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Duran played CF, when Rafaela played SS and a handful of times, otherwise. Why would Rafaela in RF be such a big change? Clearly Rafaela can play RF better than Duran, due to arm strength. If you think Abreu will just play RF FT, even vs LHPs, that is an idea and opinion. If he doesn't, as I suggest he shouldn't, then who does? If you think it should be Ref at Fenway, I think you are wrong. If Cora keeps Duran in LF just for continuity, I think he'd be wrong. He may do that. I'm not making predictions: I'm giving my opinion and saying why I think my opinion id better. I'm fine with others disagreeing, but saying because it's what Cora does, when he doesn't is not a valid reason. -
We lost O'Neall. That is what changed. We may not need Rafaela at SS, so that may change. (He is now an option at other positions, besides just SS and CF. He did play some 2B, too.) It's not me saying we need to fill O'Neill's shoes: it is a fact. We saw how Cora did that, last year, and it was rarely by using Ref in RF at Fenway. Who fills that role is the question, and you keep saying it won't be RAF, like you know. Are you saying Cora will change what he did, last year and play Ref in RF vs LHPs? It's fine to have an opinion, but we have ours, too. Only you pretend to know it as a fact. So, who plays RF at Fenway vs LHPs? Whoever you say, will be something Cora rarely did, last year, so it's an opinion.
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MLBTR reports that the SDP might look into Pivetta, if they trade Cease. DET is still in on Bregman, despite the Flaherty signing. No rumors on Sox "interest" on anybody.
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He keeps saying Cora is not going to change things around, but if Cora does what he always does, he will flip people all over the place to get a better line-up and defensive alignment. He rarely played Ref in Fenway's RF, so if he does not change his MO, then Ref will hardly play Fenway's RF, again in 2025.
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Are you counting 2018 as Devers first full season?
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He might get 3-4 years, but at a less AAV. Flaherty got $35M/2 ($17.5M AAV) Maybe Pivetta gets $47-49M/3 or $58-60M/4.
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Article: Making the Hall of Fame Case for Luis Tiant
moonslav59 replied to Daniel Fox's topic in Talk Sox Front Page News
Opening up the can of worms for injury-shortened careers is problematic, but to me, Tiant was a great pitcher for many years. I'm tight-fisted, when it comes to the HOF. I see more undeserving players in it than deserings ones out of it. It's easy to compare some players to the worst ones in the Hall, and that makes sense, but I don't like to do that. -
Rafaela in RF would be way better than Ref. Ref vs Romy is another question. Duran in CF is no slouch. Anyone who thinks Duran LF, Rafaela CF and Ref in RF at Fenway is a better defensive alignment than Ref-Duran-RAF is in La-La Land. Rafaela hardly played RF, last year, because he wasn't needed there as much as he was at SS and CF. We had O'Neal and Abreu for RF for over 110 games. The other 50 saw a mix of Ref and Abreu, with Abreu starting vs some LHPs, when Ref was in LF or DH'ing.
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Cora could have played O'Neal in LF and Ref in RF at Fenway, but as far as I can see, he never did. Most of ref's starts in RF at Fenway was during the time Abreu was ou injured. It was obvious, Cora tried hard to avoid Ref in Fenway's RF. I doubt that changes, but he may end up there a handful of games, again.
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Yes, you further strengthened our position. Cora will move a player like Rafaela to SS, if needed. Now, he is needed in RF vs LHPs. Thanks.
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Crochet is the top priority, for obvious reasons, but we can do three things at once, and maybe Anthony or Campbell say yes, first.
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They are a couple of super-duper wild cards. They could step in and hit the ground running, or take a while to adjust. Maybe one or both never amount to much, but these two show a lot of potential. It's been a half century since Lynn and Rice. Mayer might be top 10 or 15, if he could stay healthy.
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Agreed, and maybe all of them will be announced after opening day or the first game played by rookies. Since we are not really close to the tax line, maybe the Crochet extension can and should be made to start in 2025, if it would bring down the overall AAV for future tight budgets. (Yeah, right.)
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Abreu should not start vs LHPs.
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Losing Devers would end the season, IMO. We might as well trade all one year contracts for the most we can get.
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Well, Anthony and Campbell are controlled beyond 2028, but they are younger. I get it. I can see the no on Crawford and Slaten, unless they take a good deal.
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I meant to add more to the Castillo trade and or pay down some of Story's contract. My bad.
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Exactly. The only change is that with no O'Neill, we use Rafaela in RF, instead. There is not reason to think Cora will choose Ref. BTW, O'nell started 56 gms in LF and 34 in RF, so there is more evidence that Cora does not mind shifting players to different corner OF slots, based on park and who else is playing or platooning with Abreu. O'neal also swapped corner OF slots within 28 different games. Abreu started just 6 games vs a LH'd SP and 104 vs a RHP.
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You keep saying this, but Cora has been doing this, all along. Last year at Fenway, Ref started 21 games in LF, and only 6 in RF, including 4 games in a row, when O'Neill went down AND Abreu was out, too. It's obvious that Cora rightfully avoids playing ref in Fenway's RF. Conversely, in away games, Ref started 14 games in RF (my guess is that these were shorter RF or equal to LF is space.) He started 10 games on the road in LF. Cora is not dumb, and he does not hesitate to move people around, even within a game. He jerked Rafaela between SS and CF, often. He moved DHam from SS to 2B quicker than he did Kike back to CF. Nobody is saying playing Ref in LF at fenway park is asking for some big change from Cora. We are just suggesting he continue doing what he has been doing. Now, the Devers to 1B idea is major and is asking for a major shift in game planning. This Ref idea is NOT!
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Yes. I was thinking that was 2 years ago, but it was last spring. Damn, time flies! One was March 7 (Bello) and the other APR 10 (Rafaela.) I hope we extend Crochet, Campbell and Anthony. Abreu might be worth a shot. How about Houck or Crawford? Slaten?
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On MLBTR chat, someone was shot down for suggesting Yoshida and Story for Luis Castillo, but it got me thinking, what about Story for Castillo and Giolito, Cespedes and Penrod for Arenado and Helsley (plus some cash?) That would force a Mayer call-up or trying Campbell at SS. (I doubt we go with Rafaela/Romy.)
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Flaherty to DET for $35M/2. Do they have enough budget space for Bregman? I'm guessing Bregman to TOR or HOU. (BOS might have moved from 4th to 3rd most likely, but they might have to add a year to get him back w Cora.)
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Where are our extensions? We seem to be going cheap, there too.
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You did not mention Buehler or Sandoval in your "additions." You also did not count Gio and Hendriks, which is somewhat understandable, since theyw ere added, last winter.
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It seems logical to weigh what was added vs what was subtracted. To me, the NYY lost more than they added. We added more than we lost. The spending is another issue, and yes, we all seem in agreement on that. We could and should spend more. I know every team has players returning from injury, but I view players who never played for the Sox in 2024 as "additions," so I count Hendriks and Giolito as additions. The pen additions vs subtractions favors the Yanks (Holmes, Kahlne & Trivino for D Williams) vs BOS (Jansen, Martin, Anderson and others for Hendriks, Chapman & Wilson,) but I don't see it as a massive differential. The Yanks added Fried and lost Cortes. We added Crochet, Buehler, Giolito and Sandoval and lost Pivetta) We lost O'Neill and gained nothing on O. The Yanks lost more than they gained, here. This has to be a given.
