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  1. jdc69
    Buehler is another Cora victim. He was doing well before Cora rested him. Buehler was quoted as saying he didn't feel he needed rest. Cora is a pitcher-talent sucker.
  2. jdc69
    I'm thinking the Red Sox were looking to get rid of Devers before the season even started and had to wait to find a suitor to do it. Its the only thing that explains the massive incompetence surrounding this whole thing. I don't agree with it still but it makes sense.
  3. jdc69
    I'm talking about taking them out while theyre doing well and having a 90 or under pitch count. Look at the message that sends. Here you are, a player trying to win a game and the manager inexplicably takes the pitcher, who is pitching effectively, out of the game. The replacement then completely ruins all that hard work in less than an inning. I'm sure the player is thinking, "why didn't he just leave the starter in there? Now I've got to do enough to cover these nonsensical moves too?" But he's done it continuously, and I think it affects the team. It seemed as if he learned his lesson when we swept the Yankees. He even left Crochet in to pitch the 9th. Yes, he gave up a HR to Judge but guess what, the team rallied for him and they won the game. Wasn't that fun?
  4. jdc69
    He takes pitchers out too early and then the bullpen blows the save or just blows everything to smithereens. He takes them out when the game is close, they're still throwing effectively and the pitch count is under 90. He's done it about 4-5 times now and it has all resulted the same, undermining the teams momentum. Taking Giolito out early was the latest. Look at that succesful period where we swept the Yankees, all the pitchers pitched deep into the games and the bullpen performed well to finish. Cora is not managing to win games, he's managing to prevent injuries. Its a losers mentality and doesnt seem to prevent injuries either.
  5. jdc69
    He must've really felt that the Yankees sweep and that whole period where they were doing well, much of when Devers didn't contribute much, was the new, real Red Sox.
  6. jdc69
    I agree, its him and/or the analytics team. They're in game moves have directly affected the outcomes of games in a negative way. And it seems as if these bad moves affect the team for multiple games afterwards, which leads to the team over compensating on everything, which leads to those stats that indicate performance under pressure. Eventually the team get back on a groove and start winning again until Cora makes another bone headed move and screws it all up again. Breslow shares some of the blame too for the Devers fiasco that started in spring training. Trading him after a Yankees sweep is just beyond comprehension.
  7. jdc69
    If they dont know that's there jobs, Duran shouldn't walk away, he should run. The whole team should follow him too. Its not the coaches though, it's Cora purposely losing close games by taking pitchers out too early. Its the FO trading their best player.....just when they seem to be doing good and sweeping their arch nemesis. All of the Red Sox suck at D. Do you really think it's because of the individual players skill level?
  8. jdc69
    Its Cora and the FO. They want the players to play well while constantly undermining them.
  9. jdc69
    Who knows but I thought it was about having a good team now where the prospects can slide in as seamlessly as possible and keep it all going. But I'm not sure it matters who we trade for or acquire, if our front office and managers are in charge. We had a raking Devers, a raking, healthy Bregman, a steal of a catcher in Narvaez, everything we could've ever asked out of Crochet and Chapman, an easy schedule to start out the season, a weakened AL and Yankees and we were still hovering around 500. I think MLB wanted us to succeed and we still couldn't capitalize.
  10. jdc69
    Record wise we are a worse team than last year and we were supposed to be better. But thats ok because everything was looking up, we even sweep the Yankees but then we trade our best player. If that is palatable, I'd hate to taste unpalatable. Right now Devers is playing on a playoff bound team, I guess we showed him.
  11. jdc69
    What I haven't seen too much of around here but have heard is that Devers, in the meeting with JH said he would play 1st base if he was given a season to practice. How much would that solve if we have Bregman at 2nd for only one season, and then go to 3rd. It would've made things much more seamless with everything including the prospects. I was just looking to get toe into the postseason this year and then after that think about going all the way. So yes, I agree with you about starting over in ST.
