Devers' problems seem to mostly come from rushing throws. Moving him to 1b could clear that up. Dalbec is solid at 3b and better than what Devers is right now. Maybe Chavis can get extra work at 2b over the winter? I just don't see Chavis as a full time player on the Sox long term. It's more likely that Chatham would be the starter at 2b in 2021 than Chavis IMO.
That would push Bobby Dalbec's MLB debut past his 25th birthday.
Dalbec is striking out in about 26 percent of his plate appearances in Double A this year as the Seattle native approaches his 24th birthday this month. On a positive note, the strikeout rate is down from the 30+ percent rate of previous seasons. Steamer projects that Dalbec would strike out in 33 percent of his plate appearances at the MLB level:
https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.asp...01&position=3B
Chavis actually doesn’t look horrible at 2b and his metrics have him as about average. The biggest critic of his defensive play seems to be a Yankee fan who may actually not be watching very many Red Sox games.
Now in order to make his average defense more palatable, he really needs to adjust his offensive game, particularly the slow start to his swing. Otherwise he is probably relegated to super utility role as maybe a (very) poor man’s Scott Kingery...
Over the Monster wrote about the updated Baseball America prospect rankings, which have Triston Casas and Jarren Duran at No. 98 and No. 99, respectively:
https://www.overthemonster.com/2019/...pdated-top-100
I think your expectations of what Encarnacion will return might be unrealistic.
There aren’t many good comparisons from last year’s deadline, but Josh Donaldson (27yo career minor league pitcher) and Andrew McCutchen (21yo unranked A-Ball pitcher and 23yo AAA SS who might be a utility infielder one day) didn’t net their trading teams much.
If Houston was interested in giving up a decent prospect package for EE, then EE would have been dealt to Houston instead of Seattle. But the Astros are notoriously stingy with prospects and frequent trade deadline bystanders.
The “spare parts” from the Boston farm are probably going to be similar to what most teams are willing to give up...
I disagree entirely with you. Devers may have worked to become an average fielder to this point (UZR/150 is -0.8, essentially flat), but he's got a thick body type that will not age well. If Dalbec makes a breakthrough in the second half and cements himself as a future prospect for the sox, I wouldn't be surprised to see Dalbec supplant Devers and move Raffy to 1b.
Hal sucks
Agree... Devers won't have the range to stay at 3rd, unless he wants to drop 25lbs before it's too late
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