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You know what I really don’t see with Devers? The joy he had when he first came up. He was always smiling. We haven’t seen that the past few years.
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I’m coming around to that opinion. I don’t see him as the kind of guy that would do what Story did last season, doing everything he could to get back on the field in September to help the team in the playoff chase.
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It’s not the hands on that type of play; it’s the ability to ignore the runner bearing in on you and not short arm the ball, and that only comes with time. I agree that Devers could be a pretty good 1B if he wants to put in the work. But does he?
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Mahle came into tonight with an ERA of 1.19; he’s doing something right this year. I read an article the other day about how the 2018 club showed up at the park expecting to win. They didn’t know how, but they knew they would. This club seems to show up expecting to lose. They don’t know how …
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Yeah, that’s probably it. It’s the kind of play that points to why you just don’t throw a guy over there. An experienced guy probably comes up with that. As poor a Casas was, he saved several throwing errors this year.
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It was a bad throw, but I’d still like to know how the runner at first was safe.
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MLB will never admit it, but Angel essentially was fired last May. There was an ump who was fired for gambling; might have been last year. I recall a couple guys fired back in the 60s, supposedly for performance but they were also involved in the trying to organize the umpire’s union.
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Cmon, as an umpire, he’s doing the absolute best job of his career right now.
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The rectangle is fine on the sides; up and down it’s worthless. NESNs is the same size vertically for Judge and Altuve.
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He does a passable job on the bases (not great, but he’s not awful). He’s horrible behind the plate. So in that regard, he’s better than Angel Hernandez was (who sucked at all aspects of umpiring). But then, my one year old grandson might be better than old Angel.
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Sounds like a post designed to up his clicks. He may be closer to the team than any of us, but I have have doubts he “knows”.
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Hey, let’s put a moratorium on complaints about the strike zone tonight. It’s CB Bucknor, it’s going to suck.
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Maybe because he just pitched Sunday? I know he only went 5 innings, but still … Pretty sure you’ll see him in KC on Friday. If they run through all 5 starters, with the off day, it will be Saturday
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Because their number one goal is to piss talksox posters off. You do realize they are all of 2 games out of first place, right?
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Uh huh. I’m trying to refrain from laughing at the internet tough guy routine.
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That’s your opinion. Question, would you say that to his face? Everyone here thinks they are smarter than every manager. He’s not the best in the league, he’s not the worst. I know I don’t want that job.
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Don’t see that happening. Bobby’s best bet was a fresh start somewhere else and he failed at that as well.
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Devers has an even larger and longer one. I’d rather leave Campbell at second.
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Millar not mincing a lot of words on his view of this. Said a lot of words, but all to the point.
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He came out because he threw a ton of pitches and a lot of them were high stress pitches (meaning lots of pitches with men on). I also don’t discount the shot off his nose affecting him in the 5th (I don’t know that it did, but it may have; it certainly was his worst control inning).
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No, but once again, without his best stuff (which even great pitchers have happen a few times a year), Crochet gave the team a good chance at the win. It’s what good pitchers do.
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This makes absolutely no sense. WTF are you trying to say?
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Which I said, he was a decent first sacker. He sucked as a 3rd baseman.
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A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part II
illinoisredsox replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Almost certainly the answer. 40 man must be full when anyone goes on the 60 Day. -
You don’t just shove a guy into a position he’s never played before. First base may be the easiest position to play, but there are still techniques and plays that need to be learned. Throwing anyone in there with zero notice is detrimental to the team, and that is is something a manager needs to avoid. I remember when a need arose at 3B many years ago. Yaz (a great LF and a decent 1B) volunteered to man the position. It was an utter disaster. Should Rafi start taking some infields and working with the coaches on footwork, etc? Probably. In a game less than 24 hours after the injury? No.
