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[CDJ]

Somebody's trying to relate more to the youngsters on this site.

Just a big simple life fan

 

[Gator Mike]

Bobby Dalbec swats a hanging curveball onto the damn left field concourse.

4-4 in the Top of the 6th.

 

[CDJ]

Dalbec’s power is absurd

 

[DKH]

Devers just missed 3rd homer

2 homers & a double

Verdugo almost reaches the third deck

what a swing this kid has

Verdugo as crazy as sounds might be the closest thing I’ve seen to Betts

 

[CDJ]

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Off topic but saw Casas tweets from earlier. How far away is he?

 

[DKH]

Off topic but saw Casas tweets from earlier. How far away is he?

Triston Casas has a plan at the plate, and it’s getting attention in Pawtucket - The Boston Globe

The balance now for Casas, who is 6-foot-4, 238 pounds, centers around controlled aggression, which in a lot of cases is not an easy approach to master. Before getting to two strikes, Casas certainly tries to do damage, but he never wants to get outside of hitting the ball to all fields. Once he gets to two strikes, it becomes about protecting the strike zone, but also making sure he grinds out the at-bat. He wants the opposing pitcher to feel him

 

[CDJ]

Off topic but saw Casas tweets from earlier. How far away is he?

As of now he should start next year in AA

not out of the question he makes it to the bigs at the end of next year but he’d have to rake

 

[McGarnagle]

Yessssssssssssssss

Thank you Bohm

Matty Barnes saving our draft position

 

[N o o d l e s]

Love blown saves

 

[DKH]

Feel bad for then has to be disheartening but it’s one step closer to a better pick

Verdugo
Devers
Bogearts

quite a 1-3

JD is a mess needs to figure out how to hit without the TV monitor

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

So.... Bobby Dingers? Jesus.

also, Romero coming into the game. Pretty sure this dude just slugged a beer and crushed the can before coming out. What a look.

 

[CDJ]

Bobby Bombs, the boy who only hits bombs. Unreal oppo power, up there with the best of them

also good for Grullon to knock in a run against a team that waived him a week ago

 

[Gator Mike]

 

[CDJ]

Mazza with a decent start!

 

[CharaBadSenyshynGawd]

If Cal Ripken had Dalbec power he probably ends his career with 3000+ home runs

 

[Merrrlin]

Mookie looking like an MVP again this season, and potential gold glove. So many good young players, like Tatis Jr, Acuna Jr. etc, might be hard.

Nice job Bloom/Kennedy and the rest of the clown show.

 

[CDJ]

With Mookie instead of Verdugo we would probably have one more win than we have right now.

I miss him as much as anybody but he’s not moving the needle on this team

Sidenote Bloom is the last person I would blame for this. Considering the amount of leverage he had I think he got an A+ return now that it looks like Verdugo is a stud. Not his fault he inherited a circus with a broken pitching staff. Excited to see how he chooses to spend money now that he has access to it

 

[Gator Mike]

Nice job Bloom/Kennedy and the rest of the clown show.

I don't know if they could have handled things any better than they did.

Also, Alex Verdugo is really, really good.

 

[CDJ]

Only 3 OF playing better overall than Verdugo (by WAR) are Mookie, Yaz, and Luis Robert

 

[yazmybaby]

Dalbec’s power is absurd

I like this kid, gives us something to follow now.
I can't wait for Casas to get here too. He might be a year or two away?
I can see Dalbec taking over at 3B once Casas arrives, move Devers to DH.
I hope we call up Houck and Duran at some point this year too.

 

[yazmybaby]

Only 3 OF playing better overall than Verdugo (by WAR) are Mookie, Yaz, and Luis Robert

All we need is Downs to make it as an everyday player hit .260 15hr / 65 RBI and give us good dee at 2B and this trade will work out fine for us.
I love Verdugo and he has a great contract, will allow us to get some much needed pitching next year and grab another OF.
I like the way JBJ is playing too. I would keep him as long as he plays for a discount for us. I think its time to move on from JDM next year.

 

[Gator Mike]

Keith Law did a Q&A on The Athletic with Red Sox beat writer Jen McCaffrey regarding the minor league system. I won't quote, because pay wall, but I'll summarize.

+ He likes Jeter Downs as their #1 prospect ahead of Casas. Says if there was a normal minor league season, he's probably be in the majors right now.

+ Says Jay Groome looks "all the way back" from TJ surgery.

+ Likes Jarren Duran as an "above average regular" if the adjustments in his swing allows him to generate more power.


- He doesn't really rate any of their prospect acquisitions. Seabold is the best of the bunch.

- He didn't like their draft.

- Views Bryan Mata and Tanner Houck as relievers only.

- Doesn't like any of their catchers. Says Wong is more of a utility guy who can catch. Grullon has raw power and a huge throwing arm, but can't catch and has a poor approach at the plate.

 

[N o o d l e s]

Do I lowkey have a dream OF of Yaz-Duran-Verdugo? Maybe...

 

[KrejciMVP]

This is why i never blame any player for jumping ship to another city

Mazz: Dalbec represents everything wrong with baseball today