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But if we have a Rookie of the Year, and then get another draft pick, that's two guys we have to worry about paying market value to -- or we have to trade them sooner! Why do we have to be so good all the time -- people will come; it's baseball. -
When the press took the trains with teams before air travel, they never snitched on the Babe or his weapons of mass consumption... probably because he shared a lot of the spoils with the writers.
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But what's your take: do you abhor guys that are different, or abhor guys who abhor those that are different? Northeastern tomorrow -- almost real baseball games!
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Sometimes prospects play better when they first make the majors. They're happier there, and not just because of the money, but with easier travel, better meals, better accommodations, and much better playing conditions, on better fields with better lighting, truer hops, easier to see pitches that are more around the plate... until someone finds a flaw in their swing, and "the book" circulates throughout the league. Usually by the next season, we'll know if they're really ready for The Show. Boston has seen its share lately who weren't. Meanwhile, there are plenty of guys who struggle out of the gate, like Pedroia or Casas (or Willie Mays) who find it, after adjusting. But someone who tears it up in the minors has nothing left to prove by getting sent back down. It's usually that the parent club deems he's just not good enough.
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Are you saying there's actually a difference between a sore shoulder that limits workouts, and just sitting on a beanbag doordashing Chipotle? My son is going to yell at me again...
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I'm not upset, just bored with the media doing it's job, as usual, to contrive news -- especially out of the mouths of young men who play a game for a living. Not upset with Raffy or Triston or Alex B or Alex C or even Alex S (who, of all the beat reporters seems more concerned with what's happening on the field -- not off). As for the talk show boasts of Felger and Mazz and Beetle, I get that they get paid to be bigger mouths than the ones they quote for clicks or calls, but that doesn't make them any less detestable. There are enough lowlifes in the world that justify depravity by "doing my job."
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What a relief. Heaven forbid a reporter asks Casas a question and he... he answers.
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I still can't believe none of the Yankees -- or all of the Yankees -- didn't just bunt in Game 6 on a crippled Schilling, with his skin stitched over the sheath of his tendon to keep his leg from falling off. He needed a step ladder to get up on the rubber, and a shark cage to keep him upright.
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And teams don't give a crap if an outspoken player is producing. As long as he's not badmouthing teammates, blabbing to and at the media is ok. It may be a pain for others to have to answer questions about his words, but a clubhouse doesn't mind having a guy who reporters constantly flock to for quotes, if it means they'll leave the more private players alone. Management can deal with the PR on its own. Clubs keep a Bill Lee around as long as they think he helps them win more games than lose image points. But as soon as Spaceman starts to descend -- and re-enter Earth's atmosphere -- defense systems lock their disintegration lasers onto the target. Bill Lee is still playing hardball regularly, 45 years after pitching for Boston. There's probably no better old-time ambassador for the game -- but we never see him in the booth with a microphone. The Red Sox bring back just about any controversial alumni, at least for an interview... but never someone whose mouth they can't trust, even on 10-second delay.
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It was Bigfoot -- BOB STANLEY!
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Since there's nothing else to watch on TV right now, these are all just more Search For Bigfoot! shows. The media are the investigators with all the latest high end tech. They always go where someone thought they saw something... and when they get there, someone thinks they heard something. BUT THERE IS NEVER ANY EVIDENCE. We viewers with remotes never watch entire episodes anyway. The players are one big family of Sasquatch, sharing a few good laughs while hiding out in the Yeti Bar in Leysin, Switzerland.
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Talking heads on Boston sports channel still ragging on Casas today. The same expert who basically decreed that Casas had no right to give his opinion yesterday returned to the polluted airwaves today: "Why couldn't he have just said what everyone is supposed to say in that situation?" Next time, Beetle, pass out some AI print-outs so all players will know which cliches to use. But then you'd have to make up something else controversial to complain about...
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If Casas becomes a legit middle-of-the-order monster, why trade him at his current salary? Even if the Sox get uncomfortable and extend him for market value, it presumably will be a fraction of what bad Vlad wants -- the guy some fans covet instead.
