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    4/18 vs Guardians

    Why put Rafaela at 2B and not SS? I might hate Hamilton being on this team more than Dalbec.
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    Dalbec sent down to AAA (recalled to BOS on 4/12)

    I generally agree, but does the presence of a guy like Rafaela, who can play plus-D anywhere, make it possible to keep a bat-only 1B on the bench? Assume for the sake of argument that Rafaela's bat will be good enough to keep him in the starting lineup.
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    If you were a ballplayer...

    High school version of Bad Yoshida. Good bat to ball skills that result in an endless string of ground outs.
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    What to do with Yoshida?

    Lineup decimated by injuries and two days in a row he’s on the bench. Hmm.
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    Dalbec sent down to AAA (recalled to BOS on 4/12)

    I think it’s understood that you aren’t getting a league average bat off the scrap heap. But for the guy I wand to replace, the bar isn’t anywhere near “average”.
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    Dalbec sent down to AAA (recalled to BOS on 4/12)

    That’s true, but if the confluence of events needed for him to get called up has already happened, it can happen again in July or whenever. Be prepared. The only backups to Devers are Reyes and Dalbec, and the primary backup to Casas is shaping up to be a guy who has barely played there and...
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    Dalbec sent down to AAA (recalled to BOS on 4/12)

    So you’re OK with him occupying the slot he has on the 40 man roster? You don’t want them to have a better plan C if things go sideways? Because it’s April 17 and they’ve already had to deploy him twice.
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    Dalbec sent down to AAA (recalled to BOS on 4/12)

    How does Devers' status change the answer? If Devers is OK, it's good that you won't have to use Dalbec much, but I still want a better option in case something goes wrong. If Devers is not OK, then that spot becomes even more important and the urgency of improving there increases...
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    Dalbec sent down to AAA (recalled to BOS on 4/12)

    Sure. And if it's done in the manner I laid out, they are answering the question without directly commenting on a specific player. Do you think he belongs on the 40 man roster?
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    Dalbec sent down to AAA (recalled to BOS on 4/12)

    It doesn't have to be in a public forum. You privately text Breslow (or an underling) with the resulting statement being "the Red Sox are exploring the market for organizational hitting depth at the corner spots". Or that they are not.
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    Dalbec sent down to AAA (recalled to BOS on 4/12)

    He's played 4 times in the last 5 days, and might go again tonight. This isn't like asking why Tyler Heineman is on the 40. He's occupying a bat-first position on the roster and hasn't hit ML pitching since 2021.
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    Dalbec sent down to AAA (recalled to BOS on 4/12)

    "Is there a better option for a 40 man spot?" There are lots of unemployed/easy to trade for people who have hit ML pitching.
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    Red Sox, Ceddanne Rafaela agree to contract extension

    Got it. Helpful, thanks.
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    What to do with Yoshida?

    This is well said. It's incredibly early. In the 10 day stretch last year starting on April 20 he went from 189/317/264 to 276/373/460. Looking at the totality of his MLB career still leaves me not super optimistic. But for the foreseeable future, just keep running him out there.
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    Dalbec sent down to AAA (recalled to BOS on 4/12)

    Has anyone in the media asked Breslow/Cora about him? I get that nobody wants to embarrass the guy, and he's only here because of injuries and will likely be gone when Refsnyder is ready, but dating back to last year we are at 147/206/221 in 73 PA with 40 Ks.
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