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  1. moonslav59
    I don't know why. Maybe he liked BOS more. Maybe he thinks he could get $40M in 2025, even with much differed plus $171M/5 after this year.
  2. moonslav59
    Raffy is hurt. He will almost certainly start the season at DH.
  3. moonslav59
    Talking to the strawman, again, I see.
  4. moonslav59
    Story was okay with moving to 2B for Bogey. I'm not sure about for Mayer. I think we start the season with Story at SS and a DHam-Romy platoon at 2B. All the kids start in AAA, unless Abreu is on the IL, then Anthony might make the 26. Even teh, we may go with an OF of Yoshida-Ref in the shorter corner OF slot, Duran in CF and Rafaela in the larger corner OF slot, until Abreu is ready.
  5. moonslav59
    It's pretty nice to have Arias, Cespedes and Romero, plus maybe Soto and Ramos behind Mayer and Campbell on the farm depth charts. Not many teams have that luxury.
  6. moonslav59
    If he thinks he can get the same offer Detroit gave him, this coming winter, he may take it. It would then be $171M/5 vs $80M/2 (not $120M/3.) That's a huge difference.
  7. moonslav59
    I can see your point. I'm not sure a few ST'ing games has jumped Mayer ahead of Campbell on the call-up schedule, and that schedule may be tied to performances and health of other players who do make the opening day 26. If Story gets hurt, I'd say mayer has the better chance of being called up, first. If DHam, Grissom or Romy look crappy or get hurt, maybe Campbell has the better chance. An OF injury may cause Anthony to get the earliestcall-up.
  8. moonslav59
    We all know he hasn't made the team, yet. We can still have an opinion that he could hit better than .246 (Rafaela.) If he doesn't, then we were wrong. Based on ML experience, I also think DHam-Romy platoon should be expected to hit better than Rafaela. That may not happen, either. I'd like nothing more than for Rafaela to hit over .750. I would not project that, right now. That's all this is. Speculation.
  9. moonslav59
    You listed what you felt was our strongest line-up. I assumed you had Rafaela in CF. If you did not, then my reply was off base. If you have Rafaela in CF, I do not think that would be the strongest offensive line-up. We could have Yoshida and Ref in LF with Duran in CF. It would be essentially replacing Rafaela in CF with whoever we play at 2B --Campbell or a DHam-Romy platoon- both choices of which I expect would be better on O than Rafaela, but (Red) it's just projections. Even having Bregman at 2B, Devers at 3B, Yoshida at DH and a Ref in LF FT and Duran in CF FT would be better batting than Rafaela in CF FT, IMO.
  10. moonslav59
    That's how I see it, but Campbell may get the call before Mayer. Has Mayer played 2B, this spring? If not, it seems he is just Story's replacement, of maybe they move Story to 2B, if Mayer has forced his way onto the 26. I guess they could pull a Bogey, and give Mayer 10 games at his new position, beforre calling him up.
  11. moonslav59
    Yes, I know. I think we had a Gonsalves a few years back, and I think he meant Justin Gonzales, now.
  12. moonslav59
    That's not the point I addressed. You listed the "strongest offensive line-up." Is it? BTW, I had Campbell and maybe others at 2B, NOT Rafela.
  13. moonslav59
    We had a guy with that name a few years back. He must mean Justin Gonzales (with an "s" not a "z.")
  14. moonslav59
    Is Rafaela a better batter than Campbell or even a DHam-Romy platoon? (2B Campbell or DHam, Romy, 3B Bregman, DH Devers, LF Yoshida/Ref, CF Duran)
  15. moonslav59
    The second base position has been a total mess for 2 years, and the previous 3-4 years were not all that good, either. As bad as the position has hit, we couldn't even use an all glove-no hit guy at 2nd, and the D sucked even worse than the O. DHam and Romy played okay from June to August, and their fWARs were actually very nice, combined, but they look better as bench pieces or as a short term solution to handle an injury or two. I do think just DHam, Romy & Grissom offer more hope than we've seen in 2 years, but that's not enough. The hope was Campbell could win the job, at some point, this year. It still is. I really hope we don't see a lot of Bregman at 2B, despite the fact that he'd be an instant fix to a long-going problem, but we'd still have the issues at 3B, and with the Devers' should squawking, it looks like Bregman will start the year at 3B. We roll the dice again.
  16. moonslav59
    Bregman would like that, too.
  17. moonslav59
    Agree on Hickey. He might be a career AAAA player.
  18. moonslav59
    If he hits real well, just near average defense will be good enough. Even slightly below average defense at 2B would be an improvement over our 5 year defense at 2B. 27th in OAA at -20 (30th '23-'24 at -23) 22nd UZR/150 at -1.1 (23rd '23-'24) 13th DRS at +5 (24th from '23-'23 at -11)
  19. moonslav59
    Yup. I'm sure every player works on their D, at times- some more than others. Sometimes you hear about extra work: sometimes you don't. I do know one thing: Casas does not seem to be benefiting from it. (IMO, of course.)
  20. moonslav59
    I have a thick book with all my concert ticket stubs glued to pages. I used to go to 8-10 a year, but now maybe 3-5. I usually go to 2 Sox games at Houston and try to go to one Fenway game a year, but missed last year and 3 years ago.
  21. moonslav59
    Gotta like Crochet's outing.
  22. moonslav59
    I agree, and although I'm not scouring the net to find articles about how he's been working on his defense over any past winter or summer, I don't recall a single thing about him doing so.
  23. moonslav59
    I have not seen enough to have an opinion. sosprospects.com has this... Looks most comfortable at second base, where he played in college. At short and third, shows solid athleticism and range, but is a little unorthodox with his movements Potential average defensive profile with the versatility to adequately play at least three positions. Arm: Average arm. Passable on the left side of the infield, but best suited for second base.
  24. moonslav59
    Yup. Even with DHam and Romy finishing out the season taking most of the work, 2B was still not really a plus. DHam's fWAR was nice and Romy killed LHPs, but we have to do better. My point was they were better than what we had earlier in the year and better than most of those in the previous 5 years, save Story, Kike and maybe Rafaela in his limited time at 2B. As depth, Campbell, DHam, Romy and maybe Grissom look better than we had, last year. The question is, who starts. and can they at least be as good as DHam-Romy were after June 1st, 2024? I think 2B looks better on paper than last year, especially if Bregman plays some, there, but paper means little to you. Projections mean little to you. I guess you'd be just as okay with reyes and EVadlez coming back, since on paper is of little or no use.
  25. moonslav59
    From what I remember hearing, shoulder surgery was not an option, but I feel the same way. WTH?
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