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  1. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I can certainly understand the frustration from Sox fans. I'm pissed at him as well. But let's clarify something, Devers is hardly a "slightly above average hitter". He is a top 10 hitter. If Reddit is to believed 66 of his 141 career errors were throwing errors which sounds about right. So we are talking about 75 ground ball errors in 9.5 seasons. I will pass on the scoring as that is subjective and hard to quantify. Still a lot no doubt but his bat makes up for those. Of course he won't be great at digging out poor throws but neither have any of our first basemen this season. How much slower to cover the bag do we expect him to be over the average 1st baseman who probably checks in at 280 pounds? Interesting that he didn't commit an error in that game and went 2-5 with an RBI and there is absolutely no reason to believe playing first base will result in injury. A salary dump is great if we can believe JH will reinvest these funds but that's probably not going to happen. Instead we got nothing in return so I'll never be on board with this trade.
  2. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Bello hung a lot of pitchers in the heart of the plate but got away with it because the Royals suck. But really happy for him and his line again looked fantastic. Story is playing great, I would be happy to be wrong on him but let's wait and see. I love how they run the bases. I could never understood how a team with so many average or below average hitters throughout the lineup is putting up so many runs. Clearly the extra bases they get and pressure this puts on the defense plays a large role. I love their 3rd base coach and his aggressiveness.
  3. Yaz Fan Since 67
    You guys appear to be more forgiving than I am when it comes to Trevor Story. Wildly inconsistent is a good description and that is not an asset. Look back to his first season here before he got hurt. For a month he was Hank Aaron. But it was only a month, the other 70 or so games he played that year he was a black hole and killed us. Now he is hot again, I'm taking a wait and see and will be happy to admit I was wrong if he continues to play well. But I fear I won't have to do that. I'm pretty convinced that it's only a matter of time before he goes in the tank for a long stretch and finishes the year with a below average OPS. .
  4. Yaz Fan Since 67
    What are the excuses for the games he did play in? I"ve provided the numbers, are those "great" numbers in the games he was healthy and played?
  5. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I hate cherry picked stats, I prefer to look at his entire body of work in a Red Sox uniform. When he has played his bat is not nearly what we were expecting and certainly has not been "great". That word can be only used for a few months this season and a hot month his first sewason here. Other than these select months he has been horrible offensively and this is his 5th season with the Sox. His OPS in Boston has been: .737, .566, ,734,, ,727 and this season he is at .822 but wildly inconsistant.
  6. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Story has been very good at SS but they need more from his bat. At this point in time I have to believe this is who he is and it's not nearly enough,
  7. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I was actually fine with the inactivity. I didn't want them to trade prospects for mid-season rentals in a season where they are not a realy WS contender. I also didn't want them to trade productive players in a season where they are in the playoff hunt. As someone mentioned here getting these young players playoff experience would be a good season.
  8. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Blaming Cora or Narvaez is ridiculous. Our starter was better than their starter who is one of the top pitchers in baseball. They lost because once again they are simply not scoring enough runs. This is an ongoing problem that was masked by a winning streak mostly against bad teams but it will remain a problem all season.
  9. Yaz Fan Since 67
    The Sox were losing a lot of 1 run games earlier in the season. When 1 player goes 0-28 with runners in scoring positon it's not unrealistic to think we could have won a few of those games. And then there is the defense which is impossible to quantify but in close games it made a difference.
  10. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I had argued for Wong all offseason. I figured a catcher who hit .280 with good speed for a catcher worked for me. But then I was presented with the facts. Wong is not a good defensive catcher, he is actually terrible. I could live with that at .280, now he can't hit and remains a poor defensive catcher. He really may be the worst catcher in MLB and whenever he is in the lineup the Red Sox are at a disadvantage before the first pitch is thrown.
  11. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I remain concerned about this lineup. But I'd also be thrilled to be wrong. I'm in serious wait and see mode but enjoying every moment of this hot streak. But on a side note watching the games is a frustrating experience. I freaking hate that thing they do with the lights after a walkoff at Fenway. It may look cool in person but it screws up the enjoyment of the moment for the tv viewers. As for NESN I sure miss Eck. I am also forced to mute the sound during the bottom of the 2nd as they spend that half of the inning interviewing someone about some charity. That has grown annoying. End of old guy rant.
