Bellhorn04
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I'm pretty agnostic about it, frankly. There are a lot of questions no one has the answer to yet, starting with whether they have any intention of moving Devers off third. I do have some confidence in Breslow and Cora to figure things out more rationally than any of us.
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If Devers, Casas and Yoshida are all healthy, and Bregman replaces Devers at third, there's no room for all 3 in the lineup. I get your argument that Yoshida would be a good insurance policy against injury, but that's the only argument I can see in favor of keeping him under this scenario.
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It's not the only option, but it's certainly the most obvious one. Most Sox fans would rather move Yoshida than Casas.
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it's as simple as that. If we're going to move Devers off third, something has to give.
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A loophole is generally defined as an unforeseen weakness in a law that gets exploited. I don't think it applies here. There are logical reasons for projecting him as a #6 starter type. It's all just guesswork, of course. But i don't think there's any deliberate intent to harm his value...
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OK, so we'd have to take a closer look at how they valued Crawford. But I don't see it as unfair that Crawford's status as a starter or reliever is still somewhat up the air. I don't think that's necessarily a 'loophole'.
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Yeah, if I had to put money on it, I'd have to go with Castillo being a bit better than Crawford the next 3 years.
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What 3 pitching prospects? I'm only talking about the actual BTV proposal that was linked. It was moon who said he'd include Priester and Fitts and I said that was going overboard.
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I'm not expecting BTV to provide insights, notin. They do numbers. Are their numbers wrong? Yoshida's underwater contract is the main driver behind the deal for the Sox. Obviously no one would just swap Crawford for Castillo.
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According to BTV the proposed deal was a fair swap. Do we think BTV is a credible tool or not? You could actually cut down the proposal to Crawford + Yoshida for Diddlesquat and it would work.
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On the other hand I don't think "they'll just pocket the money" is a very good argument for not moving him if a reasonable deal was to present itself.
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moon is now prepared to give up multiple pitching prospects to be rid of him. That really seems like overstating the problem.
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That seems a little overboard. Priester and Fitts could be important rotation depth.
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The can of worms I was referring to was actually the RBI thing.
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Probably so. I think I'm trying to make moon feel a little better, because I'm already worried moon's brain is going to melt a little each time he sees Devers at third.
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For all we know there are other teams interested in trading for Yoshida but want to see if he's healthy first.
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notin may not be wrong when he predicts Bregman starts at 2B but doesn't end there. I'm interested to see how it shakes out. At the moment, I'm happy with the move and I'm confident that Breslow and Cora have thought this out. They've probably known for at least 2 months that this was a real possibility.
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Sample size isn't everything. Bregman has the body and skill set to be a good middle infielder. Some guys can play multiple infield positions. Jose Iglesias for example.
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A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part I
Bellhorn04 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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“He should be OK,” Cora said of Bregman shifting to second. “We actually had that conversation [about playing second] in ‘17. We made some adjustments at third base. Where he was playing, he was feeling uncomfortable. At the end, it paid off for him." “He’s a Gold Glover defender at third. But I always envisioned him playing in the middle of the diamond. He can adjust. He has the baseball IQ to do that. People might think the double play might be an issue, but I don’t think so. I think he can do whatever.”
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The fact that Cora thinks Bregman can play 2B well means nothing?
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As far as the opt-outs go, when you look at the other offers he declined and the deferrals he agreed to and so on, it sure looks like Bregman REALLY wanted to play in Boston, which is kind of nice for a change, no?
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Except it's not really $120 million, it's more like $95 million because of the deferrals.
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Yeah, lots of differences. O'Neill was second in OPS. Most of it came from crushing lefties. I just thought they needed to get another bat, basically. And they did.
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Yeah, I think all hits and all walks are good. Grand slams by Red Sox hitters are beautiful things, but as you say they don't happen unless 3 guys get on base for you.
