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  1. cp176
    Thanks Kimmi.
  2. cp176
    Very very true.
  3. cp176
    If you think that I’m the guy dismissing him as “just a backup catcher”, you are wrong. I like Connor Wong and do not think that dreaming about what another backup catcher might have done, makes any sense at all. A problem there does not exist regardless of what everybody’s metrics analytics and statistics might suggest. He is a hard worker and fits in just fine with this team.,
  4. cp176
    He is a backup catcher. He gets a few starts here and there. He keeps the ball in front of him. He does his job as a (say it again)backup catcher. When you have a backup catcher and you think a backup catcher is any kind of primary need, then I guess we will just agree to disagree. lol lol lol
  5. cp176
    I don’t mind being the outlier. I think a backup catcher is nonsense. Wong is fine and will continue to be fine. Analytics and metrics be damned. There looks like there might be just one player that could possibly be traded but I know that I won’t really like it - Duran plus lesser prospects for pitching.
  6. cp176
    Enjoy your visit up here.
  7. cp176
    I agree entirely with respect to Mayer. I’m flummoxed how it could have even been a discussion point about which of these two guys was going to be optioned back to Worcester. Mayer should start play and stay.
  8. cp176
    I think so as well. We know we have an outfield that is slightly over crowded but unlike most teams, it looks crowded with really good players. Relief help makes sense. The only quality player that I guess I could see dangled out there might be Chapman.
  9. cp176
    Lots of talk here about who to trade, positions of weakness and how to fill them. I’m not sure that I would trade anybody for anybody right now. Personally I don’t any problem at all with the way first base is being covered and I certainly don’t see a backup catcher as a need at all. Wong is fine. Pitching I guess so. Everybody could use pitching. I like both Duran and Abreu in Red Sox uniforms as well next year. I also am anxious to see Dobbins again hopefully soon. I’m beginning to like this team and hope we don’t get fleeced in any deals that might be made. Some times the best trade is no trade at all. Cora is making good money to figure out how to get these players playing time.
  10. cp176
    Hey glad we are winning and all for sure but cannot and likely will not understand not playing Mayer regardless of who is pitching and whether they are throwing with the right or left arm.
  11. cp176
    I just want to see the best players on the field.
  12. cp176
    hey guess I’ll just have to continue to believe that Cora is an average manager. Playing anyone at third other than Mayer while Bregman rehabs just seems silly . Just my opinion. Now before this turns into me being another one who wants Cora, gone, let it be proclaimed that I am not. On one of the poorest defensive teams in all of baseball, Mayer gives you just a little bit of security in the infield.
  13. cp176
    I think his defense alone should give him a very long leash. Pretty sure that he will hit. I’m not sure anyone is holding him back, I just like seeing him on the field as opposed to the dugout.
  14. cp176
    It would take an incredible deal for us I think to move either Duran or Abreau. When you need a power bat, trading Abreau doesn’t make much sense to me. I like Duran and what he brings to us as well. Wish his strikeout rate was lower for sure. If Dobbins comes back healthy, with Fitts we will have two big, strong, young right handers good to go. At some point Hamilton is the odd man out. Watson would become my new Hamilton. By the way, I’d play Mayer everyday. This team is growing on me. I like their youth and the energy that comes with it
  15. cp176
    If Dobbins comes back healthy, we’ll have to big strong right arms good to go with both him and Fitts.
  16. cp176
    Got to admit that I do like Eaton but not playing Mayer against both righties and lefties is just silly. We need his defense and given half a real chance , he’ll hit lefties. Eaton would become my new Hamilton.
  17. cp176
    Anytime Mayer isn’t in the lineup, you are hurting the team defensively.
  18. cp176
    Hamilton at second isn’t any kind of long term answer for us but I’d rather see him there while Bregman prepares to come back as opposed to mixing and matching and experimenting to try to find an answer that temporarily just doesn’t exist. Until Bregman returns I’d leave Mayer at third and play Hamilton daily at second base. When Bregman returns, looks like Mayer goes to second. I’m anxious to see how that infield shapes up then. Leave Toro at first. I’d just like to see some consistency for awhile.
  19. cp176
    I agree with you about who they might have brought in but at that point I might have brought anybody in.
  20. cp176
    And I’m ok with all of this. With respect to Cora, I have never argued for his firing. I actually think that his strength is in dealing with his players on a day to day basis. That strength in my estimation is reason enough to keep him. I believe in consistency in coaching. I just have a problem understanding his basic coaching philosophies. Maybe because I did coach for a very long time, that thought is just too important to me. I truly have a hard time just being a fan when I watch any game. I constantly second guessed and hindsiighted myself which I think is important for growth. If you think that you are right all the time, I doubt that you are going to grow much regardless of your profession. One thing that we can certainly agree on is that we love the Red Sox. I actually like this team as badly as I think they execute some of the most basic fundamentals of the game.
  21. cp176
    There is no question about that . The good ones question themselves. I think that Cora’s best skills are with handling and supporting his players. That is in fact a very important piece of coaching.
  22. cp176
    I n Toros particular case, I think that he has done a good job at first. I think that putting him at third for whatever reason likely makes us weaker defensively. Even though it looks obvious to me that when Bregman returns, Mayer is going to second, I would have liked seeing him at third for now. Rather than shifting players around for whatever the reason might be, I would probably be that guy who would use Hamilton at second base as long as he is on the roster.
  23. cp176
    When you are in the moment, often times as we all know decisions have to be made. Speculation comes with the hindsight. Posting on this site allows people to speculate. I just don’t like many of his in game decisions. That doesn’t mean that he shouldn’t be the coach of this team. It also doesn’t mean that I think that I could do his job. It simply means that I’m expressing my opinion on a forum board that I don’t care for some of the ways he does business.
  24. cp176
    Hey now you’re getting a tad nasty which I really don’t care for. You seem to be great with respect to your debate style when people agree with you. I believe that Cora is an average manager.. I’m ok with that. Maybe it is good enough. Not that it matters but you are wrong with respect to what I do and do not know about coaching in general. If you knew just a little bit about me, I don’t think that you would be silly enough to make this comment. How about you continue on with your little cat fights with someone else.
  25. cp176
    I guess I’m in that lonely camp that would not trade away any of our young players that have solid potential until we can at least figure out our best options with respect to positional play. Right now we have too many players trying to play too many different positions on a daily basis. The mix and match daily concept drives me nuts much like the concept of lefty righty lefty righty. It is a style of baseball that I just do not like.
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