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  1. Old Red
    No doubt a good selling point to you, but I doubt no selling point at all to Raffy. He’s more likely to get hurt taking those wild swings with the bat than anything else.
  2. Old Red
    Raffy hurt his right shoulder diving for a ball, but his left shoulder, which bothered all season came from swinging a bat? Either way his hard swings will come no matter where he plays.
  3. Old Red
    Like Merloni said the other day that 2B is more important than 3B, and you need a good DP combo if possible playing there every day.
  4. Old Red
    Sore elbow after getting hit by a pitch.
  5. Old Red
    Raffy was signed as a 3B. An expensive DH Raffy would be.
  6. Old Red
    Raffy’s shoulder bothered him all last season, but yet nothing was serious enough to have surgery. The report from the Fort says Raffy has been fielding ground balls at 3B, but hasn’t Started throwing yet until next week.
  7. Old Red
    That’s where that roster construction things comes in. If Raffy is FT DH Masa is kind of the odd man out. I just don’t see Cora playing Masa in the OF at the expense of RAF Man. Then again I could be 100% wrong.
  8. Old Red
    Right now the biggest need is 2B. It would get to be a real crowded OF with Anthony too, but I guess a good problem to have with some added trade options.
  9. Old Red
    RAF Man FT in the OF cuts down on options, and needs, which also means needs to move Duran. Like I mentioned before that moving Raffy to FT DH limits options, and needs there especially for Ref Man.
  10. Old Red
    Anthony LF Eaton CF Garcia RF Campbell/Mayer 2B/SS
  11. Old Red
    Ref Man if Abreu is platooned. If Raffy is moved to DH that’s one less place for Ref Man to go, or anyone else to go for that matter.
  12. Old Red
    You keep suggesting all these moving parts where as I suggest the least moving parts the better. To me FT players should have FT positions, and platoons should come from backups who will also do the fill ins. Injuries has caused revolving doors, and more platoons the last few years, and that should be the only reason now IMO.
  13. Old Red
    It’s impossible to know is right. Arod may have been a better SS, but if Jeter had moved to 3B he might not have been as good of a 3B as ARod was, so you would have lost something there, so it’s not as cut, and dry as just inserting ARod at SS. The Red Sox could have had Mike Lowell, or Beltre playing 3B for them the last 3 years, and they still wouldn’t have made the postseason. Nothing is as cut, and dry, or as easy as some suggest on here.
  14. Old Red
    Go back, and listen to Cora’s interview, and you would know what was going on, and you wouldn’t have to ask all the questions.
  15. Old Red
    Unfortunately for you you’re not to find anything in print. I heard it right from the reporter’s mouth. Once again watching, and listening you get so much more info than trying to look it up, or hearing it from second, or third hand. Maybe other reporters had better luck I don’t know. I was just reporting what this reporter said.
  16. Old Red
    The reporter just asked Casas for an interview, and Casas said he wasn’t doing interviews.
  17. Old Red
    I get all that, and everyone is different. Like I said when it’s time it will happen, but it won’t be automatically. All three will get plenty of AB in ST. Cora has already said. Most likely the results of those AB will determine the 26 for a few of them. Mayer is behind the other 2 in developmental time.
  18. Old Red
    I said that’s when Cora said he was behind in his conditioning, and he spelled everything out, so if I hadn’t heard the interview with Cora what you had posted wouldn’t have helped much as watching the interview itself. Watching, and listening you get a lot more info than reading something from someone else.
  19. Old Red
    Disagree. They have to earn their way, and they haven’t done that yet. If they both have bang out camps then we can have that conversation. What if they don’t have good camps? Neither one of the three top prospects have had many AB in AAA. When it’s time it’s time.
  20. Old Red
    This is old news. Cora spelled this all out a few days ago when he said Raffy was behind on his conditioning, and has been mentioned a few times on here since then.
  21. Old Red
    Who’s upset? I was just reporting in real time from the reporter who said Casas was not doing interviews. Nothing more, and nothing less. Read into to it as you may. It’s the name of the game.
  22. Old Red
    For him yes. Most likely been talked to.
  23. Old Red
    Not at the moment. He’s not doing interviews.🤫
  24. Old Red
    Doing your Raffy impression? Yes?.
  25. Old Red
    I don’t hate platoons, but I have said for the most part I would rather have 9 everyday players. If Raffy is DH I’m not counting on Masa to be even on the team. I didn’t mention Abreu as being a everyday player, so Ref Man would probably platoon with him.
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