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I mean, most guys don't play 162

They had Drew on a 1 year contract at SS and Middlebrooks was laying eggs. They weren't trading Bogaerts if he didn't move to 3B. Young guys are always going to be willing to appear the big club to make it to the majors. But guys want to maximize their value as well. They only get one real shot at a payday, and moving a guy off of a position to a lesser position can cost them millions and millions of dollars. Unless of course......you were already paid. I don't care what anyone says, if you conducted a anonymous poll of Sox players, some of those guys think Devers should have moved to 1B and are likely turned off by his unwillingness to do so.

If they were able to slide Yoshida into the DH slot tomorrow he'd be on a rehab assignment. Dude still can't throw and has a bum shoulder.

Makes sense, Cora needs to rest his guys, and with a RHP on the mound it's a good to day to get someone like D-Ham some at bats. Campbell has been hitting the ball better lately, with nothing to show for it. I have faith in the kids.

Campbell taking grounders at 1b.

Campbell is obviously struggling, he’s young, and the Sox are going to commit to him working through it. The extension speaks for itself. They’re not going to ask him in his rookie season, in the midst of his first adjustment to also slide over and play a position he’s never played before. the Sox have been relatively open and transparent with their plan for their young talent. It’s not going to be ,Campbell at 1st.

It’s his 3rd season, and his first season was in the DSL at 17. he started last year in the FCL, even if he didn’t get hurt this would be his first year in full season affiliate ball.

Every year someone falls to the Sox, Steele hall is right in that range of being mocked just a few spots above where the Sox pick. There's actually a lot of SS talent in that 6-14 range before the Sox pick. Someone will fall.

What I think he should do is put Raffy at 1B, then have Abreu/Duran/Anthony rotate the DH with LF/RF. THough I'd keep Duran in left and Abreu and right and alternate Anthony. This gets Anthony in the lineup, keeps Duran and Abreu where the already are, and keeps Rafaela in CF where he adds value. Although I realistically think they have a better chance of convincing Raffy to move to 1B in the offseason. Have they tried a really really cool gift basket yet?

Sox will need pitching help at the deadline this year. And yes, I think they will be in it.

It certainly feels like someone from the Arias/Romero/Cespedes might go at the deadline. Middle of the draft also has a lot of IF talent this year.

You can't go by rankings as they can be fluid, and as the guys on soxprospects have said on their podcast when they talk about their rankings; often times it's about guys jumping ahead of someone and NOT that person dropping. Those are actually two separate things. I'm not sure they said that specifically about him, but from what I can recall that feels about right. I don't think anything has ever changed with him since they started hyping him up other than he's almost certainly not viewed as someone who could stick at SS. At the very least a lot of those guys just leapfrogged him because their values went up.

If he's leading off that means they think highly off him and want to get him more at bats. Actually, you can pretty much just look at the top 4-5 guys in any line up and think "there, those are the guys they really like".

Finally? I mean he's only 19. He still cooking.

He will be back, he only goes away when he disagrees with you. But no, I have to see where the cards lay, there's certainly a scenario where I back the owners vs. the players. The crazy thing is, compared to other sports as a percentage of actual revenue the players association has a good case for increasing salaries, but in the name of balance and fairness I can see the need for a hard salary cap. I think if they were going to do a hard cap, and considering it would be instituted a few years from now it makes sense to set it high, maybe at $300 million but to also have a floor. Teams have to be spending $150 million a year or something like that.

I think it's unreasonable to say that at this time, I think everything relative. To just pin it all on the owners before we even know what they're agreeing or disagreeing too is premature for me. I'm open to blaming both sides.

agreed, I'm already mentally preparing myself for no baseball in 2027

Yes, percentage aside who is getting me the most outs? and I guarantee that's what pitchers think about more than fielding percentage as well.

The one who makes 10 errors is a better fielder.

I think the .500 magnet is real. If it is, Sox win tonight and then lose the Atlanta Series 2-1. This means we probably sweep the Mets and we all get excited only to get are asses handed to us at home by the Baltimore Orioles next weekend.

Devers to first allows you to lengthen the lineup without hurting your defense by keeping Rafaela in the field. with Rafaela in CF and Devers at 1B Abreu can start 2/3 of the games in RF and 1/3 of the games at DH, Duran can play 2/3 of the games in LF and 1/3 of the games at DH. Romany Anthony can spend 2/3 of his time playing corner outfield and 1/3 of the time playing DH. I don't think the Sox will add both Mayer and Anthony at the same time this year. As exciting as that is, Rookies are still Rookies, I wouldn't expect such a good young team to win the world series. At some point a talented team that has a veteran presence is going to cook you in the playoffs. But the experience may be great, and we are close to a point where you can probably call these guys up and not have to worry about losing the extra year of team control. The problem is, even under better circumstances where Raffy and the FO don't have this chasm between them and Raffy would be eager to get back out in the field it would still be unfair to throw him out there without any reps. If he was going to make the move at some point this season he really should be starting to take infield practice there now. I also think you can't ask Raffy to move to 1B at this point unless you plan on permanently keeping him there. So that's probably not very realistic for some time. It will be interesting to see how they eventually fit these guys onto the roster.

If Campbell wins ROY this year the Sox do not lose a year of team control. If the Sox called him up after only a few short weeks he would not have reached a full year of service time, so the Sox would of had him for this year + 6 more years of team control. If Campbell won ROY in this scenario, the Sox would lose the current year and it would count as a full year of service time, so they'd only control him for 5 more years. Campbell made the opening day roster, so he can't lose the Sox a year of service time BUT he can net them a high draft pick. EDIT. Sox aren't gaining a year of service time, it will be the same whether or not he nets a pick. If Roman Anthony came up and won ROY he could end up losing a year of control by winning ROY, and the Sox would NOT get the draft pick. I think this is going to force teams to have more conviction. If you start a guy you plan on sticking with him, and if a player doesn't begin the year at the MLB level, you're going to think long and hard about bringing him. Whether people agree with this or not, the Sox or someone in their position may be waiting to promote someone like Anthony to ensure he doesn't win ROY. Of course, we only have to go back to last year to see a team who got burned by doing exactly that. Paul Skenes didn't start the year in the majors, but the Pirates didn't gain an extra year of control because he won ROY, but the didn't get a pick because he DIDN'T start the year in the majors. New CBA could be tumultuous, MLB is the only major sport without a real salary cap and their might be a very big fight over getting one into the next CBA. A lockout for the 2027 season seems very possible at this point.

Dude.......did you just declare yourself a far superior baseball mind? AH man, I'm grabbing the popcorm.

We might have found the most pessimistic person on earth on Raffy's prospect of playing a 1B.....wait a minute. Could that be Raffy's burner account? Dude secretly writes in English and wants to convince the world he can't play 1b

If the Sox put Devers at 1B it opens up their roster in so many ways. They can put Yoshida there, and whether people like it or not that lifts up the lineup. They could also continue to plug Rafaela in CF, call up Anthony and rotate him with Abreu and Duran between LF/RF/DH. Or move Rafaela to the super utility role to call up Anthony and/or Mayer. I'm not sure why some people think it's a forgone conclusion he won't be a good defender at 1B because he wasn't great at 3B. I don't think that's true, he might end up taking to the position and being good there. Raffy works hard, he was just never built like an infielder.