July 22 Mets @Fenway
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That Alfaro throw was just little league bad decision making. And by our "July" (which is early May), none of our catchers will attempt that. Just eat it. So bad.
It’s so fucking fitting that this team is going to basically be knocked out of playoff contention like this.
It sucks because I really believe in Bloom’s prospect plan, but I doubt ownership has the patience to see it through.
Alfaro on the roster is utterly perplexing. The guy can't hit, can't catch, and can't throw. Literally just use a minor league catcher that can't hit at all and can play the position.
Good on paper. Mayer better be great at SS with the glove. Otherwise, this is a pretty average defense.
Demote Bloom to scouting director and draft honcho but give him veto on trades but still hire a Dumbo-type?
It's easy to base your strategy on guys that are like 6-7 years away. Dude was hired from the Rays to make something from nothing in the interim, results matter.
There's a reason and I don't think he is as bad as we've seen defensively. But that throw is not one a fringe player should be making. All catchers know you get a free pass by eating it. Except for him apparently.
His bat is abysmal though
Oh I know. He’s basically hot until year 5 or I’ll be completely on the fire Bloom train. Some guys better pan out.
He's the motocycle catcher from Bang the Drum Slowly, except he's not a fictional character.
If he were allowed to throw the ball into the OF instead of trying to hit it there.
They had their chance to get him for only money last winter, he wanted to come back.
No evidence to my knowledge that is the case. "The downs" is an English colloquial synonym for hills. My guess is that is where the term came from. Either way, DOB sucks at calling baseball games, and Aquaman is illustrating why there are no underwater baseball leagues.
You realize CV has transitioned from "backstop" to "paperweight?"
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vazquch01.shtml
In OAA, the Red Sox are 27 outs worse than the rest of the league. The roster construction that starts with Bloom is an abject disaster. It’s an organizational failure to be this bad.
Or Rafaela at SS, move Mayer to 3B or 2B and move Devers or Story to DH? But then you have to play Casas at 1B (and Dalbec at UT)