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Some Farm OPS: Woo .987 Rosier .963 Anthony .909 Toro .845 Eaton .844 Mayer .837 Grissom (.879 Grandal is small sample size) POR .930 Jh Garcia .925 Romero .897 Liendo .869 T Miller GRE .860 Alcantara .830 Bleis .807 A Lugo .800 Ehrhard .777 Taylor, .762 Y Rod SAL .927 A Anderson .804 Arias (in GRE, no) .781 Encarnacion, .776 Asencio OPS Against w 13+ IP .234 Clarke A-/A+ .439 Burdi AAA .445 McShane A- .463 Early AA .481 Mills AAA .489 Drohan AAA & BRooks A- .499 Cohen A- .526 Mullins A+ .550 Stock AAA .583 Sansone A- .636 Uberstine AA .640 Van Belle AAA .645 Ingrassia A+ .662 Carlson A+ .673 Aita A- .703 Sandlin AA

Considering how Devers seemed to be saying he disliked not being out of the field, I would think he'd be agreeable to playing 1B over DH. He must realize he's not playing 3B, anymore for the Sox, even if Bregman bolts after 2025. Mayer is ML ready. Devers knows this. I don't want to presume I know what a plyer feels or wants: I often criticize other posters for doing that, but I think he would likely say yes to 1B, just maybe not now or mid season 2025. Maybe, Sox brass does not want to "stir the beast" after what happened, this past winter, but I'd think it has to be something they have thought of. To me, Casas still has a lot of slack on his "leash," so there is no big hurry, but if one option would be to have Devers play or share time at 1B, once the leash is as tight as it gets, then he needs to start practicing at 1B, pronto. We could end up with some sort of DH/1B share, where Devers and Casas share 1B and DH about 50-50, at least until we find out if Devers is better on D or not, or give Yoshida his shot at DH (maybe Refsnyder v LHPs) and go with Devers at 1B, near FT. DH: Yoshida v R/ Refsnyder v L 1B: Devers LF: Anthony CF: Duran (Rafaela as late inning D w Duran moving to LF) RF: Abreu v R/ Rafaela v L

My guess is, we will wait until winter to make a deal to clear things up, some. We could do something at the deadline, but I seriously doubt we trade a big name like Anthony, Mayer or even Story. Perhaps we deal Rafaela or Abreu, or some minor deal like Refsnyder, Grissom, DHam or lesser names and prospects. We aren't getting any prize trading Refsnyder and Grissom or DHam. Over the winter, I was often told I expected too much in return for Abreu, but I'm not sure that is true, now. I doubt Rafaela brings back a significant return, unless we include a good second tier prospect or a decent pitcher. The likely big trade, IMO, would involve us biting the bullet and choosing to trade Story (with cash) or Mayer and just praying for health. We'd be relying on Rafaela as SS depth until Romero/Arias are ML ready (1.5 to 2 years?) I'm not "for trading" Mayer. I'd rather make a trade like Story, cash and Mullins for Sean Murphy, but I'm not sure how realistic that is. I'm a big Areu fan, but I'm not sure he can ever move beyond being a really good platoon batter with GG defense in a tough RF. That does have great value, and I'd be fine using Rafaela as his platoon partner, once Refsnyder retires and going with Duran in CF and Anthony as the FT LF'er. I'd also be fine with moving Campbell to CF with Duran in LF and Anthony in RF. The RF d would be worse, as would CF D, but we'd have Rafaela as the 4th OF'er and would have something nice to show for the traded Abreu. A slot would be opened up for Mayer, so maybe we'd be a much better team... maybe.

LOL. Your point was "Right now," [He can't hit.} Okay, his 3 game recent sample size supports your claim. My 6 gamer doesn't. I was poking fun at the small and selected sample size positions many of us often use.

I'm not sure Campbell can even play 1B. Can you answer my Q about the downside(s) of Campbell at 3B? I honestly do not know. (Arm?)

