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  1. notin
    Princeton. Unless you mean which Chris Young. In which case, it’s the former 6’10” LHP. And by former, I mean he’s no longer a LHP. He’s still 6’10” to the best of my knowledge…
  2. notin
    No to Beltran. Do you really think a Beltran/Cora/Bregman reunion is good for baseball? Why not just bring back Marwin Gonzalez too? No to Blackmon. Blackmon is useless outside of Colorado. This has been proven scientifically. You can argue with me, but you can’t argue with science. (I think this applies to Barmes as well, but maybe Barnes can pick up the slack.) No to Brewer. He’s still active and would therefore probably sign himself. And signing Colten Brewer has never worked out for anyone. Im flexible on the rest…
  3. notin
    Well, it’s not like every 4 years is working out. Time to change things up. Or as the saying goes, if you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’ve getting…
  4. notin
    But Chris Young is an Ivy Leaguer!
  5. notin
    Reverse, actually. After retiring, Manny had some cholesterol issues…
  6. notin
    Or Doug Glanville or Mark DeRosa. When folks think Ivy League, UPenn is never on their minds. But those Colonials are Ivy Leaguers!
  7. notin
    How about opening to anyone with the initials CB? We could get Chris Bosio or Carlos Baerga!
  8. notin
    Are we only looking at Yale alums now? Who’s in-line after Lavarnway? Former Astro GM James Click? Or are we pigeon-holed into Ron Darling?
  9. notin
    Stop ruining my Happy Space! Hes just working on pitch recognition!!!
  10. notin
    Who said anything about all season? Im just predicting some Revenge Mashing over a single weekend series. The only thing working against Devers is the games are in SF, and that right field wall is very far, very tall, and very often backed up by incoming breezes that make home runs difficult there…
  11. notin
    I’m hoping Grissom is getting some sort of developmental program, like when they want to work on his pitch recognition so he has instructions like “no swinging at fastballs until you have two strikes.” That would make his overall numbers suffer, but he might get better at hitting breaking stuff. Of course I have no idea if the Sox still do stuff like that with hitters, let alone do it in AAA. But I hope that’s the case, because if Campbell does move to 1b, Grissom is the Sox best option to keep Hamilton on the bench…
  12. notin
    You do make a valid point…
  13. notin
    As long as they never contended. I couldn’t take another Bloom deadline…
  14. notin
    Think Campbell plays 2b or 1b in Worcester? The Sox know they cannot rely on ToRoGo at 1b all season, and dont have an in house candidate except the recently-promoted Blaze Jordan. If they don’t want to keep throwing rookies at the problems and hoping they stick, maybe this demotion was as much about Campbell getting some reps at a new position as it is about his limited offense. Kind of makes some sense when you realize he didn’t get demoted after his .360 OPS for the month of May. But he raised it about 300 points in June and got optioned…
  15. notin
    Sticking with an over/under of 3.5 HRs by Devers…
  16. notin
    Especially when you consider apparently many teams felt Devers was the problem and the Sox were far from unreasonable. https://sports.yahoo.com/article/mlb-rumors-teams-were-appalled-095609428.html I do still get why fans are frustrated and consider this Betts 2.0. It’s not like any of us were going to hang out with Devers and our participation was limited solely to watching him crush hits for Boston. And just like with Betts, that’s gone and not replaced…
  17. notin
    Ive speculated on Story/Murphy trades before and feel they might be a good match. (BTV most definitely does not as it hates Trevor Story.) Assuming I’m right and they are a fair match, then the rest of that deal becomes Wong and an injured Winckowski for 1.5 years of one of the most dangerous right-handed bats in MLB. Absolutely no way Atlanta settles for that. Not even at gunpoint…
  18. notin
    Unless there is another move (Eaton down, Grissom up?), the only 2bs on the roster are Hamilton, Rafaela Toro, and Romy. Since Toro and Romy are handling 3b/1b in a platoon, that really just leaves Hamilton and Rafaela. So, Hamilton. With no platoon unless Coraputs Wong in there. (Wong does have MiLB experience at 2b from way back in his Dodger days.)
  19. notin
    Campbell is struggling but they want him to keep playing. No one cares if Hamilton or Eaton sit on the bench. If Abreu is activated, does this mean Rafaela to 2b?
  20. notin
    Abreu. Yoshida isnt eligible for activation until July 19th-ish…
  21. notin
    Even at 15-20, it’s still impressive to be that high on those lists. And it’s not s off the names above his are so readily available. Except maybe Rooker…
  22. notin
    Devers is a topflight hitter. In the last 3 years, he ranked 15th in wOBA and 20th in wRC+ among qualified hitters, and I was surprised he was that low. And I think it became more of a matter of giving more respect to the ones who finished above him. Who knew Brent Rooker was THAT good?
  23. notin
    I don’t think it was a matter of valuing Casas over Devers. It was a matter of Devers prioritizing his feelings over the needs of the team. When Casas went down, the Sox needed a 1b., and there wasn’t one on the horizon Save a couple AAAA options (one of whom, Toro, has been stellar so far) If Devers moved to first, it becomes easier to fill the DH role. Maybe they activate Yoshida. Maybe they call up Anthony sooner. But neither of those guys is an option for 1b…
  24. notin
    Soto was a rarity - one of the best active hitters reaching free agency at age 25. I think interest was genuine but there were too many wealthy suitors. And reportedly Cohen was NOT going to be overbid. I don’t fault them there. As for Alonso, he only solved problems once Casas got hurt. The Sox still had faith in Triston and weren’t out to replace him. If they were, Devers probably gets asked to play 1b in March…
  25. notin
    Didnt Ben once have to trade Marco Scutaro in order to afford Cody Ross? That’s a level of economic constraint DD didnt have…
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