Do you mean throwing Shaw out in LF? If they did, it wouldn't be as though he'd be playing LF against a killer right handed strong lineup like Toronto. These are the A's. I'd really like to see if Shaw could build on last night's game. Start him in left. If he messes up or looks rough out there, you can bring in Holt.
What, so he could immediately snap his leg off in an unfilled goalpost hole or something? No thanks.
I think it's crazy that this "play Shaw in LF" continues to persist at all. His extremely limited experience there has come mostly as on a last resort/emergency basis.
Well, Oakland has a lot of foul territory. But Manny played LF in all those parks. Shaw could too. Probably want a defensive replacement in late innings when you have a lead. Young obviously is a better defender, but his numbers suggest he won't hit much against RHP'ers, so if they think Shaw is hot and want his bat in the lineup, then it makes sense. I just don't think Farrell is going to attach too much weight to 1 game against awful pitching, so Young in LF is fine with me.
Much more at the link..
And I was really just fucking around, musing out loud while I was waiting for my breakfast at my local diner.
I'm not. Imagine if he wins the starting catcher job. Benintendi, Bradley, Bets, Moncada, Bogaerts, Pedroia, Swihart...you and I could DH and cover first.
No way they can fit all those guys on the same payroll post free agency if they're anywhere near as good as they are now/supposed to be.
Sure they could. Baseball is awash with money, the Sox are swimming in cash whenever they field a competitive team, and there's a new CBA on the way.
If you don't mind, I'm going hold off on imagining anyone else catching until Sandy stops being a 900+ OPS guy.
Last night I liked his base hit up the middle batting RH more than his semi-accidental double to left batting LH.
I have a feeling this kid is gonna get plunked a fair amount. But he won't be boring.
Farrell pro-Moncada - ESPN (Lauber), MassLive (Smith), Herald (Mastrodonato)
What I read was the clubhouse manager said "the guy with the funny mustache." OK, Yoan repeated it.
We don't even have one for Benintendi yet.
Yes, saw this tweet before Sunday's game...
No.
Ha, in our collective dreams. Moncada's glove is questionable, Machado is the 2nd coming of Brooks Robinson.
So you expect him to spend 2 months in Pawtucket learning 3B...but also 1B and the OF? Seems like an awful lot of moving around, and I really don't see any chance he moves to the OF on this Red Sox team..... and seems like it would be a huge waste of his athleticism and arm to hide him at 1B.
And after getting picked off 1st yesterday, I think you can add baserunning to the list of stuff he might get asked to refine in AAA. Considering how Benintendi got hurt trying to get back to 2b after straying too far, I don't think there should be any question that one big leap these AA guys need to make is just how much faster and more precisely the MLB game is played.
You may not need to, but the Sox do, if for no other reason to hope to build up enough of a trade market to dump his contract next year. Anyone who thinks Pablo is simply going to languish away in the minors a la Allen Craig (not possible) or simply be cut without being given a least a couple of months to prove that cutting him is the only option left for the front office is nuts. He's going to play in Boston early next year whether we like it or not.
Nope, Moncada should see no time whatsoever in the OF, when he's already converted to the Red Sox position of greatest need. He needs to consolidate his practice time and game experience at 3B, so he can get used to playing the spin of cue shots and coming in on grounders and letting balls roll foul...the sort of decisions he wouldn't have to make at 2B.