They did leave 1B depth pretty barren, but I do think picking up a decent journeyman 1B in May or June might be the easiest position to fill. I think they expected Casas to be ready by May or June, but he got hurt. All-in-all the pre-season plan was not god-awful: they were just slow to react, once they knew Casas was a no go. We all knew Dalbec was a question mark, and his super high K rate is almost always a sign of trouble ahead. That being said, they did have some reason to be optimistic that 1B would not be a major problem. Over Bobby Dee's first 156 gamea (545 PAs,) he hit .243 33 94 with 29 DBL+TRPL. The .308 OBP was not good, but later one, we'd have been thrilled with just that. His .511 OPS looked very promising for a young players first 545 PAs. His OPS was .819 (114 OPS+)

That does look nice. I'm liking someone almost every night, except no game Mondays. AAA has Dobbins, Drohan and Criswell (Stock, Wink and maybe Fitts, at some point.) AA: Early, Monegro, Mullins & Sandlin (Bolden, Wehunt, Uberstine) A+: Clarke, Valera, Tolle, Dean & Rogers (Rivera) A-: Aita, Ehrlicher, Hansen (Sprague) FCL: Cason, Reyes, Fajardo

Thanks for doing this.

What would be the main issue with Campbell at 3B. other than Bregman plays there? 1B: Bregma 2B: Story SS: Mayer 3B: Campbell We should have traded Casas for Castillo & Cash or Woo.

You mean demote the guy with a 1.069 OPS over the last six games? (See: I can use tny sample size, too.)

A pouting Story would be too funny to contemplate.

If Anthony is also called up, it makes Campbell in CF less of an option, and now "rotating" Mayer around the infield is very problematic. Someone would have to go (via trade or IL) to make room for both top prospects, and that's not even bringing up Yoshida. 13 Everyday players C: Narvaez/Wong 1B: Casas (Romy) 2B: Campbell, Mayer (DHam) SS: Story, Mayer 3B: Bregman, Mayer LF: Anthony, Duran CF: Duran, Rafaela, RF: Abreu, Refsnyder, Anthony DH: Devers Without Romy and DHam, there is room for 13, but how do the top 3 prospects play 75-80% or more of the time, and if so, at whose expense? The obvious players losing playing time would be Rafaela & Refsnyder (UGH!) but what infielder? None of these guys can play 1B, except Casas.

This totally blows up a few posters' narratives.

I have, before. When it's late in a season and we are down 1-2 games in the WC race, I think of the many winnable games we let slip away, and sometime a single game or two stick out.

Kristian Campbell He's already shown he belongs in the bigs.Roman Anthony Overdue for the big call.Marcelo Mayer Currently blocked.Franklin Arias He's got the D, already, and has looked good on O.Yoeilin Cespedes Been my sleeper prospect for a while.Luis Perales Needs healthBrandon Clarke Small sample size, I know...Jhostynxon Garcia Always liked this guy- maybe too much.Richard Fitts Looks better than I expected.Yophery Rodriguez Liking the trade.Connelly Early This could be the year he opens eyes.David Sandlin Hope to see him in AAA, soon.Mikey Romero Finally fulfilling the early promises.Justin Gonzales Let's see how he does when promoted.Hunter Dobbins Looked pretty good in the bigs.Johanfran Garcia Coming back from a long off.Payton Tolle Has some tools.Dorian Soto Pure speculation.Juan Valera Looking human, lately.Dalvinson Reyes Not sure why I like him this much.

Agreed, but asking first is not a bad idea.

Chokin' on a Hairball!

This is the kind of loss you look back at, later in the season.

I was surprised he came out in the 6th.

Woo outhit Toledo 8-4 but lost 2-1. Wink did okay, but not much else to report. POR is up 3-1 after winning game one 3-2. Romero and Jh Garcia are getting things done, today. GRE is down 6-5, late, but not because of Clarke: 4.2 1H 0ER 0BB 7K SAL up 4-3, late, as Cohen has pitched a gem in relied: 5.1 IP, 1H, 0ER, 1BB, 3K. de Lon homered.

I'm not expecting Gio to keep this up, all year, but it is very nice to see his first Sox outing look like this!

Maybe, if they were asking with the idea that they will play him there, no matter what he answers, I see your point, but it does seem like the best way to approach the situation, after what happened with the DH move. It is likely better than them coming up to him, one day, and saying, here is a 1Bman's mitt: we want you to go out and show us what you can do in practice at 1B. You think that sits better with him (and the team?)

Devers just hit the .800 mark as April comes to a close. No, I'm not "giddy" or about to say "I told you so," because I had no idea how long his troubles would continue. I did think his hard hit% being so high was a clue that maybe we were too hung up on the low BA and OPS. I hope he's "BACK" for good or "forevers!"

Monegro went 3.2 IP allowing 5H, 1ER, 0BB and 7Ks in the 3-2 loss by POR. Romero had 2 of the team's 3 hitsn(.944,) while Jh Garcia has one w a BB (.907.)

Maybe, we should trade for this guy...