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  1. Hitch
    Yeah you can see it with the naked eye. It's crazy wide at the moment. Best case scenario - he's just somehow wandered into this stance. Worst case - he's doing it because of his shoulders.
  2. Hitch
    Before Sunday’s game, Cora mentioned he and the hitting coaches spoke with Devers about tightening his stance to create a better base. “If you’re not grounded, you’re not going to be on time,” Cora said. Interesting comments from Cora last night. I saw no evidence of a tightening of the stance. It's wider than I've ever seen
  3. Hitch
    If the Yankees can change their bats, I don't see why we can't try and sneak this one through.
  4. Hitch
    I'm not suggesting you are making things up, I'm saying it takes two minutes to add a link to the thing you're stating that explains the situation clearly. It's easier for the person doing the stating as they know where to look/search for as they saw the original corresponding piece. It's a conversation board, not a blog. It just helps the conversation, and for other people to have a wider understanding of situations. It's not asking much.
  5. Hitch
    One thing to add to this however - this not being able to hit with RISP is not just a 'this year' problem. I feel like it's Groundhog Day with this particular stat/issue. And that falls on the coaching, too.
  6. Hitch
    If you're going to state things as fact, it's not unreasonable to ask you to supply those facts. Not everyone has the time or opportunity to watch and read everything said about every player, coach, or management at the club. It's not an attack on you, it's wanting to know why you're stating something so confidently.
  7. Hitch
    Yup, (though I suspect that being DH is also playing a large - if not the biggest - part in where he's at when at the plate). 1-3 against a lot of people's favourites for the AL pennant is no drama, especially as the only thing that let us down was hitting (with RISP the biggest killer of all). We're a good team, we just haven't clicked out of the gate. It happens. People were quick to write the Yankees off all of last week, and now the same people are in a panic because they've won their first 3. It's like some people start every new season of baseball forgetting or blocking out everything they've seen and know of baseball from before. BUT, Devers is a concern no doubt about it.
  8. Hitch
    Is it my imagination or did Devers play DH quite a bit towards the end of last year, too? Matt Kemp recently tweeted - "I don't think people really understand how hard it is to not play the field. It's like you're playing but you aren't. Playing the field keeps you engaged." This is where my general thinking is (along with worries about how wide open his stance has become). Playing DH was sprung on Devers. He wants to be on the field. I'd be devastated if I couldn't play the field. Let's hope he adapts quickly if it is the case.
  9. Hitch
    Absolutely. People are acting like he's finished. His stance is crazy wide open, however. The widest I've seen it. Couple of tweaks and he'll be fine I'm sure.
  10. Hitch
    Apt hat it ends with a strikeout. Better from Devers in that last at bat. Not the end of the world. Pitching and defence is looking good. We just need the hitting to heat up. It'll come.
  11. Hitch
    Eesh! Devers really does look lost out there. His stance is crazy wide open. Wider than I've ever seen it.
  12. Hitch
    So much for that, then.
  13. Hitch
    They really are the only two right now. This game is there for the taking if we can find some hits (and/or shutdown pitching).
  14. Hitch
    Also, our hitters are not seeing many pitches.
  15. Hitch
    This inning happened in a hurry.
  16. Hitch
    Devers is core group. Come on now, let's not get crazy.
  17. Hitch
    Definitely a good chance of that. Could also be he's finding it hard to not be as involved. Or he's just not quite clicked yet. Or he's still got underling issues with either or both his shoulders. Let's hope it's one of the first three. Got a feeling he'll have a big game today.
  18. Hitch
    Exciting news that Campbell and the Sox are deep in contract talks. That kid looks like a star in the making. Not worried about the offence. It'll click and come on just fine. The defence is already so much better! Hard not to be a little concerned about Raffy, but again, very early days. Getting the split later would be sweet. Fitts will get it done.
  19. Hitch
    Interesting to see Campbell in LF today...
  20. Hitch
    It's a fair point, but I just don't see him taking the filed (I've been pretty consistent on this all winter), and if I'm right, and as it seems Devers is now full time DH, he'd be up there just doing next to nothing. Hopefully we get no injuries and it isn't an issue and we just have a very expensive decent hitter in AAA.
  21. Hitch
    There we go then. That's the end of that. I really hope he takes to the role.
  22. Hitch
    He's undoubtedly depth. but not through any kind of design. And he's mostly only going to to DH (which means he won't) unless we get enough injuries that he has to take the field. Anthony and Mayer (if Campbell needed to go into the outfield due to an injury crisis) are ahead of Yoshi and rightly so. The management are going to try and move him, eat money, and hope to get something they can use in return. Good luck doing that, but that's what they'll try. Otherwise I can see him saying in AAA which is fine, but far from ideal. I don't want him gone just for the sake of it.
  23. Hitch
    Yeah, this is my thinking also. Even now, with Casas' sketchy injury record, I'd be doing it. Get Casas some time off his feet DHing, too. Also, if Casas slumps, it's a chance to get Yoshi some more DH at bats.
  24. Hitch
    I tend to agree, though I can see a scenario where if Bregman got hurt tomorrow, Devers steps back there for now rather than bringing Mayer back up immediately. I think they'll ride Mayer until an extra year of control now unless something drastic happens. Same with Anthony.
  25. Hitch
    Along the lines above - sounds like Devers' head is in the right place to try and embrace it - “Right now, we’re in the season,” Devers told reporters, per The Athletic’s Jen McCaffrey. “I’m a DH, and I feel like you guys need to change the subject because that is over and I’m the DH.” In his new role, Devers has begun the 2025 campaign 0-for-8 with seven strikeouts and has looked slow to react to fastballs, an issue that plagued Devers during the final phase of last season. “I know that I haven’t done my job and I haven’t done what I’m supposed to do,” Devers said through interpreter Carlos Villoria-Benítez (per McCaffrey). “But I know that everything will change. I have my routine. I try to stay warm and go warm to the plate. But like I said before, it’s only been two games, and tomorrow I’ll come back here and I’ll try to hit the ball.”
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