  12. Yaz Fan Since 67
    This is obviously why this is so exciting. The play of the young guys is so important. The extensions for Bello and Cedanne look pretty good right now. Just need Mayer to make better contact and get on base more, his defense passses the look test. But last night was as much fun as I've had in a while watching the Sox.
  13. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Damn this team is fun to watch,. As a lifelong fan I'm not use to the Red Sox running the bases like this even though it's been going on for several years now. I love their aggressiveness, Rafaela scoring on the sharp single to right was so impressive. He got a great read and took off before it was clear to me the ball would drop. Seeing Mayer and Cedanne being the keys to that late rally was sure reassuring.
  14. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I'm not but unsure of the solution. I prefer an actual first baseman who is productive offensively and defensively, consistant, and available. None of these players fit that description.
  15. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Thoughts on Casas? I'm running out of patiences to be honest, which is unfair to such a young player. But to me if you are going to be that bad defensively you need to be a big bat and he is far too inconsistant. I don't feel like waiting until June every season for him to warm up. And now he has a pretty significant injury history but that can always change of course.
  16. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I'm home now and able to view this post on my laptop. I f'ing hate posting from my phone, as this one was, and am surprised to only see 1 typo.
  17. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I never said these games were meaningless, they all count the same in the standings. I said I'm not fooled by the recent run totals. . They are swinging hot bats against bad teams, they have also shown a pattern all year of having a few very high run total games which distorts the stats but far more gamea where they struggle to score. I expect them to revert to struggling to score runs.
  18. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I said I was excited about their recent performances. I never once said this is who they are and will be going forward. Yet fans want to point to the Sox recent success and Dever's lack of success over a 2 week period as if this is somehow meaningful in the big picture.
  19. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I prefer to look at the complete body of work and not the last few weeks when evaluating a player.
  20. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I'm not getting fooled by a hot streak against terrible teams, Romy is having a career year but at some point he will revert to, well, Romy Gonzales. I'm much more excited about Bello and to a lesser extent Gio and their recent performances. And of course Anthony who continues to put the bat on the ball nearly every at bat. Slapping singles all over the field like Wade Boggs with more power has me pretty amped.
  21. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Raffy had 12 errors for the entire 2024 season, I can't find 2025 stats but I'm pretty convinced that a lot of those errors were throwing errors and I am equally convinced that like Bregman and all the other infielders a legit first baseman cuts down those numbers. For his career I read he averaged 24 errors for 162 games. As nobody plays all 162 that average is clearly a bit lower. Now we get to his replacement in the batting order. Are you really claiming the difference between Raffy's bat and his replacement will be offset by better defense? What is the difference between 24 errors and the league average which looks to be about 10 per season for a 3rd baseman. It's 14 errors for an entire season. I'm pretty convinced Devers' bat over his replacement will account for more than an addional 10 errors over an entire season. Wouldn't the additonal 10 home runs alone, not to mention the RBIs and doubles, would more than offset 10 additional throwing errors?
  22. Yaz Fan Since 67
    I hear you but let's not forget the team is scoring runs now against bad teams But I"m not fooled, this is still a bad lineup, These hot bats will cool and Raffy will be missed bigly. We should expect many more "skids" as the year goes on. Again their stats are misleading, once again they are putting up monster run totals in isolated games but they are scoring only a few runs in far more games and I expect that to continue. Frankly I'm stunned so many fans are on board with this trade. But again as I said I clearly remember the same posts after Mookie was traded and we see how that worked out.
  23. Yaz Fan Since 67
    Evaluating players after 20 games is such a strange way to look at this.
  24. Yaz Fan Since 67
    How exactly is it a manager issue when one of the most important players on the team has stopped being able to put the bat on the ball? This lineup is terrible, not sure how anyone expects a manager to overcome this.
  25. Yaz Fan Since 67
    It's just that simple.
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