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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Campbell, living up to his Barry Bonds nickname, just gunned out speed demon Byron Buxton from the LF corner. .
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No-no-no -- I was saying Story and Mayer are our two best infielders right now. But that just means one of the Big Three should still start in Texas Opening Day.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Chapman will make all of us a lot older this summer.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And unless someone really expects, finally, some Story glory (circa 2020, his last season with MVP votes), then Red Sox management has to ask itself: is there a better all-around middle infielder in the entire system right now than Marcelo Mayer? Let's compare, anyway: both have the gloves, Story has wheels, Mayer has the arm, and at bat, both have some pop. As for those worried about Mayer's K-rate, we already know Story can whiff with the worst of them. We also know the dumb rules about keeping a man down to retain an extra year of "control" -- translation: so you don't have to pay him what he's worth if he's good (and still with the same org, a rarity after a half decade of MLB service)... ... so how unreasonable of fans who'd demand their favorite teams to start the two best players at two vital positions in the center of the diamond.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Verdugo -- "the centerpiece in the Mookie Betts trade" -- could be finished as a big leaguer before age 30... ... and yes, I insisted he be included in that deal (along with PITCHERS).
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mayer already looks like an old pro at any infield position. He's more sure-handed and composed than Campbell, Grissom and Hamilton (who I keep reading on forums as a dependable defensive infielder, when every game I watch he makes a shaky play). With Griz already demoted, it would make sense if both Mayer and Campbell made the roster, for added left-right bats, with Hamilton the utility guy now that Romy looks like he won't be ready. If Campbell gets cut, they'll him at both IF and OF in Worcester -- so he'll bat every day. Griz will play 2B when KC's in LF...
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm just grateful a franchise like the Red Sox, who once refused to sign Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays, gave a guy like Yoshida a chance... ... and Wong, Narvaez, Casas, Campbell, Hamilton, Mayer, Gonzalez, Devers, Duran, Refsnyder, Rafaela and Abreu. And Bregman, who made it a point to learn to speak Spanish, even though his great-grandfather immigrated from Russia. And those are just some of the position players for Alex Cora.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Watching the Sox Grapefruit action today. I don't know what I'm more happier about for the board: Mayer's RBI-triple or Rafaela's 9-pitch walk... ... also wondering if any other baseball forum exists where another team's posters would consider such news with equal positivity.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Makes sense. Then again, there's no doubt in my mind that Boston's best infield prospect -- the guy who looks like a big leaguer right now, anywhere on the dirt -- is Marcelo Mayer.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not acquiring a premium closer this offseason is why I can't take this team seriously in the goal of going-for-it... and why I'm still stuck in the 80s for wins, even 89. Maybe a Schiraldi or Koji will emerge, because that's happened, what - twice in 40 years? No one wants to trade a star closer in his prime, and if they do, it's because they're about to get too expensive (or TJS). If you can swap for a legit closer, the cost is going to be steep (or in Brezspeak, "painful"). Kimbrel cost four prospects a decade ago, Edwin Diaz was just 24 when he went to the Mets (with Cano's bloated contract) for five prospects, including Kelenic, rated 4th overall on the MLB list. It's hard to believe Diaz just turned 30... Even Chapman, who always wears out his welcome, cost young stars lie Gleybar Torres or Cole Ragans. So if the Sox really want a good closer, be prepared to lose one of the Big Three.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In a few years, your three-man outfield could be the starting unit for the next great Red Sox team (while the other two may not even be playing in Boston). Can you at least envision that possibility?
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's a draft strategy to pick the best player available, and a draft joke here when the Red Sox always draft shortstops, because that means those guys can play anywhere. Most fans probably remember the Little League cliche that all the best kids play shortstop when they don't pitch. But nowadays -- in the world of multi-team sports in the same seasons and year-round -- those same players are also all catchers. Why? Because catcher is the hardest position, and only the best ballplayers can handle it.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed. But anyone who watched his methodical bat flip on the follow-through of another home run vs. the Yankees yesterday knows Yoshida can help the line-up. And for the dislikers, if he still can't throw, he has a lot less trade value this spring, at least.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Refsnyder platoons with anyone, at least early, it will be Abreu, who lost 20 pounds. There's a reason they played Rob in rightfield the other day.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Cora says he's his centerfielder. I think the Sox have made a commitment to their new pitchers to put the best defense out there that's available. Moving Ceddanne all over the place last year was for survival, but when everyone's healthy, Boston needs them in their best spots. Maybe they're grooming Campbell to be the new Zobrist, because his best spot is in the batter's box.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    His arm isn't that bad, and the year he played it was just as strong as Duran's, but Masa always hit the cutoff. Yoshida doesn't have the wheels to cover a lot of ground, but for some reason people forget he was fundamentally sound out there.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A big part of the game plan this winter was to bring in veteran leaders, and the Sox aren't going to dis the incumbent veteran going into the season. That's dis- as in disrespect -- moving him for a rookie -- but also disrupt, as in his comeback re. a full season at SS. But if Boston really improves in other areas and looks like a legit contender, and Story's arm looks like a liability, then such a monumental shift could happen later this season. Hey, Theo is around, and he once traded the Face of the Franchise in mid-summer... just so the Sox could win the World Series!
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's who I was thinking of, because Old Man Story -- or at least his contract -- are here for the next three seasons.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They want to IL Yoshida because he can't DH -- not with Raffy in the dugout. But think hard, Red Sox fans, before you answer this: say it's extra innings in Fenway, and Boston starts an inning with its ghost runner on second base... the first batter due up is Hamilton vs. a tough southpaw reliever like Tanner Scott who is death on lefty swingers... since the Sox never bunt, which guy would you choose to pinch hit -- Devers or Yoshida? In other words, who is most likely to make contact and move the runner to third? I'm not saying Raffy isn't the better slugger, but it doesn't suck to have a guy like Masa in an offense full of whiffers (and Bregman).
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not opposed to starting both Campbell and Anthony over Hamilton and Abreu, because the two prospects are going to be more consistent extra-base threats -- and they may even be this summer. I am on record saying that Rafaela is playing centerfield and will not be platooned, and there's no going back with Devers at the hot corner. Bregman is the guy as long as he's here, and if he ever opts out, it will now be a lot easier to transition a younger guy to 3B.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Because of the bullpen moves this regime has made, I get the sense the current front office feels relievers are just too mercurial to invest in any longterm. Hot and cold, healthy and injured, fresh and tired -- bullpens are one big cluster fluctuation. For evidence, maybe we should look no further than the late-inning mound days of our Chief Baseball Officer and his pitching coach. The problem with this crew is that if Hendriks sucks and gets lit up, he'll lose his job. But if Chapman still throws a hundred, but walks the park every other 9th, they'll keep him... and give us all strokes and coronaries. Whitlock is easily the best pitcher in the pen. It's just too bad for us he's so good they want him for two-inning stints and not the 9th...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Panda damaged the goods they gave him: belt buckles, pants buttons, fan expectations.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It wasn't the day they were promoted, but definitely mid-summer. Btw: I expect Anthony to be the best hitter of them all at the big league level. Coaches and teammates are already noting his patience in the box, at age 20.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It was before Campbell was in Portland (or maybe not yet eligible). I read it on the Eastern League leaders' board on the wall at Dunkin Park; Mayer was first, ahead of Teel, who was third, and Anthony was lower.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I get the feeling Cora likes the idea of Campbell as an infielder-outfielder option who can hit. AC loves those versatile AC types. Maybe the front office evaluators also see more value for Campbell that way -- a player who may never be a Gold Glover at one position, but a bat-first guy they can plug in where needed.
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