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  1. drewski6
    There must be a reason because literally nobody does it, but with Worcester so close..... I really dont understand why not carry a 5 man bench (one less arm) and just use Worcester for your pitching depth so you dont wear out your farm. But nobody does it. Platoon guys are in though, and teams are doing it more. Guys who havent caught in years are being asked to catch again because platoon bats are more en vogue than defense from your backup C. Read: Give wongs roster spot to Refsnyder, and just have whoever catch 30% of the time when Nav needs a day off. Not saying I would do this, but tams are starting to.
  2. drewski6
    whispers: signing extensions is done to save money down the road (lol) Its almost like: look at me, Im not cheap! I spend! I bought this coupon book! But my original point was about Breslow because the trade was more out of left field then people seem to remember. They werent fighting with him about position at the time. It was all settled, Devers was raking, and things were looking up. We were winning. Then the trade was out of nowhere. And honestly, and I know Im in the minority here, but I think the trade was done because Breslow will trade you if you dont do what Breslow tells you! Rather than JH. I do think JH approved it and part of that was because he didnt hate getting out of the contract. But I think Breslow was the driving force for reasons that were not exclusively financial. Nor exclusively to help the team. I think Breslow had a hair across his ass and traded Breslow for selfish reasons. Ive seen Breslow sit there defiantly with awful body language like a child and this isnt his first clash.
  3. drewski6
    I was answering a question, I have no issue with him suggesting it. I wasnt as on board with a Duran trade last year, but Im open to it now. I still feel like its not as high on my personal list. For example, Im not sure I wouldnt trade Cedanne instead. Understand the d gives a high floor and patrolling CF helps, but Im not sure that contributes more to winning than say an average defensive CF who hits better. But Alex has every right to suggest it. And he usually makes good points.
  4. drewski6
    No way Devers is 6'4
  5. drewski6
    Keep in mind things were pretty smoothed over at the time of the trade and we were on a winning streak, and Devers was red hot. It had to be done, maybe because of grudges.
  6. drewski6
    They eventually had a sit down meeting with Cora present (as well as Breslow) but heels were dug in and a lot of damage had been done by then.
  7. drewski6
    Just keep in mind that things were not handled as well as they should have been from the RS side either, based on their own admissions. WE have a GM who holds grudges and doesnt communicate well, and that played a part. I do agree most of the blame goes to Devers because he just wasnt living in the current landscape which is positions are fluid and versatility gets used.
  8. drewski6
    Not sure if he leads in number of specific proposals, but Alex Mays may lead in terms of suggesting a Duran trade.
  9. drewski6
    We dont have a single player that was a top 50 hitter in baseball last year. Not one. Passing on the number 6 hitter in baseball because of a 2 yr commitment to an underachieving player is small market operations. It would essentially be passing on a hitter that transforms our entire lineup to suck any juice out of a bad investment. I dont hate Yoshida, but he simply shouldnt get in the way here. Otherwise, we are letting ownership and GMs just continue with what they've been "we cant add until we shed" and this approach has led to more last place finishes than playoff series wins in recent years. When you dont have a top 50 hitter in baseball, and a top 10 hitter is sitting there in free agency, thats all the fit you need. RA + schwarber + one more solid bat hides a lot of offensive holes and we'll surely have at least a couple.
  10. drewski6
    Thats surprising to me, that you werent on board. Naylor has been a great get for Seattle, who is showing a willingness to put pieces around JROD and Cal. Better than Ty France 4 years in a row.
  11. drewski6
    I could even be okay with that if the other 4 are very good hitters. But if they are cedanne and mayer and story and abreu, thats not good enoug hto overcome teh noodlebat 5 that youve presented. You are the man, btw. I enjoy your takes.
  12. drewski6
    yes, in all cases. Theres plenty of people who nobody expected to leave and did. Even so, theres a difference between going after Schwarber and failing to convince him and losing out than just being okay with a lineup where nobody has an. 850 OPS. Its the mindset. When do we get to say enough with the mediocrity?
  13. drewski6
    Understand none of us (even collectively) hold a ton of power here. I get that. But watching the team not go after elite talent despite not winnning a playoff series in 6 years is worthy of being frustrated. And but we have 36m committed to yoshida is a lousy excuse. Play yoshida in the field if you cant waste that money. But get dangerous hitters. I assure you yoshida isnt scaring anybody. And a red sox lineup that has him as a top 4 hitter isnt scaring anybody. Yoshida is fine as a guy hitting 6th or 7th in your lineup. Id be fine with him at DH if we had a very good hitting 1 - 5. And if we dont have that, we should be trying to get it. NOt looking at all our players through an overly optimistic lens because breslow and henry have better things to do with their weekend than fix our offense.
