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  1. 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?
  2. notin
    Abreu. Yoshida isnt eligible for activation until July 19th-ish…
  3. 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…
  4. 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?
  5. 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…
  6. 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…
  7. 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…
  8. notin
    There were 3 people who opposed it from the start. Counting you. But Sale was 35 years old - same as as Price - and coming off four missed seasons. Plenty of Hall of Fame caliber pitchers have been in that position before and none have bounced back like Sale did. I can’t pretend I saw that coming and I don’t blame Breslow for not seeing it either…
  9. notin
    Mostly because this laundry list of questionable moves and hypotheses isnt related to actual strategy. I mean, are there really questions about why Sale was traded? I mean questions with foundations unrelated to hindsight…
  10. notin
    He was also given more financial leeway than the others, and might be getting judged on different criteria. Bloom is credited with a bust for Story, who certainly came to Boston on the heels of a successful career before being derailed by injuries. . Is Dombrowski’s signing of Price really any better? It’s basically the same narrative…
  11. notin
    None of which adds credibility to a SSS argument. The Yankees activated Giancarlo Stanton 3 games ago and have only scored two runs since. Is this statistical proof that adding slugging former MVPs can drag down your lineup? After all, they scored more than that in the previous 3 games…
  12. notin
    Or fifty Jim Rice’s?
  13. notin
    Huh? They low-balled Lester, reportedly due to concerns about his age. But that whole “dont sign pitchers over 30” philosophy was clearly gone by 2015 when they signed Price…
  14. notin
    When did they say they didn’t want Devers’ contract? They did say his contract came with certain obligations he refused to live up to, but that’s a very different thing altogether…
  15. notin
    They did at least abandoned that philosophy relatively quickly, giving the then-largest contract in team history to 31yo David Price. Of course that lead to a whole new arena of mistakes to learn from…
  16. notin
    I didn't say that. I think they do need a hitter quick. Yoshida is a talented hitter, but you don’t replace your Ferrari with a Chevy Equinox without a drop off in performance . Bottom line, offensive hit won’t be proven using a 5 game sample size that includes 2 games Devers played in…
  17. notin
    If you’re going to use stats this way, you take credibility away from other stat-based arguments. And you know that…
  18. notin
    I don’t think it’s fair to accuse Devers of tanking and sulking. He got off to a slow start, but that could easily be attributable to adjusting to his new role, which was effectively being asked to pinch hit 4 times a game every day. I can understand a mental adjustment there…
  19. notin
    Absolutely, AI can do a lot of things, but it cannot yet duplicate the level of indecision and waffling that Bloom brought to the organization…
  20. notin
    So true. Even in his press conference, Devers was fabricating hypothetical scenarios about the Sox potentially asking him to play outfield. Betts established himself as an elite outfielder but still took infield practice even after signing his $360mill deal with LA, When asked why, he said “in case I’m needed there.” He even moved to shortstop so LA could put Jason Heyward -who hasn’t been good in years - into his position. Devers, when needed to play a new position, just whined and took everything as an insult and lived in a world of imagined scenarios..
  21. notin
    Pedroia took four years? He was ROY in 2007 and MVP in 2008!
  22. notin
    Ummmm… no. It might be a good platoon, but don’t go overboard…
  23. notin
    But from Mookie’s point of view, it’s different because he presumably would have accepted bids from Boston. Of course this is all on the assumption that these reports wet accurate…
  24. notin
    Devers is a bit pudgy by pro athlete standards, but let’s not go overboard and classify him as a Type 2 diabetic. Plenty of people with his physique (often scaled down) are perfectly healthy…
  25. notin
    How about straightforward deceitful flattery? ”Raffy, we’ve noticed that while you move to your left acceptably, but your lateral movement to your right is AMAZING. We were thinking that in order to capitalize on this exceptional skill of yours, we should move you to the other side of the diamond.”
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