It’s apparently time for us to speak about Rafael Devers’ management capabilities once more. Chatting with the media at Fenway Fest, which Devers didn’t attend, Alex Cora said the group needs Devers to get out of his consolation zone a little bit bit, noting that Devers nonetheless feels uneasy addressing the media in his second language.
Cora’s feedback come amidst reports from MassLive’s Chris Cotillo that “group officers have expressed a need to push Devers to do extra front-facing outreach with regards to issues like fan interplay, promotional appearances and advertising alternatives in an effort to model him because the face of the franchise.”
I’ve already said my piece on the manufactured controversy about whether or not Devers does or doesn’t subject questions after robust losses. There isn’t a have to go over that once more. However I can’t let this newest story go with out reminding everybody of one thing that appears fairly rattling related to this dialog: John Henry has not taken questions from the assembled Boston media in 1,794 days.
And, to shovel an additional layer of irony on high of a scenario that’s already rattling close to an O. Henry story as learn aloud by Alanis Morissette, let’s additional remind everybody that these feedback got here in the course of the Red Sox winter fan pageant, which group officers have radically reprogrammed in an obvious effort to shield team officials from fan criticism.
My, god, 1,794 days is plenty of days! Since Henry final took questions, the Purple Sox have fired their supervisor, completed in final place, re-hired a beforehand fired supervisor, bought 10% of the group to a personal funding agency in a deal that took Henry’s possession beneath the 50% mark, made one surprising run to the ALCS, completed in final place once more, allowed among the best shortstops in group historical past to go away through free company, made Corey Kluber the opening day starter, completed in final place once more, fired the CBO, employed a brand new CBO, traded away an eventual Cy Younger-winner, produced a Netflix documentary in regards to the group, completed .500, decreased payroll by roughly $90 million, and raised ticket costs 4 occasions.
John Henry has addressed none of this.
It isn’t Rafael Devers’ job to carry out “front-facing outreach.” It’s Rafael Devers’ job to mash residence runs, and he does it. What is John Henry’s job?
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