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The reason I don't trade Casas yet is because of the second-half of his 2023 rookie year: .317/1.034, 15 HRs. If he can put together an entire injury-free season and become a full-time .300 batter with 30 bombs and a .900 OPS, then he's a keeper to build around... and there's no need for more costly middle-of-the-order bats. I don't trade that potential to fill lesser needs or to get rid of a free agent signing mistake from a previous regime or because he's an intelligent individual who doesn't speak in cliches. The Red Sox are improving, but this guy is worth waiting another season for, to see if he'll be part of the core.
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Two contrasting channels on New England TV last night: One had sports reporters ripping Casas for having the gall to give his opinion on who should play where on his team. One guy actually said something like, "What has he ever done that gives him the right to say anything?" The other was NESN'S Red Sox Report with Tom Caron and Lou Merloni interviewing Casas and literally asking his opinion on Devers. And OMG, Triston had the gall to answer the question...
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Casas was probably offered the same $40 million that Bregman got. Triston's maybe just bitter because the front office tried to extend him for that amount spread over the next 14 seasons. Plus, of course Casas wants Raffy to stay at 3B; he doesn't want anyone creeping across the infield closer to 1B.
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Mookie may be a great teammate and human being and all, but Chaim told us the Sox "weren't willing to make that bet" to pay him his market value. Bloom added, though, that we "know what's coming," so they were willing to "surround Raffy with talent..." ... quick, crowd them all around Devers -- don't let him escape now. She blinded me with Bregman...
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Thanks, I heard Tom Caron repeat the Nomar parallel on the Red Sox Report last night. But I don't like Tom any more, because he keeps rubbing in it how New England viewers are shoveling snow and sanding sidewalks while he's getting a suntan. Last night I helped the neighbor push an Amazon driver out of his driveway, after he got stuck delivering rock salt. Hey, T.C. -- we get you're so lucky to be "working" in Florida right now. Just don't bust my balls about it.
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A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Then again, imagine the potential negatives when they were negotiating Devers' contract terms if they told him in a few years he could move to DH or try playing a little 1B. Does anyone think that would help, even if they predicted to Raffy it might mean another World Series title? It would be like saying, "Hey, Mookie, sign here -- and in a few years when we move you back to 2B or even SS, you'll win another ring." -
After the past half decade of suckitude, discerning fans expect more than a Stock answer to the pitching issues.
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...like the old slow-pitch softball team, originally formed by a group of close friends. We were pretty good, but could never beat the champs, who always stockpiled the best ringers from other clubs. "We could recruit ringers, too," someone suggested. "Ya, we'd finally be Number One," another replied, "... but none of us would get to play."
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I'm not sticking up for Raffy, but I'm not even thinking about trading him, either. Right now it's awkward, but Bregman and Devers are linked together -- not only because of one position on the field, but also in their inevitable positions in the batting order. They are the Red Sox' two best hitters (no disrespect to Duran, but no one wants to face the other two with the game on the line). This may be a situation where AB's clubhouse skills can contribute -- he actually cited Raffy's inside-the-park homer in the '17 playoffs as his most electrifying Fenway moment -- and maybe he can help make peace by deferring and reiterating he'll play wherever. If not, maybe a positive will be that the situation forces Devers to be more vocal in his role as the face of the franchise.
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Nope. I'd never trade a star position player who has already set team records with his bat for a pitcher -- unless maybe that guy is a Cy Young finalist in his prime. Legitimate good hitters are just too hard to find in the modern game. If you have one, find a way to hang onto him... and spend time instead searching for another to protect him.
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A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The word he was referring to maybe was "altruista" which means "thinking of others rather than yourself." It's so close to altruistic in English that Raffy doesn't even need a translator to lose his inflection when he's just giving a simple answer to a simple question that everyone wants to make more complicated than it can possibly be in a team sport where players get paid to follow directives of their manager. -
I wouldn't trade Raffy Devers for a package of Luis Castillo, Rusney Castillo, Frank Castillo and Adrian Del Castillo (and the latter is a guy I wanted the Red Sox to draft as much as the one they did pick who didn't sign, Jud Fabian).
