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Agreed. Just means he had the best season…

True. But no move carries any guarantee, except signing a free agent carries a guaranteed cost. If the Sox were to move Devers to 1b and Casas to DH, and it does not work, as long as they have both players, they have the option of undoing it. Want a guarantee? I guarantee if the Sox go with the status quo at the corner infield positions, they will continue to be weak there defensively…

“Impact” doesn’t mean “sole reason”…

More likely a really good pitching prospect. Teams acquiring Duran are probably trying to win. Teams trying to win rarely trade their better starting pitchers. Now you could deal Duran for a collection of good prospects you could then flip for a really good pitcher on a bad/cost-cutting team…

It didn’t? The Sox won a World Series in his last season, then he left and the Sox finished last the next two seasons…

But posting it won’t make the Sox FO sit up and take notice!!!!

Was that said when Sale kept getting hurt? Might be a bad omen…

Of course they we’re aware.. Everyone was aware. Hell, we all knew about it and none of us work for either team. But you said our posts wouldn’t influence the FO. No s***. We know that. Your posts about Sale didn’t either. And neither will the infinite number of posts concerning the Sox need for pitching. No one on this board (hopefully) thinks anyone in the Sox FO comes to Talksox for ideas and feedback. Heck, I bet none of them have ever even heard of this site among the 1,000 or so Red Sox forums scattered around the Internet. We’re not doing service work here. We’re just talking baseball…

But how much did your posting it the Sox front office? After all, that’s what you said we were not doing by discussing Devers to 1b. If I were making a prediction, I’d say the 2025 Sox will have Devers at 3b, Casas at 1b and Yoshida at DH. Probably all true. Definitely all boring forum baseball chat…

Not a guarantee, but plenty of poor fielding 3b have moved to 1b and been adequate. Some have been stellar. There are historical precedents…

Duran is definitely a better trade chip. But that doesn’t mean he’s peaked. And yes, trading Duran now, while certainly defensible, would be a small market move nonetheless. But like any player, Roman Anthony included, Duran should be available “in the right trade”. We do all know that and I think people only say it nowadays to irritate Bellhorn. It’s kind of an obvious add…

True, although MLB likes teams to not try to steal headlines during the postseason. I’d be surprised ifDuran’s agent wasn’t pestering Breslow to start negotiating…

Nothing screams “we’re running a small market team!!” louder than trading a star player with 4 years of control left…

Even if the Sox trade Casas, it hardly guarantees they move Devers to 1b. I am also not so sure the Sox have labeled Casas as the “next logical step” in trade bait. They did try to extend him a year ago for a reason

Devers was signed as a 16yo. Very doubtful the Sox had idea where he’d be playing by the time he reached MLB. And moving to 1b isn’t really a big deal and probably inevitable in Devers’ future. Without checking, I’d bet close to half the starting first basemen were moved there from other positions for defensive reasons, either in the minors or st the MLB level..

Neither is repeatedly posting Chris Sale stats and posting over and over how much the Sox are paying him…

Not every bad throw is an error. You know that…

Of course Cora will do it with others. Arroyo in RF? Gonzalez to SS? Cordero to 1b? Christian Vazquez to 2b? Dalbec to SS? Dalbec to 1b? Schwarber to 1b? If, as you said, Cora makes out the lineup card, then he has clearly shown he is willing to move players around as he sees fit…

The bottom line is extremely difficult to envision a Yoshida trade, especially without knowing how much the Sox are willing to pay, let alone trying to deal Yoshida to fill a void. Even trading Yoshida for deGrom (owner $112mill over 3 years and hurt all the time, and whom Texas has shown they can win without) doesn’t seem likely. Because despite the $60mill savings, Yoshida does little for the Rangers and if they do move deGrom in a dump, they might find a player who fits their roster better. To me, I still think the most likely scenario is the Cardinals. Bloom liked Yoshida at one point, and still might (and might ultimately prove correct). Yoshida could possibly be the DH in St. Louis if they don’t re-sign Goldschmidt and instead move last years DH (Alec Burleson) to 1b, where he did log some time last year. The wrinkle is how much they like the bat of Willson Contreras. Contreras should never again don catching gear; he’s proven that playing the position is dangerous to him, having gotten injured in each of the past two seasons because he sits too close to the plate and been struck by bats. That it’s happened at least twice shows how little he’s learned from it. So he might be their primary DH. And he’s a better hitter than Yoshida (OPS+ of 129 in the past two years compared to Yoshida’s 111). The only hope here is if Bloom has faith that Yoshida has it in him to improve and outhit Contreras. If Bloom thinks that way, a swap is possible. Both players have roughly $55 mill left over the next 3 seasons. And Contreras would be the much needed RHH DH the Sox need. But I doubt this deal ever happens. Not sure if Bloom is still enamored with Yoshida…

Clearly Cora ignores defensive analytics and it shows. But if he had a viable alternative to Devers at 3b, extremely likely Cora moves him around, like if the Sox had done the right thing last year and signed Matt Chapman (5.4 fWAR/7.1 bWAR). Cora also said Rafaela was his CF at one point and specifically said he would NOT be a SS, but he showed just because he said something doesn’t mean he can’t/won’t change as he needs to.

Did you imagine Hanley looking worse in LF than he did at SS?

The Orioles being out helps, as the Yankees were 5-8 against them this year, their second worst against any opponent (0-4 vs the Mets). But they dominated the Astros (6-1)…

Whether or not Bloom is here any more is irrelevant. The people who gave him the analytic data suggesting the move are still around. I don’t know if Cora is an obstacle or not. If he had a preferable alternative, Devers might have already moved…

Put me at third base and I’ll show you how easy it is…

Did I or did I not say “generally”? And didn’t Devers make many of those throws himself?