I’ve been supporting this kid all season, just remember how he’s been performing when he inevitably cools off!
I’ve liked this guys since AAA, but losing that flyball last year and giving up a grand slam as a result was a tough look…..he just sometimes misses flyball…..he is also a monster, so I’m getting over the flyball thing.
Also, Duvall getting hurt did suck….totally fucked his momentum
The issue I had with him in the past was his attitude. His responses to the media, that embarrassing inside the park HR against the Jays. It seems he’s been humbled and success has followed through his hard work.
I was so excited to watch him last year, but his comments and the inside the park home run he gave up were REALLY bad! I hadn’t given up on him and I’m glad I didn’t. I hope he is around till his speed gives out
He refused to be vaccinated and had to sit out an important divisional series. Personal feelings about innoculations aside that was a selfish move and he just didn’t seem like a team player. He has since toed the line and put his head down and turned into a great ball player and sounds like a good clubhouse guy as well. I hope we hold onto him.
I will admit that I didn’t have faith in him, I promise to be better
I’m always in support of speedsters. Gimme a whole team of them!
I hate when people do this. We all watched him last year. He wasn’t remotely the same player. He was also arrogant and made stupid plays. Of course we all thought he wasn’t going to make it.
He doesn’t deserve an apology. He does deserve our praise for working his ass off and clearly becoming what he could have been.
I had his #40 jersey last year and wore it to every game. Check my comment history defending him, I’m very exempt
I didn’t hate on him last year, so I’m exempt
Very glad he’s killing it now, but I need the box for “that fucking bonehead play where he lost the ball in the sky then just stood around after it dropped.”
I’m all about the sample size. Did I expect him to suddenly become *this*? No. But did I want him to get more games/ABs in the majors? Yes. Hate when young players get completely defined by like 3 months of play.
I always believed in him, was one of his only supporters last year
It’s just been so impressive. Last year the guy was mediocre at hitting, bad on defense, had speed but since he wasn’t getting on base it never turned into anything meaningful.
This year out the gate he was doing good, but at the same time given what we saw last year I was thinking that it might just be a hot start and her cool off.
Then he did cool off, but that defense was still solid so I was thinking that he’d be cool as a fourth outfielder when Duvall returns.
Now Duvall has fell off hard from that first month performance, and Duran has picked back up again and seems to be electric every time he steps onto the field. The dude legit might be a franchise outfielder, its so amazing to see from what was one of the worst moments I’ve ever watched as a red Sox fan, to seeing him regularly crush teams.
My only criticism, and it’s a nit-pick for sure, is that I think that he’d be better off in a corner outfield slot, but right now he is easily out best option in center. I think next year we should have it be Verdugo and Duran in the corners with Rafaela in center, Yoshi can DH, Turner is playing so well that I wonder if you’d be better off trading him and getting some assets, but since Rafaela isn’t ready, I’d be fine keeping things the way they are, even if Turner walks in the off-season.
The dude spiralled into depression from everything that happened last year and has seemingly come out the other side a brilliant baseball player and I hope he’s with us for a long time.
Was at the game last year when Duran lost the fly ball to allow an inside the parker. Had zero faith in him and was trashing him. He deserves all the praise for being overcoming criticism and becoming a key player this season
I will not redact my criticism of him last year for not getting the vax shot. He was straight phenomenal last June. He was one of the main reasons we creeped into the playoff picture for a hot second. That Cleveland series he was playing elite, lights out elite baseball. Then he had to miss the next series in Toronto, and was a shell of a player after that for the rest of the season. I think those few days took him out of rhythm. I think the WBC this year helped him out immensely
Think what you will of the COVID vax in general, but this was a rule put in place by Canada and it applied to all teams playing there. Houck also deservedly caught a lot of flak for that series as we blew a few close games in the 9th, including one involving a wasted, huge comeback. I forget the name of the pitcher who we trotted out to blow those games, but he got cut a few months later.
How is “I listen to Felger” not on this list.
What do you mean no one it’s not like it’s a Bobby dalbec apology form. Now that’s a guy no one has a good thing to say about
As a Southern California native, I’ll just boil it down to he came to the Majors feeling very Orange County and he’s morphing into being a lot more Boston, and I think we’re all benefiting from that transformation.