  14. drewski6
    Ive heard that so many times when the player ultimately left.
  15. drewski6
    campbell was getting reps in the outfield, almost from the beginning. It depends on what snapshot in time you are looking at because the plan changed when Devers stopped healing. Campbell wasnt chosen because he was a 2b or an outfielder, he was chosen because he was a 2b AND an OF'er and defensive versatility helps you get on the field. Remember in teh beginning Campbell was getting run in teh of and in the inf , as was cedanne. They firgured, at least at one point, because he could cover so many positions (campbell) they could find enough at bats for him vs roman and mayer would be on teh bench too much cuz they play outfield or infield (not both) and we viewed both infield and outfield as crowded at the time. This changed when they gave up on devers playing the field. But that was late april. Also Campbell being right handed counted a lot. And favoritism. REmember when they told campbell he made the team, tek was wearing a ga tech hat and hes like ga tech bros!!
  16. drewski6
    Getting Marte would count for a lot. If that happens, I will find you and high five you. But Im not super optimistic hes actually available, and Schwarber is just sitting there. Yoshida isnt useless but if Marte isnt available, we shouldnt let his 36m stop us from getting the best bat available when we need said bat. Put Masa in the OF if you have to , I dont care. But we simply cannot be fine with not adding very good hitting. Well we could be, but we'd be letting them off the hook.
  17. drewski6
    Correct, those of us that see a team with no elite hitters, and one sitting there in free agency (Schwarber) are likely going to be more disappointed than someone fine with a team that has 0 top 50 hitters from last year. Schwarber or we riot.
  18. drewski6
    Devers was 27. Bichetee is 33, Bellinger is 40 Polanco is 41. Finally found the first red sox! Its Duran at 57. There are like 6 yankees higher beffore you get to him. But we're trading him for ALec Bohm or prospects, right? SO we gotta keep looking.... Roman comes up at 60.
  19. drewski6
    1. Judge, 2. Ohtani, 3. Soto, 4 Springer, 5. Cal R., 6. Schwarber But we're not interested becasue for a 2 month span 3 years ago Yoshida had an OPS of .825 and whats teh difference between that and the sixth best hitter in baseball?
  20. drewski6
    It was supposed to be Bregman. But Im fine with having holes. And leaving some internal guys to fight it out. But thats for the bottom half of your hitting lineup, and its prob fine as long as you are solid 1-5.
  21. drewski6
    3rd place liklely gets into playoffs as wild card. Not a serious contender. (Im not disagreeing with you that this is one of the most likely scenarios, and Im not even suggesting that this would be a terrible season) But when do we get to say, you guys have been avoiding top hitters for the last 6 years, we want one. Ever? Do we ever get to say: I want a top 10 hitter in baseball? Or is it just about getting solid-average players at every positions? Moon isnt letting them off the hook and neither am I. Give me elite players.
  22. drewski6
    If they add 2 hitters, with OPS who were higher than .850 LAST YEAR. Not 3 years ago, for 2 monhths , he had an OPS of .850 and thats who he may be......Because thats just more of the same. Not going after good hitters, going after if maybe potentially could be , if you squint really hard and use reach logic hes a good hitter WE need good hitters, and your bar for what counts as good is too low. What are we even trying to do here? Now I understand you are trying to be reasonable, and assume tight budget and gotta use what we have who can contribute anything - and you are just in my opinion letting them off the hook too easy. A team that let themselves get outbid for the top hitters is exactly what youve seen teh last 6 years. Are you wanting more of the same? Yoshida, when healthy, is an above average hitter. But you appear to me to be more interested in not letting the 36m committed to him go to waste, than you are in building a team that can beat the yankees and dodgers. If your lineup goes Roman Anthony, Bregman, Yoshida, Hoskins, then we might as well jsut punt.
  23. drewski6
    When you start talking about limiting Ks and control of the strike zone, you are talking about a passive hitter. Meet pitches out in front. Comit to what you see, drive the ball. I dont want to see us revolve our batting order around limiting strikeouts. IF hes staying back and slapping singles, then he cant hit between 2 and 5. Im fine with him leading off and fine with him hitting 6,7,8,9 But are we just gonna put out a team of slap hitters? Are we this comfortable with mediocrity. More than anything, I think the bar is too low. I want aggressive hitters. Who hunt. And are confident in their pitch recognition. Guys who try to punish mistakes and hit the ball out in front. None of this , wait and sit back and slap it through the infield. WE have more of that than we need in Roman alone. I think Masa is redundant with Roman.
  24. drewski6
    Yes (that production as our top masher, not him giving that to us)
  25. drewski6
    And they were 10% short on AAV for Naylor , but correct on yrs. If we assume same for Petey - 4 @ 30m per for ALonso.
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