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  1. Old Red
    I think he wanted his buddy no doubt, but only locking him up for 1 year at the time, and taking a chance later was more than a big, big gamble that the Red Sox ultimately, and I think predictably lost. It seems Breggie had more pursuers this time around, and the Red Sox were all so close.
  2. Old Red
    It’s not like we haven’t agreed on something before. It may have not been many times, but there has been a few.
  3. Old Red
    Not at all. I said when Bregman was signed last year that the three years was the right length on the contract.
  4. Old Red
    Both Dick Stuart, and Franchy Strange Glove were worse 1B than Casas is.
  5. Old Red
    It’s like the old adage actions speak louder than words, but in this case Cora’s words, and actions all said the same things.🤓
  6. Old Red
    Cora knows Raffy better than anyone, so the Fact that he did not even talk to him let alone try to make Raffy a 1B gives me all the merit I need, and why I have the opinion I do on the Raffy situation.
  7. Old Red
    I agree on all.
  8. Old Red
    The Cubs come to Boston in late Sept to close out the 2026 season. I’m pretty sure Bregman will get a loud and long not so good reception.🤫
  9. Old Red
    Like I mentioned before SF already has an excellent 3B, so Raffy wasn’t going to play there, and often when you go to a new team just like Story did you play another position. Maybe the SF MANAGER asked Raffy to play 1B, and the Red SOX MANAGER didn’t. Raffy had NO team seniority moving to SF.
  10. Old Red
    Heavy deferrals bringing the value down lower than Bregman liked seemed to be a sticking point.
  11. Old Red
    And even worse would be Brez trying to explain it all to everyone.
  12. Old Red
    I wonder how Theo would have handled the whole situation.? I can’t believe he’s giving Brez advice on how to handle things.
  13. Old Red
    Not everyone did.
  14. Old Red
    Huh? What’s that got to do with SF agreeing with you?
  15. Old Red
    Dave pushed JH, and it was LL that pushed JH in the beginning. Bloom, and Brez are definitely not pushers, and I think that’s what JH needs. LL used to run the Red Sox, and JH admitted that himself.
  16. Old Red
    Why not just say Cora said it, which is what I’ve said since it happened? That only leaves the question of why, and there are enough theories on that as it is.
  17. Old Red
    SF already had an excellent 3B, so Raffy wasn’t going to play 3B there anyway, so it wasn’t agreeing with you at all, It’s real easy disagreeing with your positions, because they most always are off base, and most likely don’t, or won’t happen. Good set up.😉
  18. Old Red
    Casas is a china doll, but he got hurt swinging the bat, and running to 1B, and not playing in the field. It’s not hard to understand to me anyway why Cora kept him at 1B, and why he kept Bogey at SS, and yes I could have understood playing Bregman at 2B. I was also never a Devers Forevers guy, but I still think the Red Sox would have still made the postseason if the Red Sox wold have kept Devers, because of how good their SP was, and I still think Raffy could have made the difference against the Yankees in Yankee Stadium in the postseason.
  19. Old Red
    Did you see the interview? I understand word is does not mean said, but it was said, and it was shown on NESN, so there shouldn’t even been a question that there still seems to be even today.
  20. Old Red
    I understand if you didn’t see the interview on NESN, but I did, so it’s Never been a question to me since it happened.
  21. Old Red
    I wouldn’t put too much stock into Raffy’s numbers at SF after the trade last year. It was probably a culture shock, and a hit to his ego getting traded. I think he loved playing in Boston. Remember the record sitting bad start at DH last year too.
  22. Old Red
    As usual WRONG analysis. Did you see the interview?
  23. Old Red
    I’ve didn’t see at the time, and I don’t to this day see how the Red Sox would have better off with Raffy at 1B, and I think Cora felt the same, and didn’t think Raffy would have been any good at it, and especially the fact that Raffy had gone to DH, and hadn’t even played any in the field. Would Raffy been an improvement over Romy, and then a lesser hitter would have been at DH. No sense to me, and most likely to Cora. As I said before too if Cora had acted differently my opinion would be different, but he didn’t, and mine hasn’t.
  24. Old Red
    What do you mean word is? It came right out of Cora’s mouth in an interview on NESN, so there is no word to it. Cora was asked if he had spoken to Raffy to play 1B, and Cora said NO. Then he was asked if he was going to, and again Cora said NO. Now only Cora knows why he didn’t ask Raffy to play 1B, but my theory all along is, and has been that Cora didn’t think Raffy would have been good at 1B, and it wouldn’t help the team. Of course the Raffy BASHERS will have another theory conspiracy at best.
  25. Old Red
    Gray at this point is a 36 year old SP, and hasn’t done anything in a Red SOX uniform yet, which hopefully he does better than he did in a Yankee uniform.
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