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I've always felt Devers could be a decent 1B in a short time and maybe an average to plus one over a longer period. He has quick reflexes and his range at 3B was not horrible. When compared to mostly big lumbering 1Bmen, his range at 1B could be a plus. His major issue was throwing, and that is greatly reduced at 1B. fangraphs has these career numbers at 3B on D: Err -22.8 (74 Fielding Errors vs 66 Throwing Errors- pretty close.) DPR -6.3 RngR +3.4 -
I'm not so sure the upper brass gets involved in minor trades.
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There are also many examples of a player having a massive breakout season, and then doing very well, afterwards, even if never as good again. Also, Duran's 2024 season was great, but his 2023 season was on pace for being pretty close to '24. He had almost exactly half the PAs due in part to an injury, and these are the two seasons with 2023 x 2: 2023: .295 16 80 (72 2B+3B & 48 SBs) .828 OPS 2024: .285 21 75 (62 2B+3B & 34 SBs) .834 OPS It's a 262 game sample size of nearly 1100 PAs with an .832 OPS. I'm not all that worried about a 6 week slow start.
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I'm just thinking about how we've been banging our heads trying to work out a way for Anthony and/or mayer to get a FT position on the ML team without benching a good (Rafaela/Refsnyder) or high-priced player (Story.) The Casas injury opened up a window for one. Anthony could play DH, if Devers played 1B. Mayer could play SS, if Story moved to 2B and Campbell to 1B, of he could just play 2B as Campbell plays 1B. Both ideas cost us nothing- not even a DFA, as we just add Casas to the 60 day IL. Their bats are likely better than Vaughn or Mountcastle, or whatever else might be out there in mid May.
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No complaints on this. Our corner IF defense has been atrocious for as long as Casas/Devers have been the starters. Their bats "make up for it," and that's enough for many fans, and apparently our managers and GM for several years. We knew this when we signed Yoshida, but for some reason, these guys felt Yoshida could play a decent LF in MLB. The plan, all long, should have been to have Devers and Casas share DH/1B duty or to trade Casas and have devers be the FT DH (or 1B, if he proved he could be decent enough there.)
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He might have been a 3rd or 4th OF'er for some bad team.
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Yes. That's what I remembered. There was a reason for keeping Rusney down. There is a reason to keep Yoshida down, too, but not for having him not even play. Has anyone asked Cora or Brez to follow up on their answer that he's "working on building up his arm strength for throwing." Can't he play in a farm game to keep his batting eye sharp and work on the arm during his off time? (Maybe they did answer, but I missed it.)
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We all know Casas was off to a really bad start, and replacing those numbers looked easy, but that is not all there is to it. I'd rather have a healthy casas that Toro, now, because I expected him to turn things around. Maybe he would not have, but I liked his odds more than Toro's. I'd also prefer Casas than Yoshida getting a look at DH with Devers at 1B- not that this might happen.
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I thought his contract would count against the lux tax, if they promoted him. (They since changed the rules.)
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Thanks. I missed your earlier post. No talk about not playing in games.
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He won't/can't trade Devers w/o upper brass buy-in.
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His mama was a bot. (No link available.)
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I read this after I mentioned R Castillo. At least there was an obvious reason to keep RC in AAA.
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Nobody disputes this. It's worse than the Rusney situation, because Rusney was allowed to keep playing. I still wonder why he was never traded to a team who was $50M below the lux tax. This whole situation is bizarre. (Notice how Yoshida is not talking, as far as I know.)
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You perceived wrongly, again. LOL!
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This is befuddling, for sure. At least Rusney got to keep playing, and yes, his case was "roster manipulation." Are they trying to get Yoshida to quit? (Ain't happening.") I can't see how Yoshida is gaining any trade value by not demonstrating he can still hit. Maybe some team would want him as a DH only player, so the arm is not needed. While any trade would involve pennies on the dollar, it makes sense to move on from him. A 60 day IL stint only prolongs the choice. Unless we see Devers as a longer term 1B option, we have our DH for more years than our Yoshida control years. Yoshida is not and should not ever play OF for the Sox as long as we still have Duran, Abreu, Anthony, Campbell, Rafaela and Refsnyder. He's like 6th or 7th on the depth chart, depending on it being a lefty or righty pitcher.
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I always try to answer any and all questions directed to me. Why not just explain how the word "roster manipulation" fits the Yoshida situation. He's on the 40. He's not on the 26. We chose not to 60 day IL him (so far.) It is a mystery why he's not DH'ing on some farm team as he works on building up his arm strength, even if just to add value for a trade, but where is any roster manipulation taking place? Maybe, I'm nit-picking the term, but I don't see how keeping him off any minor league roster, while he has options is accomplishing anything or allowing us to keep someone else or whatever the "manipulation" is gaining us. If you just explain it, I agree. Not answering is what seems obtuse, to me.
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We really cannot afford to have two platoon OF'ers who are awful vs lefties. Carrying one guy like Refsnyder can be very useful, but I can't see having 2 of the 4 bench slots going to short-side platoon OF bats. One is for a catcher and one has to be for an infielder. One hope is that Anthony can continue his good splist vs L's and R's, if and when he is promoted. Rafaela seems equally bad vs L's & R's, so counting him as a "platoon bat" is a bit deceptive. His defense does make up for much, if not all of his lack of O. This looks pretty good, in isolation, but the roster suffers greatly by having 5 OF'ers. LF: Anthony CF: Duran-Rafaela platoon RF: Abreu-Refsnyder platoon Since Campbell can play CF, having 5 OF'ers does not really make sense, especially with Mayer beating down the door for a middle infield shot. Also, Rafaela's ability to play a decent 2B and close to passable SS, does help give Cora some flexibility, if he goes this way. Some tough choices lie ahead.
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They may trade Grissom & Jordan.
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I think everyone has Arias higher than Romero, but he likely needs more time to be ML ready than Romero. The defense of Arias is already ML ready, IMO>
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He has 2 options left, so why not? I won't be surprised if he's put on the IL, tomorrow. Something is not right.
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I have no issues with saying that Yoshida does not fit the roster. Yes, it was poor roster "construction" when we signed him. My point was about the term "roster manipulation." Nobody has explained how that fits this situation. That term implies something like a fantom IL stint to open a roster slot, keeping a prospect off the 40 to gain an extra year and keep a roster slot open for someone you don't want to lose or to keep roster depth. I'm sure there are other examples, but I don't see any that apply here. Yoshida has options. Playing on the big club, AAA club or not playing at all has not affected the 40 man or 26 man roster, so what is this so-called "manipulation." I'm also not sure why the fact that they aren't DH'ing him in AAA while he works on his D is "BS," either, but I won't wait for you to explain. It seems strange and questionable. I just don't see how roster manipulation or BS fits the situation. We could have dealt with the roster construction over the winter, but chose not to do it. Calling that BS could make sense, if that's what you meant.
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A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part II
moonslav59 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
MLB.com Sox injury update: May 18th Romy May 19-21 Buhler June Fitts Mid June Crawford ("at the earliest") June, at the earliest Yoshida Midseason Sandoval After All Star Murphy -
That was the kind of start where you end up reading the pitchers went on the IL, the next day. Man, Houck looks awful.
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A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part II
moonslav59 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I can see being upset, and feeling he was mislead, but the circumstances change, like the often do, and the team needs a change. The leaders felt moving him was the best idea, at the time, and he seems to be balking at the idea. I will say, I'm still a big Devers fan.
