FredLynn
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I believe his OPS at Fenway is 1.240 though it’s only in 21 games. I too would have preferred more power. Vlad is a FA after this year. He’d be someone worth pursuing. Still, I expect a decent improvement over the past few years performances.
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The FO did the job imo. It would have been better had they signed a more productive RHH but Bregman is ok. I believe he had an off first half but was better in the second half. They improved their SPing and should score a bunch of runs if they can stay healthy. The pen is always a crapshoot. At least they’re trying. It’s not a championship caliber team yet but they have several very good prospects nearly ready to make the jump. Henry finally loosened his purse strings. I don’t see this controversy as a major problem.
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Of course I have. Many times, including personally. There are usually consequences for screwing up in life.
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Fact is, we don’t know if the switch was discussed with him before the interview or not. If it was discussed and he’s publicly stonewalling it, that’s a mistake on his part. “ No comment” would have been better in that case. If this wasn’t discussed earlier then he has every right to be pissed-then calmly agree to do what’s best for the team.
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It’s likely going to work out just fine. If Devers showed up significantly overweight that’s a problem. He’s paid enough to show up in shape.
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That communication issue is on management -if that’s what happened. But it changes nothing as regards the best position in the field for both players. Bregman at 3rd where he won a GG and Devers at 1st (or DH). That also leaves room for Campbell when he is ready. The team needs to focus more on winning games than massaging someone’s ego.
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I’m certainly willing to see how it all plays out once the season starts. As long as Devers is flexible….
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Obviously I can't speak for others but I am not "mad at him" at all. That said, I don't think he handled the news conference well at all. A simple "no comment" would have been much better. And flat out refusing to move to 1B or DH, at least initially, wasn't a good move, even if he wanted to express that to Cora privately.
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It might, but thats sort of beside the point-unless Devers is already unhappy about his just signed contract after looking at what Bregman got.
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Exactly!
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Its a last resort, but one I would keep in my pocket. He can "demand" anything he wants, but he isn't going anywhere. He just signed a HUGE contract. If he refuses to play his assigned position then he can be suspended without pay for "conduct detrimental to the team". Lets see how long he lasts in that scenario. Again, no one wants this to happen, but at the end of the day its a TEAM sport. Personnel decisions are not made by the players. They are made by management. I have confidence that Cora will work this out with him.
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Hey-there are no games to get worked up about so this is all we have!
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I haven’t seen any quotes from him indicating that the news conference (or any discussion about it before the deal was done) was the first he heard about a potential move to 1B. Do you have that quote from him? The only quote I read from him is that “we talked about it”. Didn’t specify when. if there was no discussion held with Cora before the news conference that’s on management.
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Nobody’s hating Devers. I think he’ll come around. I think he is upset that the team is considering moving him to a position that better suits the needs of the team. That said, he didn’t handle it well. Refusing to accept management decisions about where he will play and voicing that emphatically to the media was a mistake. A better way to handle it would have been a “no comment” while this gets worked out internally. From what I hear the team has a bright prospect who is a 2B and three years of Bregman could block him if he has to play 2B.
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I didn’t hear that. If it’s true then management should have handled it differently. They didn’t have to ask Devers’ permission to sign Bregman nor did they have to mention he might be the 3B to start the season but communication is important. Regardless, Devers needs to suck it up, and I think he will.
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Benching him is a last resort, but it IS an option if he can't do what is best for the team. Its not his job to make management decisions. He needs to suck it up and try 1B. Where he plays in the field (or DH) is beyond his pay grade.
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Yeah, putting him on the bench would certainly teach him a valuable lesson. His job is to play baseball wherever the manager tells him to play to the best of his ability. Pouting is not an option. He gets WAY too much money for that BS.
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How do you know that management did NOT speak with Devers before signing Bregman? Regardless, Devers' job is to play baseball, not make management decisions. He gets paid a BUNDLE to do it and IMO needs to shut the hell up and play where the manager thinks is best for the team. If he can't handle that there's plenty of room on the pine for him.
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A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part I
FredLynn replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
It’s a TEAM sport. You don’t win putting one player on the field. Each player must do what’s best for the TEAM. If they can’t do that they shouldn’t play. They can sell used cars instead. -
A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part I
FredLynn replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Rafaela doesn’t have a bat. Unless he can stop chasing so many bad pitches he should be a defensive replacement like Bradley should have been. And now it seems that Devers is indeed having a tantrum about moving off 3B for the good of the team. He claimed that “third base is where I play”. Nice attitude Raffy. It’s not all about HIM. It’s a team sport. He should be penciled in wherever Cora wants him to play and if he continues to pout I’d sit him on the pine. -
The only thing that might keep Bregman off 3B is a tantrum by Devers. Hopefully it won't come to that. We are a better team with Bregman at 3B and Devers at 1B/DH. I think thats pretty much indisputable.
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I don't get this business of pouting (and I am not saying that Devers is pouting yet) when a player is told that the team needs him to play a different position than he thinks he should be playing. A player should be willing to play wherever the team most needs him. Its not about HIM: its about the team.
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If we keep Casas then either he or Devers has to be our DH, the other one playing 1B, assuming Bregman is at 3rd as he should be. Then Yoshida is the odd man out. I don’t want him in the OF. Problem is, no one is going to want Masa’s contract.
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I think Casas is on the trading block. If Devers moves to 1B. Another LHH there is unnecessary.
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IF Bregman plays the way he played before 24 it should be a good lineup. That leaves just the bullpen needing an infusion of talent. Nice to see management finally spending some money.