Cora shuts down 6 man rotation BECAUSE OF injury issues.
If Bello isn't ready. If Crawford is injured. There's no reason to force a 6 man rotation on an MLB team. You're only adding AAA guys to reduce the amount of starts that Houck and Crochet get.
The problem with Romero is that he's no longer a contact guy. He's now a power guy who has eschewed a contact heavy approach. He also doesn't walk very much and seems to be destined for 2B.
I was just talking about your point where you said it's hard to ruin a season in April. It's easy to ruin a season in April IMO. You can really dig yourself in a hole.
Bregman is a very poor starter historically. He may have a bad April again. Not sure if it will contribute to a bad W/L this year.
Red Sox 2019:
First 28 games .393 winning %
Remaining games through 8/31 .574
If they had just played at .574 the whole season, they wouldn't have been out of it on 8/31 and had to pack in the season (15 GB 1st place, 5 GB WC).
Devers: 3.4 RngR (career Range Runs above average at 3b)
Bregman: -8.1
Remote plays made (1-10% likelihood):
Devers: 2.9
Bregman: 1.4
Even plays made (40-60% likelihood):
Devers: 55.4
Bregman: 49.0
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Well, that's a big IF then, since the majority of his seasons haven't been s tier. Assuming a 5 fWAR season for him is far from a given. It seems more likely that he'll be a 3 fWAR guy. If that happens, is he still getting 400M for the upside???