moonslav59

That will never come close to aa FT job for Campbell, unless he plays CF 8 out of 10 games.

He was once ranked 7th by soxprospects.com, so he had some high hopes when first joining the system. Being the 24th pick in a draft will do that, despite getting and under slot bonus..

Maybe CF, and keep Anthony in AAA? Hmmm....

Wink looked good, today: 3.1, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 4K, but Woo lost 6-0. (Anthony 2-3 w BB.) POR won 6-5 in 10. Sandline & Early each went 5 IP: Sandlin: 5H, 3ER, 0BB, 9K/ Early: 3H, 1ER, 2BB, 8K GRE lost 6-0, too. Carlson got lit up, while Clarke let up 2 ER in 2.1 IP. SAL lost 4-3. Asencio hit his 3rd dinger.

Unlike many, I think there is a lot of room between Good and Bad. Saying someone is not being good does imply they are being bad or doing badly as a teammate at certain times, but does mean the person is a bad teammate. People do bad things but are not bad people. Also, when someone is the worst defensive, I would not say the guy is being a good teammate, at least in those moments of suckiness. And, they guy says something like, "I think I'm pretty good on D." Now, I will say: "LOL"

The thing I don't like about that idea is that Story is probably still a better defensive SS than Mayer and certainly a better 2Bman than Campbell. Campbell's height might make him a better 1Bman than Story, so it's not the moves based on better D. Mayer SS, Story 2B, Campbell 1B might be best. Story SS< Mayer 2B, Campbell 1B might be second best of the 3 chocies at who plays 1B. (I don't see Mayer at 1B as an option.)

Moving Devers to 1B or DH makes him and the team better. Yes, refusing to go along with making the team better is the issue. I'm never one to trust translators, so I'm not sure exactly what Devers said or meant in his heart, but this sounded worse than the move to DH event. He may very well end up at 1B and eventually, maybe even like it. I've felt Devers could be a decent 1Bman for many years, but it seems like the gods have been against the idea for just as long a time.

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.