The Official Red Sox Spring Training Megathread

[philthepat]

C'mon Roman man... that ball had a family...

 

[philthepat]

An 'overrated' chant... quickly followed by Roman hitting the ball to the moon... perfect

 

[loyalsoxfan2]

I started following Bregman on IGram......he posted all these HR's on his IGram 'stories'.
I thought it was a Red Sox page then thought how cool he's highlighting plays by these kids!
A lot of players don't do that!

 

[HarpoSF]

Just seen a story in the Athletic... love it. Seems they got Crochet's order wrong, so Bregman suggested they might have to do it again

How 76 coffee orders turned into a morning of chaos for two top Red Sox prospects

During a chat, Walker Buehler decided Anthony would buy coffee for everyone in the Red Sox organization. Early morning chaos ensued.

www.nytimes.com

At the end of February, Anthony was in the training room with veteran pitcher Walker Buehler chatting about coffee. Given a chance to rib the No. 1 prospect, Buehler decided Anthony would buy coffee for the team the next day. The whole team.
“I thought it was a joke,” Anthony said, “until it wasn’t.”
Buehler made sure the rookie included all the coaches and clubhouse staffers, making for several dozen orders. A slightly overwhelmed Anthony started keeping track on his phone of every specialized syrup request, cold foam addition, nonfat milk, whole milk, splash of this or that, but he soon recruited his roommate Mayer for help.

Like preparing for the next day’s opposing pitcher, they had to develop a game plan. They picked a Starbucks on Alico Road about 6 miles from JetBlue Park, and the night before, they drove there and asked for the manager.
“I’m like, ‘You better bring your A squad tomorrow morning at 5 a.m. because we’re ordering 76 coffees,’” Mayer said. “They weren’t just all black coffees, everyone had a separate order.”
Mayer and Anthony begrudgingly woke up at 4:30 a.m. to get to Starbucks right when it opened.

The four-person staff was well-prepared for the Thursday morning madness. But making the process more chaotic, Anthony had to read off each individual order and pay one at a time. That way each cup would have a player’s name on it and they could keep track of who had which coffee.

After about 20 orders, Anthony’s credit card was declined, with the company suspecting fraud due to the flood of successive coffee purchases. Mayer started paying.

When it was all said and done, the bill came to more than $600, which Mayer and Campbell split, making sure to leave the baristas a hefty cash tip for all their efforts.
In the chaos of their morning, Mayer didn’t think to use his Starbucks app to pay for the order, which would have earned him stars toward future purchases.
“I would have had free coffee for a month,” Mayer lamented.

They realized the day before that neither of their cars were big enough to transport 76 coffees and fit all the trays, so they asked fellow minor leaguer Max Ferguson for help. His SUV had plenty of space in the back.
Mayer and Anthony carefully loaded Ferguson’s SUV with 19 trays of coffee, and Anthony sat in the back and held the precious cargo to prevent spills.

What would be really funny is if Roman Anthony was a Mormon.

 

[Takket]

geez anthony looks GIGANTIC

he's going to hit a LOT of home runs isn't he

 

[philthepat]

Almost the 'A' team lineup going today... first game for Devers this spring

 

[philthepat]

Some early power rankings... always nice to be above the Y*nkee$ on anything... heh

 

[HarpoSF]

Kinda NL-heavy ain't it?

 

[SoxFanOC]

Some early power rankings... always nice to be above the Y*nkee$ on anything... heh

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Red Sox ranked seventh is pretty good.

 

[HarpoSF]

Red Sox ranked seventh is pretty good.

Let's be honest, the additions of Garret Crochet and that little-known ex-Houstown Astroboys has really helped the team so far.

 

[philthepat]

Bregman hit one about 20 miles to dead center today

 

[HarpoSF]

Yeah, that guy might make the squad...

 

[philthepat]

Not bad...

 

[Takket]

Not bad...

pffft. that's not even half

 

[CabanaBoyKen]

Some early power rankings... always nice to be above the Y*nkee$ on anything... heh

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Not sure how the Mets warrant being ranked 4th. Their starting pitching is extremely suspect and their lineup isn’t all that. It’s like any team that made the playoffs last year gets a hangover boost in this.

 

[philthepat]

This very much looks like an opening day lineup to me

 

[philthepat]

Not sure how the Mets warrant being ranked 4th. Their starting pitching is extremely suspect and their lineup isn’t all that. It’s like any team that made the playoffs last year gets a hangover boost in this.

Yes I'd have them top 10, but not at 4. Lindor, Soto, Nimmo, Alonso, Vientos are all very good players in their lineup. The rotation though looks like something the Sox would have patched together in recent years

 

[loyalsoxfan2]

That lineup looks pretty good!

 

[philthepat]

Campbell channeling Pedroia at 2B

 

[loyalsoxfan2]

Ohhhh that's good!