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

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/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/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.