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  1. Bellhorn04
    And benching Devers hurts the team, so that ain't a very smart solution IMHO. The goal is to win as many games as possible, not to mete out discipline based on principle. It's up to Cora to manage the situation.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Right, but this is about the team, and whether they did the right thing or the wrong thing waiting until Bregman or Arenado was officially acquired before addressing the 3B situation with Raffy.
  3. Bellhorn04
    I'm going to speculate that no player in MLB has a contract that guarantees in writing which position he will play, whenever he plays, for the length of the contract.
  4. Bellhorn04
    I think this is an excellent observation. They had no way of knowing if they'd be landing Bregman or Arenado or not. There was apparently a LOT of doubt that Bregman would sign with us.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, who knows is the correct answer. How Bloom could promise Raffy he'd be third baseman until the contract expires at the end of 2033 is another 'who knows'. I'm not really blaming anyone here. I expect the last 2 seasons of horrible defensive numbers for the team as a whole played a huge part in this process, and I think that makes sense.
  6. Bellhorn04
    He pitched basically a whole year with it. It's one of them tricky ones.
  7. Bellhorn04
    We can live with one Keller/Horn for 5-10 innings of garbage time. That's it! 🙂
  8. Bellhorn04
    Holy crap. They might have to trade him.
  9. Bellhorn04
    The Dodgers and Yankees both had 'closer issues' last year. Save leaders Phillips and Holmes had both lost the closer job by playoff time. Having a reliable Mr. Lockdown is nice, but it's not a make or break thing.
  10. Bellhorn04
    Which reportedly inspired John Henry, watching in the stands, to the best line of his career as a baseball owner: "Can I fire him right now?"
  11. Bellhorn04
    By all accounts he's a real pro. I don't think he would have stuck around unless he was ready to give it a 100% effort. So obviously I'm taking the Polly side on this one. 😁
  12. Bellhorn04
    It's gonna be an interesting spring to say the least.
  13. Bellhorn04
    I'm not saying they're not true, it's the relevance part I'm questioning.
  14. Bellhorn04
    I'm not a big fan of the arguments that he was contemplating retirement and it might be his last year...
  15. Bellhorn04
    Well, I have to agree with moon that Refsnyder should get as many PA's against lefties as possible.
  16. Bellhorn04
    Reason for the focus: In the 119 they were 64-55 In the 43 they were 17-26 Random noise or meaningful stat nugget? I honestly don't know.
  17. Bellhorn04
    David Robertson fits the bill, and is for some reason still available.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Unfortunately, Roster Destruction, AKA injuries, often has a big say in these decisions, too.
  19. Bellhorn04
    I can't say it's anything special. I've heard it used here plenty LOL
  20. Bellhorn04
    I'm sure I'll get sick of hearing Roster Construction, but it does beat Bridge Year or Full Throttle, I guess.
  21. Bellhorn04
    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.
  22. Bellhorn04
    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.
  23. Bellhorn04
    It's not the only option, but it's certainly the most obvious one. Most Sox fans would rather move Yoshida than Casas.
  24. Bellhorn04
    it's as simple as that. If we're going to move Devers off third, something has to give.
  25. Bellhorn04
    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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