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  1. Answer to what? Dalbec should consider switching to pitching at this point. Being DFAd by one of the worst teams in MLB history is not good resume fodder…
  2. I suppose it is possible that Devers was asked and expressed no interest in moving to 1b. So Cora decided to publicly take the blame. That’s one thing. But if Cora himself is making this call, it’s beyond highly questionable…
  3. Will the trade market in early May have better options than Abraham Toro? Right now the best options via trade appear to be Rowdy Tellez, Josh Bell, and LaMonte Wade Jr. The Sox might have to tough out the Toro/Gonzalez plan until mid/late July. Which begs the painfully obvious question - why is Cora averse to putting Devers back in the field? It’s kind of the obvious solution here…
  4. Trade Wilyer Abreu for Tyler Soderstrom. The Athletics have former C/1b/DH Tyler Soderstrom miscast in LF, because Shea Langeliers, Nick Kurtz, and Brent Rooker have taken over the other 3 roles respectively…
  5. They should add Grandal. Sabol couldn’t catch COVID if he licked every door knob in 2020…
  6. Even Sox pitching legend Dom Smith and former All Star Garrett Cooper were part timers…
  7. Better move him to the 15 day IL stat!
  8. Grissom is RHH as well. Why bother platooning? Grandal is at least a switch hitter, albeit one who best part of his game is his glove. Why not Devers at 1b and activate Yoshidato DH?
  9. Maybe Toro is just here to buy time for Devers to get up to speed at 1b?
  10. Dont they have to add Toro?
  11. If it’s a platoon, why would the RHH Romy Gonzalez face RHP? Toro is a switch hitter…
  12. Trade for what? Its still amazing to me how many fans think a player isn’t good enough to start, but is good enough to be a useful trade piece…
  13. Ignoring practical applications and keeping it hypothetical with ONE choice…
  14. Yes. If you believe spending = winning, then it’s not justifiable to the sport to allow unequal levels of spending that can ruin competition. What do you prefer in a front office? The ability to assess talent and recognize underutilized players around the league in order keep a semi-constant pipeline of players coming to Fenway as needed, whether they’re prospects or free agents? Or the ability to negotiate better TV deals and find new revenue streams?
  15. Grandal has played 1b. He doesn’t hit like he used to and defense at catcher is still his best skill. I like Campbell (1b), Story (2b), Mayer (SS). But I can see why they don’t do it, too. Devers to 1b makes sense too but won’t happen. I also agree with Dave Cameron; there’s no such thing as a “natural position.”
  16. Neither Bregman nor Campbell have ever played 1b. Of the two, the 6’3” Campbell makes more sense than the 5’10” Bregman. Campbell’s 44 innings at 3b don’t even register in comparison to Bregman…
  17. The certainty of their $2 billion dollar Fox TV deal certainly helped…
  18. First of all, not the point. (But it is a union business.) Second, changing positions in MLB is extremely common. I would doubt every single player who changes was ordered to do so. (Wasn’t Story approached about 2b? Or A-Rod when he went to third?)) And certainly players have refused without derailing their team. Some have, with Mike Trout being a notable example. But giving them the option first isn’t always so bad. Heck some might think it’s not really an option, but at least appreciate they were approached about it…
  19. Why is it comparable to an asylum? Are there even asylums any more? I mean, there are plenty of employee-owned businesses out there that do just fine. Not to mention Union shops where employees have a say. What is this obsession with comparing management concern to the practically defunct concept of an asylum?
  20. As Casas enters the AL Comeback Player of the Week argument…
  21. MLB does allow it. Justin Turner with Boston, for example…
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