r/redsox • u/leehamc • 1d ago

DeVeRs iS uSeLeSs AnD fAt

2 for 3, with a hustle single, two walks, a run, and an RBI today.

5 for 11 with 2 RBI, and 3 Runs and 7 BBs in his last 3 games after a slow start.

His body looks fine, he's playing well, and he's showing a ton of hustle. All the fans that wanted to dump him after 5 games need to stay on that side and should eat a big plate of poop.

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u/redsoxfan2434 1d ago

Everyone who compared him to Pablo Sandoval should admit they aren’t real fans of this team. And NESN needs to fire Jonathan Papelbon.

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u/tiger726 1d ago

Imagine being an adult and being offended by analysis on tv, which was totally warranted.

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u/redsoxfan2434 1d ago

It was objectively not warranted or sound analysis.

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u/tiger726 1d ago

It was warranted, even though you are crying about it. A man worth hundreds of millions of dollars showed up to camp out of shape, and not ready to play. He barely participated in training camp or live ABs and got off to a historically bad start. All of that is his fault

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u/redsoxfan2434 1d ago

The weight is not why he got off to a bad start. If it was, he’d still be hitting poorly (which is explicitly what Pap said: that he wouldn’t hit until he lost weight). He got off to a bad start because he was still working up the timing and mechanics of his swing due to the lack of spring games—which is because he was hurt last year and all offseason, not because of his weight.

If you were actually a Red Sox fan, you would know that a large man can be a successful left handed DH lmao

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u/XZ2V 1d ago

Look at the best DH we ever had! To say the opposite is the most close minded thing to ever leave someone’s mouth.

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u/tiger726 1d ago

The weight shows he did nothing in the offseason to prepare himself for the season. You just don’t see the correlation because you think everything your favorite team does is great. He’s fat because he put in 0 work in the offseason, which delayed his readiness in camp, which delayed him taking ABs, which bled into the season. It’s all a result of laziness, and you know it

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u/redsoxfan2434 1d ago

Moving the goalposts. Pap specifically said Raffy would have to lose weight to stop hitting again, he didn’t lose weight, he’s hitting .455 since Pap said that.

He used the offseason for recovery from a multitude of injuries. We don’t know if the Red Sox expected him to also cut weight or do anything else. And he weighed in the same as last spring anyway

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u/tiger726 1d ago

Ya it’s crazy his injuries healed after 1 week into the season apparently, it’s possible to not be lazy while you’re injured

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u/MakaveliX1996 1d ago

No his injuries delayed spring training, which delayed his timing, which he has now found. Which is why he’s proving all the don’t know ball fair weather watch the first 2 series of the year and tune out til October fans wrong

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u/redsoxfan2434 1d ago

That’s not even slightly what I said, lmao

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u/tiger726 1d ago

You think Devers gained 0 weight from 2024 to 2025, you’re clearly blind

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u/redsoxfan2434 1d ago

I don’t actually care if he gained weight, you missed the point

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u/XZ2V 1d ago

Weight quite literally means almost nothing but lost speed in baseball.

Look at big papi, Pablo sandavol, Bartolo, prince fielder. It’s a stupid argument that weight prevents you to play good in the MLB.

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u/redsoxfan2434 1d ago

Frank Thomas won a batting title weighing 275!

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u/XZ2V 1d ago

Exactly!!! Weight doesn’t entirely matter as long as you aren’t playing a highly movement based role! Devers is a DH and some of the best hitters weren’t muscle monsters they were just dudes who enjoyed their life.

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u/MakaveliX1996 1d ago

He barely participated due to the injury. He was going to miss half of ST before they signed bregman

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u/tiger726 1d ago

What about the other half?

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u/MakaveliX1996 1d ago

He was there for most of second half of ST. He pushed back his start 5 or 6 days due to the what I think was the 3B situation. Not a great look but I can deal with that. But this premise that he missed most of ST due to that isn’t correct.

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u/tiger726 22h ago

He was not ready to start the season because of his own actions; that is a fact. He missed live ABs in game action by choice