Yeah, Devers has been better defensively this year. Maybe it's just a small sample, but he's been much better than the s*** show we've seen at other positions, even factoring in his Adrian Beltré linebacker impression.
At this point through the season, Raffy's 1.1 fWAR should prorate to about 3 fWAR for a full season. Per their valuation, that's over 32M in value. He's been fine.
And worrying about 3M for Whitlock due to fragility issues? 3M is barely anything these days.
I didn't say he would be better, just that he's not likely to stick in the rotation because of games like this. I don't think moving him to the pen fixes his issues. If he came out of the bullpen, he would have still walked 5 guys that day.
Per the game logs, he never went 2 for 3 against Langston as an Angel. In 1990, he went 2-5 with one double. That was his best performance and maybe what he was misremembering.
It would have been well after that affair was made public. He states that it was a cross country pitch to CA where he played against Mark Langston the following day and went 2-3. Langston didn't pitch for the Angels until the 90's.
I agree with your point and had mentioned something similar previously. I stated that they should have dumped Van Belle (if they had to) to grab Lauer or one of the remaining starters.
Whitlock was a prospect as he was taken in the Rule 5 draft and had never played in MLB before.
Bernardino had played in MLB and was over 30. Unlike Whitlock, he was never "ranked" in the system.
Is Jamie Westbrook considered a Sox prospect? I'd say no. He's just a AAA journeyman. If he makes it to the show and "graduates" he'd show up the same as Bernardino.
How many beers did Wade Boggs realistically drink on that plane? The original story was 73, then he recently upped it to 107. It was probably 35 at most, right?