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[BostonBob]

Article on Raquel Ferreira who is now the highest ranking female in MLB.


from theundefeated.com:

Just a month ago, the Boston Red Sox made history when they named Ferreira, a senior vice president, part of the team’s interim leadership group, the “gang of four” that took the reins from exiting general manager Dave Dombrowski. (Ferreira’s three cohorts are assistant general managers Eddie Romero, Brian O’Halloran and Zack Scott.) In her newly expanded role, Ferreira became, at least for now, the highest-ranking woman in baseball operations. The move not only is a capstone for 20 years of service to the team but, more importantly, put a woman in charge of a major league club’s front office during the regular season.

According to the principal owner of the Red Sox, John Henry, putting Ferreira, 48, on the leadership team was a no-brainer. “I met with Raquel for a lengthy discussion of her career and experiences at the Red Sox,” he told The Undefeated in an email. “The longer we spoke the more apparent it was to me that if changes were going to occur, she had earned a leadership role. She was already overseeing minor and major league operations logistically among other duties.

“So [it] was an easy decision,” he wrote. “She is a star who represents everything our organization values.”

Full story here: theundefeated.com/features/red-soxs-raquel-ferreira-breaks-through-baseball-glass-ceiling/

 

[CDJ]

From what I’ve read she’s very well liked by a lot of players but isn’t typically all that involved in baseball operations. Played a significant role in the bogaerts extension though.

I don’t see her having the final say in personnel decisions but she’s clearly well liked by the organization and figures to have a prominent role in the front office cabinet

I kind of like what they have going on right now tbh. I think there’s something to a committee idea

 

[N o o d l e s]

I really think there’s a strong case for DH Lemahieu to be the AL MVP but they’ll just give it to Trout

 

[Fossy21]

Boom!

 

[McGarnagle]

That's what you deserve for starting Chad Green in an elimination game

 

[McGarnagle]

I really think there’s a strong case for DH Lemahieu to be the AL MVP but they’ll just give it to Trout

It's gotta be Bregman. Leads in WAR, defensively sound at a key position, anchor of the lineup for the top seed in the AL. That moves the needle over Trout this year. Lemahieu is in the top 10 in a lot of categories, but he's not really tops in any one thing.

 

[N o o d l e s]

It's gotta be Bregman. Leads in WAR, defensively sound at a key position, anchor of the lineup for the top seed in the AL. That moves the needle over Trout this year. Lemahieu is in the top 10 in a lot of categories, but he's not really tops in any one thing.

Ya Bregman deserves it too.

Lemahieu coming into this lineup is what made them such a dynamic lineup though. They’ve needed a pure contact, high OBP hitter for years. Him coming into that lineup transformed it. That’s what makes him so valuable to the Yankees.

 

[Fossy21]

Judge with an opportunity to put some real pressure on this bullpen rotation-thingy after a home run and a single, swings at three straight for a K. In fairness they were all in the strike zone and he did collect a walk earlier. A mitigating factor to both of those arguments would be that three of four "balls" called on that last at bat were well within the strike zone.
A very tight strike zone called in general, though, so no issues with that.

LeMahieu not having the hottest game either. I'm sure I'll eat these words, but whatever.

 

[N o o d l e s]

What a play by Brantley. Shades of Benintendi out in LF in Houston

 

[08SeaBass08]

He made Judge look terrible. It was a beautiful thing to watch. f*** the New York Yankees.

 

[McGarnagle]

He made Judge look terrible. It was a beautiful thing to watch. **** the New York Yankees.

That was really a terrible decision by Judge. I get wanting to be aggressive and get something going on offense, but there's no way a runner should be caught that far off the bag on a sliding catch opportunity

 

[08SeaBass08]

...and a nice DP to end the top of the eighth.

 

[McGarnagle]

Altuve and Correa are something else

 

[08SeaBass08]

That was really a terrible decision by Judge. I get wanting to be aggressive and get something going on offense, but there's no way a runner should be caught that far off the bag on a sliding catch opportunity

Is that on Judge or Phil Nevin? I don't know, but I agree he shouldn't have been anywhere other than halfway between first and second.

 

[McGarnagle]

Is that on Judge or Phil Nevin? I don't know, but I agree he shouldn't have been anywhere other than halfway between first and second.

Probably a little of each. Judge should know better, but Nevin has gotten a few of his runners cut down this series already, so I imagine he's going to be on the hot seat after this postseason.

 

[Fenway]

3 outs away from a party

 

[N o o d l e s]

Harden and Westbrook just reappearing out of nowhere lol

 

[N o o d l e s]

Mookie woulda caught it

 

[McGarnagle]

That's just unbelievable

 

[Fenway]

Whoops

 

[N o o d l e s]

Well advancing to the World Series on a walkoff is cool too

 

[sarge88]

Whoops

It will just make this eventual loss that much more painful.

 

[McGarnagle]

Osuna vs. Chapman. Two examples of great human beings right there...

 

[McGarnagle]

Russell Westbrook looks like this game is causing him physical pain to watch