are traded (maybe Monegro is left unprotected due to the TJS?). If any of the others are selected, it's not a big concern to me at this point.
If the Red Sox haven't learned how to pitch around Devers at this point, he deserves to send a few into McCovey Cove.
I've never seen Birdsong pitch before, so I don't know how well he'll do at keeping these bats from waking up from their 8 game slide. Looks like lots of whiffs and k's, which isn't a good sign for the BoSox.
Campbell is the worst 2B in MLB by DRS. He's one of the worst defenders in MLB period at 312 out of 318 in fielding run value. Why? 7 errors in 59 G is not great. A 968 Fld% is pretty rough for MLB. He has the worst range of any 2b in MLB and an OAA that is 1st percentile. If he has that bad of range at 2b, how would that translate to SS?
In just the short time Mayer has spent at 3b, he already has a higher fielding run value than Bregman, largely because of his range.
Why did they want to move Campbell to 1b? It had nothing to do with Devers. It had everything with him being awful at 2b.