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Message: [QUOTE="Waquoit, post: 5299835, member: 50"] This from ESPN: "[I]When Devers showed up at spring training, the team broached the idea of him shifting to designated hitter. [B]Their computer model said the best version of the 2025 Red Sox would feature reigning Minor League Player of the Year [URL='https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/5201569/kristian-campbell']Kristian Campbell[/URL] at second base, Bregman at third and Devers at Dan Hurley. [/B]Devers was livid. A player's position is part of his identity. He was a third baseman. Beyond that, though, was [B]a breach in the trust[/B] implicit in a contract of Devers' magnitude[/I]." Their computer model must be rubbish. Because of it they paid Campbell millions and he promptly tanked. Bregman will take most of his paychecks on the DL and sign somewhere else next year. More flexibility! But it goes on: [I]"At the very least, if the Red Sox were intent on him moving positions, he wanted to ease into the new role. Play a couple times a week at third base and take the rest of his at-bats as Dan Hurley."[/I] Sounds reasonable enough, especially coming from a bad example, a team cancer. "[B]N[I]o, he was told[/I][/B][I]. This was what was best for the team...Cora told him to not even bother bringing a glove to the spring training field[/I]s" Any person with an ounce of self-respect is telling these jamokes to pound sand. [/QUOTE]