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  1. cp176
    I get all of the righty lefty stuff with respect to hitting but having Mayer on the bench definitely affects the defense. Pick your poison I guess. I’ve never liked the way that Cora tends to deal with too many players trying to play too many different positions. You want better infield defense, Mayer needs to be on the field.
  2. cp176
    Story I think will be our ss as long as he is here. He is doing a decent job currently. Mayer should go to second. The last thing this team needs right now is another crisis over trying to move a veteran to another position needlessly. Moving Mayer to second is quick and easy and obviously upgrades the defense at second.
  3. cp176
    Letting Sale go regardless of whether he was injured or not, was a mistake that I stated when it happened and will say it again.
  4. cp176
    As long as we have Bregman and Story on the roster, Campbell won’t see much second base action.
  5. cp176
    I’ve been very impressed with Dobbins from the start. Big, strong, young, and a strike thrower. They will all pitch a stinker from time to time, but I think that he has the potential to be better than anyone not named Crochet on this staff. Overall got to say that outside of Beuhler, I’ve been fairly impressed with our starters.
  6. cp176
    It would make sense to have him play first - maybe too much sense. When Bregman comes back, his chances of playing second again might be the classic slim and none.
  7. cp176
    Sending Campbell down was a rational move for both the Sox and for him. He goes down gets plenty of swing and maybe even makes a few adjustments with his swing. Mayer is for real and we need to find out what Anthony has. I think any number of guys on this team would profit by thinking about the rare concept of just introducing the bat to the ball in an effort to just get runners on base and cut down on strikeouts. I wouldn’t want Campbell to sit on Boston’s bench when he can get the needed playing time in Worcester.
  8. cp176
    I’m not sure if I’m one your 3 but I absolutely hated seeing Sale leave as well as Dombrowski. Chris Sale continues to be the kind of player that every team needs on their roster. His injuries never affected what I thought of him. We are forturnant that we another gritty top of the rotation guy to replace him.
  9. cp176
    Agree - I’ve always been a big Houk fan, but he is at best an end of the rotation piece in my mind. Long relief in my mind. I would say the same thing about Crawford but I do think that Houk is the better of the two.
  10. cp176
    I love how both Anthony and Mayer approach hitting. I agree with you about Anthony. I would not even think about platooning either one of these guys right now. They need to both be given long leashes. They both should be used daily whether they are facing a lefty or righty. We won’t know how good they can be until they are given a chance. All I’ve heard about Bregman is that he is ahead of schedule and might be back before the AS break. Mayer has proven his ability to field at this level at multiple positions. Going forward, looks like he is going to be our next ss but when Bergman comes back, I’d pencil Mayer right in at second base. Campbell I just don’t think is ready yet but I hope he proves me wrong.
  11. cp176
    I like this. No two athletes or players are exactly alike. The need to understand how to motivate them, comes with the need to understand who they are. As a coach, you might have to treat them differently but the overall same result is what you are trying to achieve. When nothing seems to work, you need to make a change and sometimes the change can be drastic but for the greater good. Looks like Devers had to go.
  12. cp176
    Maher’s ability to play defense alone is enough to get excited about. Watching him just swing the bat is enough to get me going. I think that of the group, he looks very special. You have to keep Anthony in the lineup for some time just to figure out what he has at this stage of development. Campbell looks absolutely lost.
  13. cp176
    I really like the way our rookies play but I’ll say once again that I do not understand how anyone could have come to the conclusion that Campbell should have come up before Mayer. Mayer is the better player and at this point it isn’t even close. Campbell is just thrashing at the ball and hoping he gets some contact. Hope he figures it out. .
  14. cp176
    Calling Giolito a bust at this point is interesting. In giolito, I was expecting a solid innings eating 3. He is still at this point actually recovering. Every pitcher is gong to have their ups and downs. I like him.
  15. cp176
    OKthis is for Max I guess. I’m very much old school myself. Giolito is a long way from being a bust. What is Pivetta being Paid? Campbell is not really as bad as some paint him out to be. He’s a kid. It really isn’t his fault that he was brought up too soon. Shorten up the swing- see the ball, hit the ball!. No one can ever convince me that Mayer shouldn’t have been the first one up. He will be a star for this team until they trade him away. Campbell, regardless of the euphoria, I doubt was ready. Crochet of course looked tired but he is a horse. He did what his team needed him to do today. 3 hits is somewhat south of sickening. Bullpen got it done.
  16. cp176
    Maybe blockable but not catchable by any means.
  17. cp176
    On Casas, if nothing else as he rehabs, I hope that he has learned something from this Devers horror show. Be a baseball player. I’m not particularly interested in ever again listening to him as he talks to the press. Should have signed the deal the Sox offered I think. I’m glad he didn’t. He is fortunate that he likely gets a redo.
  18. cp176
    Very true - the Mookie pain lasted forever. As a matter of fact it is still lasting forever.
  19. cp176
    Pretty soon the grieving process will be over and we’ll be on to something else.. I was particularly torn up when we lost Mookie but I’ve already moved on from Devers - imagine that. He did good and now he is gone. Yoshida to dh - he can hit. No one seeing things clearly would ever want him to play anywhere in the field but he can hit. Not Devers of course but he can hit. Let s go we are playing a game tonight.
  20. cp176
    I don’t care if Yoshida ever throws another baseball or even wanders onto the outfield grass but until they dream up a better situation, I would like to see him in the lineup yesterday. The guy can hit. No one is likely to produce What Devers gave and was giving anytime soon but we need a player who can actually make solid contact some of the time. I’m already over the Devers loss. I was a fan just not a great fan. Of course the management could have done a better job with him but I feel no need to know anything more about him than I saw on the field. Upward and onward…
  21. cp176
    I actually think that Buehler still has plenty of gas in the tank. When Houck comes back, I would hate to see him bump anyone in this current rotation. Maybe he gets used as a sixth starter but he should have to earn his way back into the rotation.
  22. cp176
    Dobbins did kind of come out of nowhere but watching him pitch for each of his starts, he has gone from a pleasant surprise to someone who looks like he could have a very good career moving forward. Being big, strong and young with a high end fastball and control certainly helps. He won’t be great every time he pitches but I won’t miss watching when his turn comes.
  23. cp176
    I think that Yoshida is still very capable of stepping into that dh role and producing. He is a hitter. He won’t produce the big hits like a Devers but very few can. He just will hit and that is what we need.
  24. cp176
    And therein lies a good chunk of the problem - Devers is one heck of a hitter but should never have been projected as the face of any franchise. It was a role that looks like he never really wanted. He is a baseball player and that is it. The whole Devers issue was seemingly mismanaged from the start. I’m not defending management in this one by any means, but trading him seemed inevitable once he wasn’t willing to accept a role that the team needed him to accept. 0 excuse for that. I don’t think that there was nor was there ever any evidence to suggest that he was a “cancer in the clubhouse” but something had to give. Just a ballplayer. Good luck to him in his new home.
  25. cp176
    We need a proven bat to replace the one we lost. I wonder if they are taking applications.
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