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I’ve been supporting this kid all season, just remember how he’s been performing when he inevitably cools off!
I’ve liked this guys since AAA, but losing that flyball last year and giving up a grand slam as a result was a tough look…..he just sometimes misses flyball…..he is also a monster, so I’m getting over the flyball thing.
Also, Duvall getting hurt did suck….totally fucked his momentum
The issue I had with him in the past was his attitude. His responses to the media, that embarrassing inside the park HR against the Jays. It seems he’s been humbled and success has followed through his hard work.
I was so excited to watch him last year, but his comments and the inside the park home run he gave up were REALLY bad! I hadn’t given up on him and I’m glad I didn’t. I hope he is around till his speed gives out
He refused to be vaccinated and had to sit out an important divisional series. Personal feelings about innoculations aside that was a selfish move and he just didn’t seem like a team player. He has since toed the line and put his head down and turned into a great ball player and sounds like a good clubhouse guy as well. I hope we hold onto him.
I will admit that I didn’t have faith in him, I promise to be better
I’m always in support of speedsters. Gimme a whole team of them!
I hate when people do this. We all watched him last year. He wasn’t remotely the same player. He was also arrogant and made stupid plays. Of course we all thought he wasn’t going to make it.
He doesn’t deserve an apology. He does deserve our praise for working his ass off and clearly becoming what he could have been.
I had his #40 jersey last year and wore it to every game. Check my comment history defending him, I’m very exempt
I didn’t hate on him last year, so I’m exempt
Very glad he’s killing it now, but I need the box for “that fucking bonehead play where he lost the ball in the sky then just stood around after it dropped.”
I’m all about the sample size. Did I expect him to suddenly become *this*? No. But did I want him to get more games/ABs in the majors? Yes. Hate when young players get completely defined by like 3 months of play.
I always believed in him, was one of his only supporters last year
It’s just been so impressive. Last year the guy was mediocre at hitting, bad on defense, had speed but since he wasn’t getting on base it never turned into anything meaningful.
This year out the gate he was doing good, but at the same time given what we saw last year I was thinking that it might just be a hot start and her cool off.
Then he did cool off, but that defense was still solid so I was thinking that he’d be cool as a fourth outfielder when Duvall returns.
Now Duvall has fell off hard from that first month performance, and Duran has picked back up again and seems to be electric every time he steps onto the field. The dude legit might be a franchise outfielder, its so amazing to see from what was one of the worst moments I’ve ever watched as a red Sox fan, to seeing him regularly crush teams.
My only criticism, and it’s a nit-pick for sure, is that I think that he’d be better off in a corner outfield slot, but right now he is easily out best option in center. I think next year we should have it be Verdugo and Duran in the corners with Rafaela in center, Yoshi can DH, Turner is playing so well that I wonder if you’d be better off trading him and getting some assets, but since Rafaela isn’t ready, I’d be fine keeping things the way they are, even if Turner walks in the off-season.
The dude spiralled into depression from everything that happened last year and has seemingly come out the other side a brilliant baseball player and I hope he’s with us for a long time.
Was at the game last year when Duran lost the fly ball to allow an inside the parker. Had zero faith in him and was trashing him. He deserves all the praise for being overcoming criticism and becoming a key player this season
I will not redact my criticism of him last year for not getting the vax shot. He was straight phenomenal last June. He was one of the main reasons we creeped into the playoff picture for a hot second. That Cleveland series he was playing elite, lights out elite baseball. Then he had to miss the next series in Toronto, and was a shell of a player after that for the rest of the season. I think those few days took him out of rhythm. I think the WBC this year helped him out immensely
Think what you will of the COVID vax in general, but this was a rule put in place by Canada and it applied to all teams playing there. Houck also deservedly caught a lot of flak for that series as we blew a few close games in the 9th, including one involving a wasted, huge comeback. I forget the name of the pitcher who we trotted out to blow those games, but he got cut a few months later.
How is “I listen to Felger” not on this list.
What do you mean no one it’s not like it’s a Bobby dalbec apology form. Now that’s a guy no one has a good thing to say about
As a Southern California native, I’ll just boil it down to he came to the Majors feeling very Orange County and he’s morphing into being a lot more Boston, and I think we’re all benefiting from that transformation.