Again, I haven't been around here very long, but the guy doesn't seem like a flat out troll. He's got some 38,000 posts, so I don't think the guy could last this long simply "trolling."
As far as I can tell, this is not simply a pom pom waving crowd around here??? Guys enjoy a good debate, and flat out like to argue about how RS players are performing? Most around here like some players, & think they have value, despite often poor numbers. Others hate guys, think they are shyte, & want them gone...... often despite big sample numbers that suggest said hated player will return to historic norms.
Anyway... We all simply enjoy arguing red sox issues. Devers presents an issue! A big issue on D, and increasingly a BIG issue at the plate. It is worthy of a good & spirited debate on where the kid is headed. Can the Sox absorb a hole at 2nd and 3rd with Pedey likely out for a good long time, if he ever returns???
I'm not sure? Then again, barring a trade, I'm not sure we have options. Still, the fact remains, we have a burgeoning problem & huge holes at 2nd & 3rd. Both Holt and Nunez are sub par at 2nd. Devers is well below sub par at 3rd. I think he eventually becomes a decent 3rd baseman, but it will take A BOGGS TYPE WORK ETHIC to get there.
The question is, Do the Sox have the luxury of absorbing 2 holes on D and now with the bat at 2nd & 3rd? We also have 2 other holes in the lineup at C & C.F..
NOW ... The SR is becoming a big problem with Pom & Porcello. Sale has inexicably gone COLD, & E-Rod is hot & cold.
With our core of JDM, Mookie, Beni, Bogie, & Mooreland, we have a legit shot at the WS, but the growing holes in this lineup simply can't get us past the 1st round.
So..... a good debate on Devers is warranted!!!!
Perhaps the guy is simply here to raise these obvious concerns, & troll stick it up our arsses?.? Idk? Either way, we're big boys & can handle a reasoned debate on our guys. Now, if he were just around talking s*** about Papi & Manny on PED's, I'd join the lynch mob. That's not what I see going on here.
Having said that, I get that some guys can really get under your skin.... Especially if you think they are just "trolling." Add to it, he's an interloper from the enemy camp???? I get it.