Evan DrellichVerified account @EvanDrellich 4m4 minutes ago
Sources: Red Sox to land Rajai Davis. Silence for now because the A’s are currently playing extras. He’s lone man on bench.
It could, but Davis also fits just fine on an expanded post-season bench -- especially if Nunez, the guy I figured would be our designated pinch runner, is busy playing 2B.This seems like it means quite bad news about Bradley, no?
See the Bradley DL thread .. doesn't seem season ending. Maybe two-three weeks pessimistically I'd say.This seems like it means quite bad news about Bradley, no?
It's Rafael Rincones so yes the cost is low. He's playing the Roberts role plus filling in some OF until JBJ comes back.See the Bradley DL thread .. doesn't seem season ending. Maybe two-three weeks pessimistically I'd say.
Not a bad pickup - assuming the cost is low , which it should be.
Immediately thought the Dave Roberts role as well. Probably a bit of both. They can use him to cover some of JBJ's load until rosters expand and then move him into a more focused utility role for the stretch and playoffs.Nice pickup, but I sure hope it's for the Dave Roberts role and not because JBJ will be shelved for awhile.
Yep .. Holt's place on a playoff roster just became endangered.Immediately thought the Dave Roberts role as well. Probably a bit of both. They can use him to cover some of JBJ's load until rosters expand and then move him into a more focused utility role for the stretch and playoffs.
Oh no. How we gonna survive without the 195/276/218 slash line?Yep .. Holt's place on a playoff roster just became endangered.
According to this guy's social-media-based research, it's a tough call. Norwich, where Davis was born, and Groton, where he went to college, run basically 50/50; Willimantic (in Windham), where he played Little League, is decidedly a Sox town at 77.8%; but New London, where he went to HS, is just 35.4% Sox fans.Which means he is a yankees fan
I blame the Coast Guard.Why are there so many Yankee fans in New London ? I find this hard to believe. Seems like most people in Eastern Conn. are Sox fans.
Agreed on the "all-in" sentiment as Rajai brings more to the table on offense and defense than Berry. Solid pickup!I think they picked him up to further taunt Aroldis Chapman, and to play the Quintin Berry role. I'm all in.
Per Castig on the radio broadcast earlier tonight -- who seems to chat with just about every player from New England in the league -- Rajai grew up a big Mets fan. Very young for the '86 Series, probably rooted for them hard against the MFY in the '00 series. I'll take it!Something I didn't even know about Rajai till I googled him....he's a New England kid, born and raised in eastern Connecticut. Born in Norwich, played Little League in Willimantic, was a triple-letter kid at New London High School and went to the Avery Point campus of UConn in Groton. Given the part of Connecticut he's from, it's even conceivable that he rooted for the Red Sox as a kid.
Minor league OF Rafael RInconesMaybe I missed it. What did we send to the A's in return?
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/boston-red-soxRincones turned 18 on July 1 and has spent the first two seasons of his professional career playing for the Red Sox’ affiliate in the Dominican Summer League. Through 380 plate appearances, the switch-hitting Rincones has batted .267/.386/.368 with a pair of homers, 18 doubles, four triples and 14 steals (in 19 attempts).
Time to dismiss the commander and institute an operational pause.
I follow the minors pretty closely and I've never heard of this guy.
Not according to two polls. In 2006 the poll was done called the Munson-Nixon line. It basically said the line was Northwest to Southeast Connecticut is mostly Sox fans while Yankee fans are the reverse. New London according to the poll was more Red Sox fans as was Hartford slightly. New Haven was more Yankee fans. The poll showed a divide between Old Saybrook being Yankee fans and Old Lyme Red Sox. The Connecticut river being a border. I think the total poll was Yankee fans around 42 % Red Sox 36 % Mets 15 % and the final 7 % other teams. A Different poll a few years after that showed Hartford a little more Yankee fans but New London still a little more Red Sox fans then Yankee fans.According to this guy's social-media-based research, it's a tough call. Norwich, where Davis was born, and Groton, where he went to college, run basically 50/50; Willimantic (in Windham), where he played Little League, is decidedly a Sox town at 77.8%; but New London, where he went to HS, is just 35.4% Sox fans.
Of course this data is from 20 years after Davis's childhood (and a whole lot of Sox-promoting stuff happened in between; it seems like a reasonable guess that the percentages ran at least a bit more in the Yankees' favor in the 80s and early 90s).
Davis is RHH.Young is a RHH, Holt/Davis/Beni/JBJ are all lefties. On a team where Nunez is your only other RHH option off the bench in the OF, Young has more value than Brock Holt.
But can't Brentz get called up next week after rosters expand? They wouldn't be able to get Davis then.Would have liked to see what Brentz could do ... especially if we were going to DFA Selsky anyway and open up a 40-man roster spot.
He doesn't make Young redundant. He compliments him. Young is the 4th OF, Davis is the 5th... assuming JBJ is going to be back.Agreed that he seems to make Young redundant. He's faster, better defensively and better against lefties. And of course he has the speed that is his calling card.
I agree Davis and Young complement each other, although not so well as if Young were the LHH bench bat instead of Holt.He doesn't make Young redundant. He compliments him. Young is the 4th OF, Davis is the 5th... assuming JBJ is going to be back.
If JBJ and Pedey are healthy, they've now got plenty of speed on the bench and lots of flexibility. So this makes sense. It's not really a roster altering deal, but it's August, so unless Nick Punto is involved, that's not likely to have happened anyway.