June 18, 2025

20 thoughts on “CBS Sports: Rafael Devers trade: Winners and losers, including the present-day Giants, the future Red Sox and Gerrit Cole”

  1. Another odd thing is that, like, EVERY GOOD TEAM has sucked recently, as the Yankees are pretty much in step with every other great team in the league at the moment. It’s very odd. The Yankees have 28 losses, the Mets and Tigers both have 27 losses, the Cubs have 28, the Dodgers and Phillies have 29, and the Astros have 30.

    They all seem to have decided for parity at the same time.

    1. There’s regression to the mean, and then there’s regression to the spread.

      Apropos of nothing, does anybody else here ever worry about the integrity of a league that gets so much of its direct and indirect ad revenue from the business of gambling on its outcomes?

  2. Stanton is going to be activated today or tomorrow after no ST and a total of 3 minor league games, the last on June12. I don’t get why they didn’t try to get him two games, preferably at Scranton this weekend.

    2. There’s something to be said for being coachable when they tell you that they don’t want you to be on the field in the rain for the second rehab game in a row.

      And then there’s something to be said for being courageous enough stand up to your coaches and to tell them to put you on the field to accomplish the goal that you came to town for.

      How hard is it to go stand in a drizzle in some manufactured clay sand mix four different times for three minutes each before you maybe ease your way partially around the bases once? He was there to see pitches. What a baby.

    3. They also couldve moved him to Scranton. Also he is a DH, he’s not playing the field.

    1. But what about a star without a position that nets you something you need? And now some team will give them something useful for Chapman whos pitching well.

      I hate chapman

    2. The big difference is whether they spend the money on someone else good. For instance, we all agree that the Dodgers deal where they dumped all of their bad contracts was good for them, as they were able to go out and get other guys and they then won the World Series in 2013.

      So will this turn out to be a salary dump? It could be.

    3. The high water mark for reliever deals was Chapman and Miller. Teams don’t overpay like that any more. The Dodgers deal was a little different in that new Dodger ownership wanted to make a splash. I don’t think they would do that deal today.

    4. I agree, but it’s the same basic concept. The Giants were desperate for a hitter, so they picked up Devers’ entire contract. So if the Red Sox spend that money on someone else, that could help them next season, right?

    6. I mean they only signed Devers because fans were mad about Mookie and Xander

    7. Oh, if they’re just being cheap, I agree, that’s fucked up.

      But if they re-invest that money into, say, Michael King this offseason, then they would have a young, impressive offense and an intriguingly good rotation.

    1. Yeah, you really gotta play Goldy every day.

      Reyes DFAed, right? He’d have to clear waivers for them to send him down, and I think he might be able to become a free agent if he DOES clear.

    1. They DO have an open 40-man spot, so they could activate Brubaker from the IL. Yerry also threw a lot of innings the other day. It could be a shuttle thing.

    2. Oh, wait, Brubaker is out of options, so they can’t shuttle him. Shit, I guess they’re “stuck” with him. Hamilton, though, CAN be sent down, so I guess they could shuttle Yerry and Hamilton and Headrick.

  6. Not sure what it’s like to root for a team that trades away all its home grown stars. The Red Sox do this all the time. Imagine if the yanks traded away Mattingly or Jeter or Judge. Yes baseball is all about rooting for laundry but sometimes it is about rooting for players…

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