TheSplinteredSplendor

I never claimed it was anything but........

Bleacher Report's Zachary D. Rymer proposed this blockbuster deal that could send Devers to the Chicago Cubs while bringing a slugger to Boston: Red Sox receive: right fielder/designated hitter Seiya Suzuki and catcher Moises Ballesteros (Cubs No.4 prospect) Cubs receive: third baseman Rafael Devers

Well, it would force devers' hand, so.......

Hardly a Yankees' fan, the writer is a SoCal dodgers' fan. A little research goes a long way..........

https://www.newsweek.com/sports/mlb/how-red-sox-can-resolve-rafael-devers-situation-save-275-million-2033495

I couldn't care less if people want to be different

Not directing it at anyone, simply making an observation.

Time will tell.......

Not really, it's silly and redundant

How many different threads need to be dedicated to the same topic?

Can't that be said about pretty much every game?

Well, they did manage to win 5 rings with him at SS, so......

They have to make the postseason first.......

The Yanks were not coming off of several years of missing the playoffs with a few of those seasons in last place. Completely different scenario.

Doesn't change the fact that keeping devers at 3rd for his ego is not prioritizing winning.

And what exactly leads you to believe this?

Actually, it could be argued that not moving devers shows the #1 priority is not winning games either. Astros and Red Sox’s Polar Opposite Cultures Compared After Alex Bregman’s Controversial Boston Entry - EssentiallySports

I think the big question is - will bregman be bringing a trash can with him now that he's reunited with cora.

No, because the century is far from over. Again, that's like saying you won in the 3rd inning of a 9 inning game.

No, it's not a record and, no, not every record can be topped. Nobody can top the record for the most WS Championships for the 20th Century, as that century has ended. Your "record" is like determining the winner in the 3rd inning of a 9 inning game.

While impressive, that's not a record and the 21st century still has a long way to go.

Ah, team records, got it.

Forgive my ignorance, but exactly what was "record setting"?

Not sure about that. Plus he wasn't very good in the postseason

At Fenway Park, long before there was Pesky's Pole in the right field corner, and before the Green Monster was the Green Monster in left field, there was Duffy's Cliff - a 10-foot incline just before the wall. It was nicknamed after George "Duffy" Lewis, Red Sox outfielder from 1910-1917 who had worked hard to learn the physics of the incline and eventually tamed the beast like no other outfielder. Some sources say it was a 15-degree incline while many others say it was 45 degrees. From this early photo, it looks closer to 45 to me. At least toward the foul line it does. Maybe it tapered off toward center. For reference, the incline in the outfield that used to adorn the ballpark formerly known as Minute Maid Park in Houston was 30 degrees. "Duffy's Cliff" remained a part of the playing field at Fenway from 1912-33, but was often used to seat overflow crowds. When it wasn't occupied, well, Lewis knew the point of being an outfielder was to put batters out, not to wait for fly balls to hit the incline and roll back to him. So he studied and experimented and learned the best angles to approach the hill while chasing fly balls, and even how best to throw while coming down off it. During 1934 renovations of Fenway Park, the outfield was flattened. It would be another 13 years before the ads were removed from the great wall in left field which was then painted its namesake green.