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orangeinohio said:
Devers was getting jerked around by Cora and the front office. Bloom gives him basically a lifetime contract. Bloom (and his promises) are kicked to the curb. New GM kicks Devers square in the crotch and decides that what this team really needs is a second All-star 3B. Devers is told to play DH. He is told to play 1B.
He didn't handle the pressure well but it's crazy to pretend that the front office didn't create this mess.

The Red Sox are seen as a dysfunctional organization. Whose fault is that?
They have a long history of crapping on people on the way out.
When the Red Sox fell apart in 2011 and they were getting rid of Tito, stories about him abusing pills and his marriage troubles suddenly appearing in the news.
Mookie has said repeatedly that he wanted to stay in Boston but stories kept being written that he wanted to leave.
If you listened to that press conference last night, it was the usual bs. They're committed to winning and building off their impressive 37-36 record. (Of course, they just traded away the best hitter on the team and one of the best in baseball.)

The annual rebuild continues.
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Devers asked management to add better players. They did. They got a much better 3rd baseman. What Bloom said to him doesn't matter at all. First, Bloom isn't there anymore. Did this mean that 7 years from now, no matter what, Devers had to be the first baseman? Of course not. Anyone that has ever worked knows that things change. New management comes in and things change. Sucks but that is the way it is. Devers was acting like a child. He was taking ground balls. At 3rd base? No Well at 1st base then? Nope. At Shortstop. It is a shame. He is their best hitter. Or was. But they didn't feel comfortable having the many young people watching him behave like this. Devers got his money and forgot how to be a good teammate. The Red Sox have been wrong on some decisions. Lester. But Devers made this a tough situation.
 
i have seen enuf to Devers over the years to know that i'm glad he's out of our division and double glad he's not even in our league. can't begin to count the number of games that dude screwed the yanks. let the mets worry about his bat .
 
orangeinohio said:
Devers was getting jerked around by Cora and the front office. Bloom gives him basically a lifetime contract. Bloom (and his promises) are kicked to the curb. New GM kicks Devers square in the crotch and decides that what this team really needs is a second All-star 3B. Devers is told to play DH. He is told to play 1B.
He didn't handle the pressure well but it's crazy to pretend that the front office didn't create this mess.

The Red Sox are seen as a dysfunctional organization. Whose fault is that?
They have a long history of crapping on people on the way out.
When the Red Sox fell apart in 2011 and they were getting rid of Tito, stories about him abusing pills and his marriage troubles suddenly appearing in the news.
Mookie has said repeatedly that he wanted to stay in Boston but stories kept being written that he wanted to leave.
If you listened to that press conference last night, it was the usual bs. They're committed to winning and building off their impressive 37-36 record. (Of course, they just traded away the best hitter on the team and one of the best in baseball.)

The annual rebuild continues.
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I kinda agree with you about Bloom's 'assurance' to Devers that he was their third baseman. Breslow (or Cora) shot back against Devers' bringing that up by saying 'Bloom's in St Louis now.' But, my perspective is that a GM speaks for the organization. I'm not saying the team doesn't have the right to reassess roles once a GM is gone, but promises made can't just be dismissed out of hand. This demanded communication, and from all accounts, it really feels like both Breslow and Cora were afraid to actually tell Devers what was going on in the pursuit of Bregman and Arenado, they didn't create or communicate a sensible plan about moving Devers to DH and not considering 1B depth.

Yes, the FO screwed the situation, and Devers' flawed character screwed it further.
 
orangeinohio said:
Devers was getting jerked around by Cora and the front office. Bloom gives him basically a lifetime contract. Bloom (and his promises) are kicked to the curb. New GM kicks Devers square in the crotch and decides that what this team really needs is a second All-star 3B. Devers is told to play DH. He is told to play 1B.
He didn't handle the pressure well but it's crazy to pretend that the front office didn't create this mess.

The Red Sox are seen as a dysfunctional organization. Whose fault is that?
They have a long history of crapping on people on the way out.
When the Red Sox fell apart in 2011 and they were getting rid of Tito, stories about him abusing pills and his marriage troubles suddenly appearing in the news.
Mookie has said repeatedly that he wanted to stay in Boston but stories kept being written that he wanted to leave.
If you listened to that press conference last night, it was the usual bs. They're committed to winning and building off their impressive 37-36 record. (Of course, they just traded away the best hitter on the team and one of the best in baseball.)

The annual rebuild continues.
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I agree with pretty much all you say here except the part about Betts wanting to stay in Boston. He was unwilling to negotiate with the Sox during his final season and since he left he's said some things that would give the distinct impression he didn't want to stay in Boston.
 
Zelda Zonk said:
I kinda agree with you about Bloom's 'assurance' to Devers that he was their third baseman. Breslow (or Cora) shot back against Devers' bringing that up by saying 'Bloom's in St Louis now.' But, my perspective is that a GM speaks for the organization. I'm not saying the team doesn't have the right to reassess roles once a GM is gone, but promises made can't just be dismissed out of hand. This demanded communication, and from all accounts, it really feels like both Breslow and Cora were afraid to actually tell Devers what was going on in the pursuit of Bregman and Arenado, they didn't create or communicate a sensible plan about moving Devers to DH and not considering 1B depth.

Yes, the FO screwed the situation, and Devers' flawed character screwed it further.
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I know that Devers was critical of Breslow and the FO. I just hope Breslow didn't get thin skinned and have that motivate him to move Devers in a sub-optimal deal.
 
Zelda Zonk said:
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What just severed all sentiment I had for him was what I just read on SOSH, from someone who is respected as being plugged in: Devers got upset with Campbell for quickly/easily volunteeering to work out at first. Made him look bad? Well, that (if true) represents that Devers is not just prideful and wounded. He’s an abject moron and an a-hole.
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This article says the item about Devers being pissed at Campbell for volunteering to play 1B is false.

www.espn.com.au

'Absolutely botched': How the Red Sox-Devers breakup got so messy

As Devers prepares to play against his former team, a look inside the clubhouse culture that helped cause the divorce.
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Interesting set of perspectives by Jeff Passan. Seems to put blame on both sides, but also cushions Devers’ responses a bit more than I think is warranted.
 
pfister1 said:
As difficult and competitive as it is to make it to the majors, its pretty amazing when a father and son are/were able to both do it.
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I agree, and it is going to get tougher and tougher. Baseball has become a world game. The diversity in baseball is amazing.
 
I've been thinking that Cal Raleigh is going to slow down, but #34 has me wondering.

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Love having the players in their normal uniforms. You should want your stars to be easy to recognize.

Not sure having a mic on the catcher is a great idea when he has to concentrate so much on every single pitch.
 
Like that they went back to the regular uniforms. I completed about the idiocy of All-Star uniforms each year.

But now the new MLB idiocy is this challenge system. You stupid dumbasses.
You have the technology to get it right essentially immediately on every single pitch. Use the technology to get it right on every pitch then. Skip this nonsense. Why are you using a "strategic element" to determine when you should correct someone's bleep up when it can be determined every time right away.

This isn't like challenging a foul call in the MLB... or seeing if somebody caught the ball legally... or if a guy was thrown out at second. Challenge rules for those make sense because they cause long delays. Balls and strikes can be done correct right away.

If you like the ABS challenge you are also a dumbass.
 

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