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And that’s where you’re wrong. Their original offer to him was closer Matt Olson’s deal, at which point Devers was told his future was likely at 1b at some point (and they were not planning this move because Devers played third too well). That discussed move to first was why Devers insisted on getting a promise of playing third. He got said promise, but he then went on to play himself off of third. And that’s why Bregman was brought in…

And Jaz Chisholm conveniently forgets that Devers did have the position for two full seasons and didn’t play it well. The Sox held up their end of the deal. How does Devers justify his?

Or: In those 3 games where the Sox starting pitchers gave up 15 first inning runs, what about the fact that the Sox still went 1-2 in those games, with a run differential of 2 runs? That provides no hope?

I’ve been all for giving Story a chance, but I think it’s simply time to bench or DFA him. Play Toro at 1b, Campbell at 2b, Romy at 3b and Mayer at SS full time until injured players start returning and selfish DHs get their heads out of the glutes. Campbell and/or Mayer might struggle as much as Story, but at least they would both be doing so as part of a learning curve as opposed to a decline…

So your defense is “I thought you people were too stupid to understand the right word”? It’s easy to argue it isn’t cronyism, either. Why not just use “favoritism”?

Can minor league coaching? It seems to me the only place to learn to hit MLB pitching is MLB. I mean, if you aced pre-Calc, but next semester started off failing Calculus, your professor won’t send you back to pre-Calc and you learn Calculus there. No, you stay and learn Calculys where the Calculus is. I don’t see it as being about confidence, either. Campbell already mastered AAA pitching and probably has the confidence that he can do so again. But what if he struggles,which is the only possible change? Couldn’t that destroy his confidence? Seems like making a player work to maintain the status quo is the solution many want. We all want Campbell to learn to hit MLB pitching, but some do not want to watch it. The problem is, the two are inseparable. Demotions strike me as primarily being about two things 1. Not losing team control while the player struggles,. Campbell has already signed his extension, so he is immune here. And 2. Not having the struggling rookie bring the team down. The article mentioned Matt Shaw, who had an OPS in the neighborhood of .550 when he got demoted. He was recalled roughly a month later. Was he recalled because he learned to hit MLB pitching in a month? Or was he recalled because the Cubs realized that Jon Berti and Vidal Brujan were not better solutions at 3b?

During last night’s game, Jarren Duran was charged with an error for throwing a ball that struck a sliding Austin Wells from 250 feet away. And with that (clearly on target!) throw, his fielding percentage went down. Just another point against fielding percentage..

Stupid management. What the Hell are they doing by accruing depth?

With the exceptions of Duran and Abreu, these are potential free agents. Duran and Abreu are on the list because someone has to go to clear a path for Roman Anthony…

According to BTV, some equivalent SPs (and not all teams will be interested): For Duran, Hunter Brown, Cristofer Sanchez, George Kirby, Roki Sasaki, Joe Ryan For Abreu: Kris Bubic, Nick Lodolo, Matt Liberatore, Bailey Ober, Ben Brown, Gavin Williams…

Seriously? 1,000 at bats. Is it a big difference then? Talking about 20 hits over two seasons here…

It is true that small differences in WAR really dont mean much, and a 3.0 WAR player really isn’t that much better than a 2.8 WAR player. But this is hardly uncommon in baseball stats. Is a .280 hitter really that much different than a .300 hitter? Because lots of fans act like those numbers are worlds apart…

Also different is playing a position well…

He’s a 2b/PR that can play SS in an emergency. Like if the ballpark is on fire, you can send Hamilton out to play SS…

“Jabronis” are still pitchers capable of making an MLB roster and are therefore still immensely talented…

Probably one of the 25 best amendments…

$5 billion doesn’t buy what it used to…

And we love Aaron Boone getting the same treatment…

PCA is an early candidate for NL MVP. I agree thats too much to expect from Ceddanne…

That Cora kept playing Rafaela and keeps playing Campbell is extremely likely to be a sign he’s always believed in both. Im indifferent on Cora, and think it is getting close to time to fire him. But the logic here is beyond questionable. Let’s start with the fact that not all Latin players are from the same country and dont all get along. Cora, being Puerto Rican, is a US citizen who might not have as much in common with all of the Dominican players as you think…

Are you saying Cora never met Hamilton while coaching at Houston? C’mon! Hamilton was IN TEXAS, and a mere 3 hour drive away! They were practically neighbors!

MSN is less reliable than this board, Ok, maybe equally reliable

Duran in LF, Rafaela in CF, Anthony in RF

Not my idea. Mine was to give Duran one…

That’s only because every July 31st, Bloom would show up at the office in Frank Gorshin’s Riddler costume…