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But waiting until September would have been DUMB.
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WHY ARE WE REWRITING HISTORY? Devers was brought up close to when he should have been brought up. Could he have gone from AA directly to majors? Yep. You guys are really dumb enough to think few games in AAA made all the difference? Get real. There were reports out of baseball people that he was ready WHEN HE WAS IN AA. It was not so much rushing him as much as finishing off Pablo first. Lets freaking move past it. As I said previously, it wasn't so much would he succeed as much as WHY THE HELL NOT TAKE A LOOK AT HIM? WHAT THE f*** DID WE HAVE TO LOSE? WATCH HOLT PLAY 3B INSTEAD?
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Yep, we have several issues on this team but CF is not one of them. Leave it alone. Our catching tandem is just fine. They are both good defenders. We seemed to have cured the 3B fiasco. We can almost live with Pablo's dead contract since Devers is producing like a $19M player. We just need marginal improvements from Moreland, Betts and Xander. Beni has heated up. I would like to see Workman in more high leveraged situation. He has the experience in big games. It won't be a cakewalk and everyone needs to contribute. Holt needs to go on DL. He's been diagnosed with lackoftalentism disorder.
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Holt sucks....his value? Let see what we can get for him. Probably not much.
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I'm going to take Moon's approach to 2018. Just as he projected full year of Beni for 2017, I'm going to project full year impact of Devers. That alone should improve our offense for 2018. He can't do any worse than what we did early this year at 3B. Plus I can see few players having a bounce back year. Betts, Xander and JBJ can have better year in 2018 (assuming they don't go nuts over last 40 games this year). By signing Moreland, we were able to leave enough cap space to add Nunez. We don't have to take same approach for 2018. We can blow past the tax limit. Getting everyone healthy would go long ways in improving our outlook.
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Best value ever has to David Ortiz. And he went out on top. He's very rare. There will always be ANOTHER great player. Maybe THAT's DEVERS. Can we sign him to a 20 year deal? Buy out his 6 years of team control plus 14. We can't make the mistake of Pablo Sandoval. We have to live with two more years of this.
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But if you have a chance to trade for Stanton without giving up any major league players, would you do it? You have to keep in mind that MOST of prospects don't pan out. I can remember this board going on and on about Owens. He's been demoted to AA in search of strike zone. Chances are greater that a prospect you traded away won't come back to bite you. Now in case of Sale, who cares? I hope it works out for both sides.
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Not re-signing him means we'll be two players down, him and a power bat at 1B. This is why we are resetting the penalty rate this year. So we can go over next year, and I'm not really concerned about 'super' tax for going beyond the $20M threashhold. It's long freakin' season and he's the true super utility guy, not some mediocre ballplayer JF is in love with. UPGRADE THE TALENT, JOHN. f*** YOUR DAMN LOYALTY.
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Hopefully we'll have good Wright back next year and give us much needed depth. Sale, Price, Pom, E Rod, Porcello and Wright will form one of best starting rotation in majors. Getting Carson Smith back in September will also strengthen our bullpen. I am absolutely sold on Workman. He exudes confidence that I don't see from Barnes and Kelly. We just need a big bat at 1B. I will still look for big trade possibilities. You never know if another Chris Sale deal is out there.
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I would wait until he opts out and sign him as a FA.
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You can bet that Borass will be seeking premium contract for Xander. He will produce documentation painting only positive profile of Xander. Xander had nothing to do with our latest success. It's been our stellar starting pitching and bullpen along with Nunez, Devers and Beni. I'm hesitant about a 10 year deal for Betts but that's something we need to do. But I doubt we can afford multiple long term deals. If you are going to spend money, I'd rather do it for premium talent such as Stanton and Votto. Otherwise construct a team full of Nunez. BTW, I will puke if Holt is our 4th OF. He sucks. Non athletic little dude. Epitome of mediocre.
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I would have claimed him....I'd go with that 5.
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He looks to be confident. Kelly puts himself in a little ball. Barnes is too soft. Hembree doesn't give a damn. Workman looks like a man out there.
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Can someone tell John that Brock is batting .200? He takes a third strike down the middle for his third strike out. Does he have a picture of John?
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Can someone tell John that Brock is batting .200?
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Brock Holt sucks.....non athletic little dude....what the f*** is he doing in majors? I
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I like the wait and see approach. It's possible that our hitters will return to 2016 level. Signing Nunez would be a significant improvement. DH role can be shared between Devers, Nunez, Hanley, Travis, Pedroia, even Xander. Having Nunez will allow us to shift players around. Season is too long and you need flexibility for injuries. I just don't want to commit to a long term deal unless you do a Chris Sale type deal, say someone like Votto. With Wright coming back, our SP unit should be deeper. There's also hope for Carson Smith being 100% and Thornburg becoming available some point doing 2018. Workman should also be be fully recovered so our bullpen for at least another year should be okay (Kimbrel's option year).
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Let's wait and see where Nunez ends up. Playing half of his games in Fenway should appeal to him somewhat. Obviously money will appeal to him lot more.
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Cubs in reality benefited from playing the last two games in Cleveland. DH rule came into play. Remember that Schwarber was hot. Giving the Cubbies extra bat was significant. Guardians already was set up as a DH hitting team.
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Yep, I'll take Devers over Holt any day of week. JF's loyalty to Holt is just too weird. Play your f***ing best players. The kid is twenty years old. How tired can he get?
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He has that 'natural' look swing..... He has a level swing, he doesn't bail, he hits where it's pitched....
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Sure seems silly now about giving him a shot. That's all I asked. I had NO IDEA HE'D SUCCEED. All I wanted was for him to get a look. He may still fail but at least we've giving him a look. Every player is different. There's old say in golf that his game can travel. Meaning that the swing is good enough to play on any course. Well, Devers has a swing that travels, meaning he can hit just about anybody. A, AA, AAA, Majors. Ball must at some point cross home plate and Devers knows what to do with it. He was born to hit.
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and Votto.....screw the luxury tax
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Brock Holt with OPS of .523 starting in place of Devers, because a lefty is on mound. I want this no talent gone. He just sucks. Skinny little dude with no athleticism. Yuck
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There's a reason DD went for Moreland and 1 yr. I doubt Duda and Hosmer are on his radar.
