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  1. Old Red
    It’s not a question of if they should at all, which is what I keep trying to explain to you guys, but for some reason, or reasons they continue to do so. Ideas, suggestions, or predictions on here don’t translate to the Red Sox brain trust who are the ones who make the decisions, or don’t make the decisions to fix the D. Ask them why not, because I can’t give you the answer only that they haven’t made any changes to fix the D, which continues to be pretty evident.
  2. Old Red
    The Red Sox have had no problem picking up a RHH OF the last three years who have given them production for a year at a time, so I don’t see them spending a lot of money on one now.
  3. Old Red
    Everyone knows that Raffy is a bad 3B. Everyone knows that Casa is not a good 1B. Everyone knows that Masa is not a good LF, and overpriced as a DH. The eye test tells you all this. You can throw out all these stats that I’m sure the Red Sox brain trust knows too. Everyone gets it, and everyone knows the D has to get better for the team to get better. Everyone knows, everyone knows, and everyone knows. Like I keep saying though is that the Red Sox have dealt themselves this hand, and continue to play the same hand. Look at all the things the Red Sox have tried, and all the moves Cora makes in game, and D is not even a thought on what the outcome will be. Cora has said for three years now that the D has to get better, but until the Red Sox change their approach the status quo will continue.🙈🤭
  4. Old Red
    Now there’s an idea.
  5. Old Red
    Well said. Some on here think it would just be an easy peasy move for Raffy to move to 1B. It may, and it may not, and who knows if he wants to, and if not his psyche may get rattled. Footwork is a big thing, which Casas still has trouble with. I remember a picture in the Globe that showed Casas stretching, and leaning forward for a throw that went sailing over his head. At the moment Raffy is the Red Sox 3B bad D, and all.
  6. Old Red
    Why does some on here think Masa is in high demand out there for the same reasons that you want the Red Sox to get rid of him?🙈
  7. Old Red
    No, but the need does, and also the cost of going out, and buying a good starting pitcher on the open market, which I can’t see JH giving the OK to do.
  8. Old Red
    Agent Bell you do present a good case.
  9. Old Red
    I know. Make believe is more fun. Also I’m thinking the Red Sox front office was well aware of what Sale was doing every time he took the mound.
  10. Old Red
    The Sept lumber slumber made things look worse too. Raffy should also be better.
  11. Old Red
    Best player for one year does not make him the teams best player IMO.
  12. Old Red
    Agree, but pitching is what they need the most.
  13. Old Red
    Agent Bell.👍
  14. Old Red
    Exactly. Sell high!
  15. Old Red
    Who said there was a guaranteed replacement? Sounds like you’re stretching things a bit. I said replacement, and who’s to say Duran is guaranteed to do it again? One better than good year does not make him the next big Super Star. If he becomes one then great.
  16. Old Red
    Exactly! The Red Sox would be trading, because of a surplus rather it’s an IF, or an OF. It has NOTHING to do with trying to shed any salary.
  17. Old Red
    Maybe he’s peaked, and he might get even better, and only time will tell that. The Red Sox have a surplus of LHH, and they have replacements for Duran, so I don’t see how moving him would be a small market move just like if they traded Casas, or Anthony, or Mayer. Pitching is needed, and you have to give up something good to get something good.
  18. Old Red
    I don’t think it would scream that at all. Sell high. The Red Sox have an abundance of LHH, and Anthony is on the way sooner than later. I know the talk on here is to get rid of Abreu, but Duran would be a better chip. Like I’ve said many times that NO One should be untouchable, and that includes Duran.
  19. Old Red
    Do you think the Red Sox could have used the $17M Boston paid Atlanta for Sale to pitch for them on maybe getting another starting pitcher? I think having Sale have a CY Young season for another team that the Red Sox paid for warranted posting over, and over, and thanks to you for helping keep the conversation going all season long. Good job! Also posting Sale’s stats over, and over was, because those stats were actually happening. Raffy moving to 1B was not.
  20. Old Red
    As I’ve mentioned earlier. I saw Boomer Scott, and Youk moved to 1B from 3B, and both became excellent 1B. To say moving to 1B is no big deal is not as easy for Everyone as everyone makes it out to be. I’m not even discussing that the move isn’t warranted, or worth trying. My opinion is that the Red Sox are just not going to do it in the near future.
  21. Old Red
    The main point for me was any championships won before the SB were played were just as important. I mainly go by what I have seen that I can remember from the early 60’s on.
  22. Old Red
    I’ll take a stab in the dark, but IMO you saying NOT, or going on, and on, and on about moving Raffy off 3B is going to influence the Red Sox brain trust one way, or the other. Persistent, but not successful.
  23. Old Red
    I know he will do it with others that is what Cora does, but when I said others I was referring to Raffy, which is a whole different conversation then throwing spaghetti against a wall to see if they will stick. Moving Raffy to 1B would be a lot bigger move then trying all the others you mentioned. The rest of the moves you mentioned was to see if they could help in a pinch, and not for a FT move, or this big of magnitude. Raffy was signed as a 3B, and not as a 1B/DH. Like I’ve repeatedly said before that Cora says Raffy is is 3B, so I won’t lose any sleep thinking, or worrying about Raffy moving to 1B, and I’m sure you will let me know when he does.🤫
  24. Old Red
    We agree on one thing that Cora doesn’t go by much of anything when it comes to D even though he says it has to get better all the time. You keep thinking Raffy has to be moved off 3B, and I just don’t think Cora sees it that way viable candidate, or not since Casas is at 1B. To you Chapman would have been the right move, but the Red Sox brain trust didn’t agree. Just, because Raf Man got moved around doesn’t mean he’ll do it with others. Not everyone can play two important positions like the RAF Man can. He’s a special case.
  25. Old Red
    You crack me up always trying to distinguish on what you say is an opinion, suggestion, or prediction. You really don’t have any idea if moving Raffy to 1B will improve the D, or that Mayer, or Campbell would improve the D at 3B. Opinions, suggestions, or predictions can all be right, or wrong, and one isn’t any better, or worse than the other ones.
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