If HOU beats TEX, tonight, the Sox will be pass them for the 3rd best AL record.
8-2 NYY
7-2 CLE
6-2 TEX
7-3 BOS (4th but could be 3rd, after tonight)
6-3 DET
MLB
8-2 NYY & PIT
7-2 CLE
6-2 TEX, ATL & MIL
7-3 BOS (7th best before TEX game.)
This may not last long, but it has been fun.
I'd rather keep Rafaela in CF (not SS,) and Duran in LF (not CF.)
I think SS Reyes & 2B Grissom is better defense than SS Grissom & 2V Valdez/Reyes.
I seriously doubt we go out and get a SS stopgap. It's our M.O.
How long can a team hold out hope a player can return to the value he held for a month of so in 2020 and the last 4 months of 2021?
That seems like a decade ago.
I think he'd be a plus defender at 1B, but we have Casas, so DH is fine with some work at 1B, when Casas needs a rest. We could try to avoid giving Casas days off by DH'ing him 20-25 games, instead of giving him 10 days off.
We'd have to trade Yoshida, or play him in LF. (Yikes!)
The time has come where those of us who want Devers moved off 1B to no longer have to give reasons.
Granted, it can't happen, right now, but this is it.
No Story, Yoshida or McGuire. (McGuire must have been heating up too much for Cora- LOL. Actually, he needed a rest.)
1. Duran LF
2. Reyes SS
3. Devers 3B
4. O"Neill RF
5. Dalbec DH
6. Casas 1B
7. Rafaela CF
8. Wong C
9. Valdez 2B
Whitlock vs the LHP Detmers
Our OF is covered, even without counting on Yoshida or Ref for much more than spot starts (Yoshi) or a platoon (Ref.)
1B and 3B have horrible depth (Dalbec)
Middle IF would be okay, if Grissom was healthy (Reyes, Valdez,) but he's not.
Catcher looks okay, but beyond the 2 (McGuire & Wong) it gets sketchy.
All in all, I agree: we are not deep with ML ready farm depth, and Dalbec looks like a mess.