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Campbell doesn’t really have a position, and certainly isn’t an established 2B, so he could move over to 1B, and bring Mayer up. Easy peasy.

The Red Sox did a lot of scratching, and clawing just to get the one run in 12 innings with three of those innings having a ghost runner to start. The last I heard the Red Sox were last in MLB in situational hitting, which pretty much says it all on having just a 500 record in a very weak League at that.

I don’t know about that chat, but what caused the latest bru ha ha was what Raffy said after the game Thursday. The interpreter who was with Raffy at the interview works for the Red Sox, and after listening to a guest on BST Thursday night said who interpreted it said the interpreter cleaned up what Raffy said a bit. The fact that Cora hadn’t spoken to Raffy about playing 1B, and said he wasn’t going to leads me to believe Cora, and Brez have a different opinion on if Raffy should try to play 1B, or not, and that’s why the move hasn’t been made. Sam, and JH might not of just flown out to KC just to see Raffy, but get between Brez, and Cora as well. A full blown, self inflicted mess.🤫

Playing bad D at your position makes you a bad teammate? Wow! The Red Sox must of had a lot of bad teammates the last two years, because the team has had 100+ errors, and pretty much led all of MLB in that category. No wonder they have played 500, or mostly below baseball the past 3 years, because they have had to many bad teammates making to many errors, so that explains it all LOL.🙈 🤭

Like I said before Cora said before Raffy spoke up yesterday that he hadn’t talked to Raffy about playing 1B, and wasn’t going too, but Brez did, which leads me to believe that Cora, and Brez may have a different opinion about if Raffy Should try, and play 1B, or not. If Cora thought Raffy should try 1B I think he would have a better chance of convincing Raffy than Brez would IMO.🙈

I should have posted how it was actually said, and used long term instead of foreseeable future, so signing a 10 year contract I would say long term would be at Least 5 years if not longer. Once again as far as Raffy was concerned when he signed that contract the promise was made by the Boston Red Sox, and it doesn’t matter if it was Sam, Cora, Bloom, Brez, or JH himself, and if they are still with the Red Sox.

You can word, or phrase things anyway you want, but Raffy was told by the Boston Red Sox that he would be for the foreseeable future the 3B. I don’t think the Red Sox would have paid Raffy $300M+ as a 1B let alone a DH. Like Gasper said today there is plenty of blame to go around in this Raffy saga, and coulda, and shoulda been handled better by the Red Sox. Also the biggest reason Raffy was given the contract was, because as I have said many times before Raffy was the last man standing after Bogey, and especially Mookie did not get resigned. I find it interesting that Cora said he hadn’t talked to Raffy about moving to 1B, and wasn’t going to, but Brez has. Maybe Cora doesn’t want to move Raffy again, and this is Brez idea. Like Gasper said also if the Red Sox aren’t going to go out, and get a real 1B then just put one of the suspects there. Why should an established player like Raffy have to move. Campbell doesn’t have an established position anyway, and Anthony is not as good as the 3 outfielders the Red Sox have now on D. Brez is the one who signed the RAF Man to a long term contract, and not the kind you give a utility player.

DFA Raffy then if he’s such a bad teammate and a detriment to the team. I don’t think he is being a bad teammate at all.

Once again I’m with Raffy on this that Brez should learn how to do his job, and go out, and find someone to play 1B. You know like an actual 1B. It’s amazing that you, and others think the only move that can, or should be made is to put Raffy at 1B. It’s amazing that is not no matter how many times you say it.

Exactly! Once again if you heard the actual interview with Cora you would know what was asked, and what was said, and then you wouldn’t have to ask questions about it,nand would have at least a little clue of what was actually going on.

Yes please more of Franchy Strange Glove at 1B.🤭🙈🤮

Wrong again. Cora has already confirmed what Bloom told him.

It was 100% predictable to me.

When the insubordination, which I don’t call it involves being lied to you bet 100%.

Wha, wha, wha. Like Raffy said that Brez should learn how to do his job, and go out, and find someone to play 1B. You know an actual 1B. Once again the Red Sox don’t have an act 1B as a backup, and that’s all on Brez. It’s very evident he didn’t learn anything from last year. I’m 100% behind Raffy on this one, and I’ve never been a Devers Forevers guy. Go Raffy, and stick to your guns.

I Love it, Love it, Love it, and Love it some more. I think Raffy is in the 100% right here no matter how many says he is wrong, call him a bad teammate, or calls him names. Raffy was lied to in the first place, and it doesn't matter who said it, or if they are still employed by the Boston Red Sox. The fact is they were representing the Boston Red Sox. if Raffy had been told the short term plan was to move him off 3B he might not have signed. They told him to put his glove away, and now after Casas got hurt they not only want him to pick that glove up again they want him to learn a new position. No, no, and no again. The best part of the interview Raffy gave yesterday was when he said Brez should learn his job, and go out, and get someone to play 1B. Priceless, and 100% correct.

When the Red Sox signed Raffy to that deal in 2023 do you think they were paying Raffy $30M/yr to be a DH, or to be a DH anytime soon?

I Never said that. I said it didn’t bother me. Vaz wasn’t a good enough C for you, Bogey wasn’t a good enough SS for you, Raffy wasn’t a good enough 3B for you. It’s a wonder the Red Sox ever won any games let alone a WS.

Raffy always got more ink in the game threads. Devers Forevers one one AB, and Never Devers the next.

Moving Raffy down in the lineup wouldn’t have been a rash decision to me, and maybe even justified at the time. Remember what happens when you get giddy especially after a small, small sample size.

I’m not disputing that, or even disagreeing with that. I’ve always said Raffy playing 3B didn’t bother me like it bothered you, and others, and as it was pointed out by others on here Raffy playing 3B as bad as he did wasn’t the Reason the Red Sox have been a 500, or below club the past 3 years, nor was it why the club didn’t make the postseason. There were others who weren’t good on D at their position either, and it was the Red Sox who kept it that way.

So it has been a small sample size all year when Raffy wasn’t doing much of anything, and now after a even smaller 3 game series the naysayers were all wrong, and Raffy is now back, and proven everyone wrong, and he back?👏

Let’s not get to excited yet. It has been pointed out he had a good weekend earlier against the Cardinals, and that’s all it lasted. Cleveland didn’t have any hard throwers except for their BP, so we’ll see how he fairs against Toronto.

NBA Playoffs, NFL Draft, and NASCAR was on the docket for me this weekend, so the Red Sox were on the back burner. Good to see the Red Sox come back, and win 2 after losing the first one. Looks like the bats came alive yesterday, and padded some of those OPS that everyone raves about. I know they look better now, but that’s a little misleading, because they lost a lot of games when they were scuffling when the OPS weren’t so high. Hopefully they take the bats with them to Toronto.

I’m not disagreeing, or disputing any of this. I was just stating facts. Raffy is overpaid as a DH as Yoshida was.