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There are other outcomes. A fielder’s choice where the runner is safe, for example. Happens every day. Errors are more about explaining baserunners runners or runners taking extra bases. They’re not really about fielding. A fielder can misplay two identical grounders, but Hitter A is much faster than Hitter B and beats the throw. So the misplay is only an error because Hitter A can run faster? That’s not a good way to assess fielding…

Agreed. Teams really can’t say anything else, just in case the moves dont pan out…

Toro has been a pleasant surprise so far

Well, the move to 1b was to cover for an injury. Might as well blame Casas for getting hurt…

Really? Doesn’t every team give non-answers like that? Otherwise leaky stories can lead to embarassing and awkward moments. Just ask Kevin Millar…

Of course all errors are not the same. But they are all worth the same when you use fielding percentage. Not sure why you’re blathering on about eye test won a play clearly being described for you, but your eye test needs glasses if it saw Bregman in that play. There are two issues with errors - some guys opinion blah blah blah. But more important, they’re not meant to measure fielding ability; they’re meant to explain baserunners. Using errors and fielding percentage to evaluate a fielder’s defensive skills is like using wild pitches to evaluate a pitcher’s control…

They definitely paid Devers like an All Star 3b, but that doesn’t guarantee he gets to play there forever. At one point, Pablo Sandoval was paid like an All Star 3b, and it didn’t even guarantee him a roster spot…

No, they signed him to play baseball. And they agreed to give him a chance to play third base for two years. I can promise nowhere did that contract mention he would be playing third base, and even Devers knew he could lose it if he wasn’t good enough…

BA also tells you 95% of the league gets a hit between 20% and 30% of their at bats. And the other 5% falls outside that small range. And do these small differences really ever get that big? Or is it just fan perception regarding a hitter?

Gee, putting a promise in an agreed-upon document full of promises. What a novel idea…

And he played third for two full seasons and in the process, lost the job. This isn’t rocket surgery…

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…