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If he was 100% healthy, we didn't he even pick up a bat this offseason? It makes no sense. He doesn't look right at all. He looks completely uncomfortable up there.

1. Fix his batting stance so it's not so wide open. It's more extreme than it has ever been. At least get it back to '23 levels. 2. Give him a day off. 3. Second opinion the shoulder injury. Lots of players push themselves through injury. Mayer did it in '23 and it wrecked his numbers. 4. Have a talk with Cora. Remember, Cora is a guy who has said "this player should be back, he's healthy, it's just a pain tolerance thing" or whatever. He did this last year with Casas. Maybe Cora needs to reevaluate this position. Maybe he's leaning on Devers too much?

Anyway, nobody look at NIck Pivetta's line from yesterday.

Raffy cares. He's not pouting. He's frustrated that he's struggling. To me, it's his shoulder. When you have a 300M investment in a guy like Raffy, you shouldn't be putting him in this position.

Nice to see a pulled moon shot and an oppo taco from Roman.

I think he was referencing Devers' ST OPS of 553 in 5 games.

Kutter Crawford pitched all season long with a knee problem. They opted for no surgery. That same knee now has him on the IL. Raffy has a bum shoulder last season. They opted for no surgery. He didn't pick up a bat all last season to rest. He looks as bad at the plate as he did last year with the bad shoulder.

On Devers, he didn't have much ST time. He hasn't hit at all since the injury issues started last August. He didn't swing a bat at all in the offseason. He's either way behind in getting ready or is still dealing with a shoulder problem. I know some people are screaming "but it's just 4 games" and I get it. However, injury plus no spring training plus historically bad start needs to be at least some sort of red flag no matter how small. I think the wrong DH is in AAA on the 10 day IL right now. Would Masa be lighting the world on fire? No. However, his bats would be more competitive and he played more in ST than Raffy did. I'm rooting for Raffy, I'm just worried that he's being thrown into the fire and leaned on when he's not ready and/or is injured. It doesn't seem fair to him at this point. Casas is what he is. I wish he had a better 2 strike approach. We've seen him start slow before. Bregman is typically a slow starter, but has looked good to me. No complaints. Story has been fine. Aside from Devers, I can chalk up most everyone else's issues to SSS. Houck was better than ST, but probably isn't a TOTR guy. Buehler just may be a 4th starter.

Raffy needed ST and/or surgery. Toast.

Casas and Story have watched a few called 3rd strikes too. Drives me crazy. Protect the plate.

Bregman smooth at 3b

Call up Masa

The bigger issue is lack of production at the top of the lineup IMO. LOB can come down to luck like the Narvaez ground out. Hit anywhere else in the IF and Campbell maybe scores.

Nice dp

Buehler missing his spot on every pitch

Seems like Campbell is ready.

Narvaez!

Shut up Kevin Millar

The wrong DH is in AAA.

See, we need human umps so they can forget the count! The beauty of the game…

Wheelyer!!!

Crazy jump for Duran

Spring Training Rafaela is not Regular Rafaela, Lou.

Top of the order needs to get it going. Problem is that Bregman is a slow starter and Raffy had no ST.

These TEX unis are bad.