moonslav59

Yes, you are right. My bad. You weren't talking about the definition of "liar," but rather "foreseeable future" and "long term." I apologize.

Who said that? The strawman? It wasn't me.

It's not ideal to call up Anthony to DH, but Yoshida is not ready, so this does make sense. So does Campbell at 1B, and since we are already playing KC in CF some games, I'm not sure 1B messes with the future keystone combo anymore than CF does. This is all temporary, no matter what choice we end up making. Refsnyder could DH vs LHPs, and we could shuffle the OF'ers around or just play Anthony in RF vs LHPs, but he's been playing LF and CF most of the time, I believe. RF is not easy at Fenway, as we all know. LF would be better, and Duran in CF is fine with me, but then who plays RF? Rafaela vs lefties? It still ends up with Anthony's bat replacing Casas, so I'd be fine with a shuffle, too. (Others are not, as I have found out.)

Picking 15th should land us a decent draftee. Here are some other mock draft selections at #15: C Luke Stevenson (NC) Bleacher Report SS Kayson Cunningham (TX) USA Today SS Eli Willits (HS) Mydraft.com SS Dean Curley (TN) Perfect Game OF Brendon Summerhill (AZ) NY Times These are the first 5 in my search- all different.

I think he will be. 20 is pretty young, though, but I agree. Let's see what he can do at the next level.

I've always been more than fine with players who lack some plate discipline but continuously put up real good numbers. I think it actually makes pitching to the team more difficult, when you face a variety of hitting approaches in a given line-up. Devers can hit taters on pitches outside the strike zone, and that is always a challenge for pitchers, especially the great ones, as they are masters at getting batters to swing at balls outside the K zone. Most miss them and walk back to the bench, including very disciplined batters. I also think we need to cut him some slack on using the words "lack of discipline." While the phrase does not mean no discipline, the context is often that the guy will swing at anything and everything, which normally translates to very few walks. That is far from the case with Devers. You can't walk as much as he does and fully lack plate discipline. He has a .346 OBP and is currently leading the league in Walks. He has a .353 OBP from age 22 onwards and .356 from 25 to today. As most MLB players are having lower and lower OBPs, Devers has been slowly improving. (.359 from 2024-2025.) Since 2022, top BB% on Sox (800+ PAs) 13.7 Casas 10.1 Devers 7.1 Story 7.0 Verdugo 6.8 Duran 6.1 Yoshida 5.9 Wong 500-799 PAs 10.3 Abreu 10.2 Refsnyder 9.0 Bogey 8.7 JD 8.1 Turner 7.7 Kike 4.0 Arroyo 3.4 Rafaela I'll take the Devers O numbers 24/7/365.

Not sure what this has to do with calling people liars, when they may have fully meant what they said. I agree. It should have been Cora, and he speaks Spanish. More bumbling and stumbling or just plain stupidity on how they handle delicate situations. No argument fro me on that.

Gotta start wondering, is Dobbins for real? Has he reached the point where he is no longer the first guy starter down? I'm starting to think Yes on 1 and am at Yes on two, already.

He has over his last few games.

Playing the worst defense at your position is not being a good teammate, either... LOL.

Big hit (edit: out), by "Forevers!"

I liked the idea more than Devers to 1B, even before this fiasco. Devers to 1B makes way for Refsnyder to play DH, instead of RF vs LHPs. I guess Yoshida might evnetually fill the role vs RHPs, but who does, now? Campbell at 1B makes way for Mayer. Looks like a no brainer for 2025. (THis from a guy who has been saying Devers to 1B for many years.)

He played in about 130 games in his first 3 farm seasons. He's 20.

Some nice D by the Sox, tonight.

Indeed. MLB.com just predicted the A's to win the ALW, so anybody and everybody has a shot in May.

Asking Red to define a word... GOOD ONE! LMAO!

It's not "phrasing" anything. I'm defining what "lie" means to those who may not know. The only other meaning is to rest in a horizontal position. Is that the meaning you intended?

Cespedes (#15) and Nunez (#41) have a chance to jump in the rankings, this year.

It's not a lie, unless the statement was purposely said, knowing it was wrong. Maybe, Bloom really planned on playing Devers at 3B for 4, 5, 6 or even more years. I think Brez intended Devers to never pick up a glove, this year, but why not learn from Bloom's boo-boo?

I mean, AGon played RF, when they asked. Come on, guys!

The worst part of the trade would be JH not spending the savings.

Yes, and hopefully his inner circle of friends tell him the bitter truth.

Only the best players can say "I won't" do what you ask me to do. Sad.

Early June is not early May, and waiver pick-ups are shots in the dark that occasionally work out. Deals and signings like Dom Smith, Garrett Cooper and Anthony Rizzo are more like the norm. I do not see BAL trading O'Hearn to us.

Like Ceddanne, this guy is a tremendous defensive player, so maybe his bat need not be all that good to still be a big plus in the bigs, someday.