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  1. notin
    Bregman said he’d play 2b early in free agency, before he signed anywhere. He came to Boston and maybe it was an option, but Devers hasn’t really been ready to field regularly. Playing Bregman at 3b feels like the only option there. Plus if Devers is not ready to field, this left 2b open for a handful of players to take. No one has except maybe Mayer. The Sox have also said they want Yoshida in the OF, but he hasn’t spent much time if any out there this spring…
  2. notin
    I know if the prospects fail, the Sox will be blamed for making the wrong calls on them…
  3. notin
    My point. This is not their first time. Maybe McAdam’s first time, but he’s singing a song we all know by heart here…
  4. notin
    About Lackey being traded for his refusal to play. Yes it can get convoluted…
  5. notin
    And the team sucked and Cherington wasn’t good at trading. You’d have a better argument if Cherington’s Lester/Cespedes trade wasn’t a complete flop. (Relevant Yet Irrelevant Trivia: Jon Lester was traded by Boston for Yoenis Cespedes. Which current member of the Red Sox was Cespedes once traded for?)
  6. notin
    Really? They also traded Lester that same week. Certainly he wasn’t threatening by retirement too. The Lackey thing was made up by Masarotti. The week before, Ken Rosenthal (who never talked to Lackey) put in his Sporting News column that Lackey’s only leverage was to retire, but ultimately he felt Lackey and the Sox would agree on a two year extension. Then Massarotti states in his article “According to Ken Rosenthal, Lackey has threatened to retire rather than play for league minimum.” Huh? Not what Rosenthal said. Also, Lackey did play for the league minimum that year for St. Louis. The Sox traded him because Cherington was bad at midseason trades. As for Devers, this whole thing has been a nothing story. “Devers thought about asking for a trade but didn’t”. Is that really our new controversial headline?
  7. notin
    He normally does. And normally he is defensible. Simple question - do you think Lackey threatened to retire rather than honoring his year at minimum wage?
  8. notin
    But is he? We’re seeing articles about how he feels written by guys who don’t even talk to him. Did Devers get mad when he was told about Bregman? Maybe. Did anything else happen as a result? Doesn’t appear so…
  9. notin
    I already did that!!
  10. notin
    They didn’t like those paychecks in Euros, however…
  11. notin
    Ok normally I agree but it’s hard to defend McAdam here. The article, right down to the headline, was clearly written not to inform but to collect web hits. Especially after reading the article. The article is what was Devers was CONSIDERING, not doing. It says he never asked for a trade. So exactly how far did this consideration go? Did he tell ANYONE? Clearly not Boston. Why didn’t he go through with this? It’s purely useless information. Might as well have an article about how Devers can’t decide between Coke and Pepsi. And not tell us who he chose. And still - even you have gone on to decide on assigning blame. For what? Is this entire episode really worth the coverage it’s gotten? Before we go defending the media’s role in these scandals and pretending their job isnt to imply nuance to create controversy out of noting, I have two words for you. Chicken. Beer.
  12. notin
    Before motorcycles, pitchers would just throw the ball as hard as they could, and then they’d go get it and throw it again and go get it. They would keep repeating this process for an hour. Then someone would see how many miles away they were…
  13. notin
    Exactly. What headline gathers more readers? ”Devers accepts new position, moves on.” or ”Devers claims third base is his, will fight all interlopers to the death!!”?
  14. notin
    I think he has bigger concerns than media missteps. His job is to play baseball and hit very hard. If he chooses to focus on getting ready and being pain-free so he can do his job, I have absolutely no issues with that…
  15. notin
    Someone has to bat ninth. And hey, when you’re just looking for a short term injury replacement, getting a guy who can field his position (and throw) might work for a stopgap. Plus, per StatCast, Eaton runs faster than David Hamilton and throws almost as hard as Aroldis Chapman. We got nowhere for that skill set?
  16. notin
    Yoshida/Refsnyder in LF?
  17. notin
    Only if Hamilton/Romy wins the 2b job over Campbell, Mayer and Grissom. He is helped by being on the 40 man but hurt by a lack of outfield experience…
  18. notin
    We all know you’re retiring in Fort Myers, bringing nothing with you but your stopwatch and trusty radar gun…
  19. notin
    I think they had a better idea of whether or not those pitchers would step up than you’re giving them credit for…
  20. notin
    Still better than Kevin Slowey or Grant Balfour…
  21. notin
    So what if the Sox kept Sale and didn’t sign Giolito or make other moves for the rotation? Without the benefit of hindsight, would that have been a better plan?
  22. notin
    Calling the deal “ill-advised” was based on hindsight. There’s a big difference between an ill-advised trade and one that didn’t work out. Would the Sale trade have been ill-advised if Sale had torn a ligament in his elbow last spring training?
  23. notin
    Campbell and Mayer are not options yet, which leaves Grissom third on your depth chart behind a platoon and …. leaving a gaping hole on the right side of the infield?!? The first two are not on the 40 man roster, and the one banging his way doesn’t play 2b, and the one who does play 2b isnt banging his way on to the roster. Hamilton and Romy are last year’s story. Campbell isnt likely. That really just leaves Marcelo Mayer or the 2021 version of Marcelo Mayer based catapulted through the Braves farm system aka Vaughn Grissom…
  24. notin
    What a stupid article. Clearly the assignment was “Jackson, post something about the Red Sox by Thursday. And nothing about Devers. Make it something new.l Essentially it boils down to “The Red Sox were stupid and impatient for giving up on Sale after 4 years of no production that was preceded by his worst season ever. But they should learn a valuable lesson from that impatience and give up on Grissom NOW because he has had over 100 PA with the big club and didn’t set the world on fire and now there’s a ‘roster crunch’ among the utility infielders, all of whom have options.” A roster crunch? Like the Sox have Paul Molitor and Ryne Sandberg battling it out for second base.
  25. notin
    Fulmer has had TJ twice already. Maybe he’s best left in the bullpen…
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