  12. jdc69
    I would think the players care more about stability, especially to start the season, than the attitude of any one player. What the FO did at the beginning of the season when signing Bregman was stupidly and easily-avoidably disruptive and I can imagine, creates an atmosphere of mistrust.
  13. jdc69
    I think he did fix the pitching by letting them pitch deeper into the games. And you cant necessarily say them doing well was the reason for letting them go longer because Cora was replacing pitchers too early, earlier in the season, when they were doing well and that's when the bullpen screwed it all up. Once they let the pitchers pitch later in the game the bullpen would wrap up the game and put a nice bow on top. To me that's why I dislike the trade. We get success and trade Devers. Why cant we have Bregman, Yoshida, Abreu AND Devers?
  14. jdc69
    Well it sounds like they are starting over again, so in that sense, it makes sense to get rid of him. I'm just not for the starting over again, more than anything.
  15. jdc69
    Attitude sure but was it warranted? Do they only want "yes men," and then when they say "jump" and the player doesnt say "how high," trade them for someone desperate.
  16. jdc69
    True but I guess that's when Devers became expendable, when they value Casas over Devers. Ideally, if I was the GM, I would've gotten Alonso and then either executed the trade sending Casas to Seattle for Castillo or put either Casas or Alonso as DH and put Yoshida as RF. Sure it's a crap defense but the offense would've been stellar and it's building upon the year before instead of constantly rebuilding.
  17. jdc69
    I read somewhere they didn't want that contract as soon as they signed it. They did it to appease the fans. Any way you slice it though, why does the same management that went after Soto, cut Devers? Was Soto going to do anything and everything Breslow/Cora says? Is Soto some beacon of team play and sportsmanship? Maybe it WAS just pretend as vjsmoke said. I mean why not just go after Alonso? Solves all problems without shaking up an already decent roster.
  18. jdc69
    The thing that irks me is a team should have at least two dangerous bats to protect one another. We had one and all we had to do is....add another. Simple, easy. Unfortunately though, the one we added cancelled out the one we had. Forehead smack! They say they didnt want Devers contract. Ok then why spend all that time going after after Soto, who would've been way more? They say they didn't want to pay a DH all that money. Ok, then why make moves that put him there in the first place? Even if Devers is a selfish diva, theres no angle to look at that makes the FO look like they have, or ever had a plan.
  19. jdc69
    "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. That each individual is contributing and finding a way to help a team win, whether that’s in the batter’s box, on the pitcher’s mound, on the bases, on defense, in the clubhouse, on the bench. It’s the willingness to step up and sacrifice at times of need and essentially do whatever is necessary to help the team win. And I think that’s the identity, this relentless pursuit of winning that we’re looking for, it’s the identity that the World Series championship teams have had in the past.” Did he steal this mumbo jumbo from Mau Tse tung?
  20. jdc69
    Oh they'll break the diva out of him....even before he becomes one.
  21. jdc69
    Was Anthony in on doing drills in front of the media or was he made to? That sounds pretty bad if he was made to.
  22. jdc69
    And that is why I'm more on Devers side. I think he knows the owners dont care for or respect the players or the fans for that matter and is using the power he has to his advantage.
  23. jdc69
    Yeah, well Alonso got $54 million for two years and Bregman $120 for 3 years so that's not true. Alonso was ripe for the taking because he turned down the Mets qualifying offer of $70 million and got less. EDIT - Not qualifying offer but extension.
  24. jdc69
    It really doesnt sound like a long term plan. It was near the end of having available RHB's to buy and there was nobody left. I personally think Alonso wouldve been a neater, less intrusive signing. Worse D but more power and a happier clubhouse with parts that actually fit together. It irks me that last years club was good but just needed to be a little better, instead they tear the whole thing to shreds. No momentum building.
  25. jdc69
    I don't know Devers, so I cant judge him 100% but I KNOW the organization has been stupid so am giving Devers the benefit of the doubt, even considering his actions.
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