TigerBlood said:You both are misunderstanding me. I completely get that Bogaerts is a work in progress and I think dropping him was defensible and a well informed decision. I'm more just annoyed by the fact that Speier's article treats his demotion as though its a sign that management is "losing patience" with him. It feels to me like Speier is making the point that you think I am making.
I don't think Speier was making the point that you think that joe dokes thinks that you are making.
I think the Red Sox have had some talks about what to do if Xander blows chunks.
I think this is the responsible thing for them to do.
I think the moving of Bogaerts down in the lineup had nothing whatsoever to do with his performance in the first two games and everything to do with there being different players in the game.
I think nothing Speier wrote either yesterday or today conflicts with the previous statement.
I mean, holy fuck guys, for you to believe any changes were predicated on his performance so far, you have to believe that the people who made those changes are fucking morons to the nth degree, and while there are always going to be things the manager does that we disagree with, we know that John Farrell aint that dumb. We know that Ben Cherington aint that dumb.