Jones & Keefe: Have the Red Sox screwed up every debut this season?

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00:00I'd say it's something less than ideal that both of them got rushed to the major leagues for their debut.

00:06Both of them in case of injury.

00:08I'm sure that happens, you know, with a lot of prospects.

00:10But these are guys who should have been here weeks and weeks ago.

00:13You could have put them in a more advantageous spot to make their debut.

00:17To me, despite the massive error last night, he looked much more comfortable than Meyer.

00:22Meyer looked real rushed when he made his debut and had all those strikeouts.

00:26Anthony at the plate looked pretty, I mean, he ripped one right back at Shane Boz last night.

00:31So at the plate, he looked pretty good.

00:33I mean, that should have been a hit.

00:34I mean, that was it.

00:34That was smoked right back up the middle.

00:37I don't normally care about...

00:38Exit Velo?

00:39Well, I don't want to play Mark and Medford's side of the street.

00:41But I don't normally care about exit.

00:43I like to call it Velo.

00:44Not Velo.

00:45Velo?

00:46But 111?

00:47Yeah, that was nice.

00:49He's got a good bruise today, I bet.

00:50I bet he does.

00:51He's lucky to be alive.

00:52He's lucky to still be with us.

00:53You can make the case they screwed up the debuts of every guy.

00:56Because Christian Campbell probably wasn't actually ready for the majors.

01:01Good point.

01:02But they didn't have a second baseman.

01:03They're like, well, we got a contract.

01:04And we got a contract.

01:05Yeah, he's already here.

01:06We're already paying him.

01:06Get him here.

01:07He was the least ready of the three.

01:09And they're like, opening day start, my guy.

01:11And then he's like, actually, you know, he played well the first month.

01:14And then he has since cooled off.

01:16But then Meyer and Anthony, you're like, these guys are ready to go.

01:19So I think Bradford said Meyer was the best player on the team in camp.

01:23Like, the best player in camp.

01:24He was crushing.

01:25When they played, where did they play those games?

01:27Mexico?

01:28Yeah, they played the last two in Mexico.

01:28He was like red hot at the end of spring training, carried it over into those games in Mexico.

01:32And they're like, yeah, no, have fun.

01:33I'm ready.

01:34Right.

01:34And he told us he was ready.

01:35He's like, oh, yeah, I should have made the team.

01:37And he was right.

01:38Yeah.

01:38And then they were like, oh, let's get him in here.

01:40Like, you know, stick him at third base.

01:43Then with Roman Anthony, you call him in.

01:44They're driving down.

01:45It's a little bit of like a, you know, a quick turnaround for him.

01:49But they're here.

01:51So I guess I'll take that.

01:52Right.

01:52It's June 10th.

01:54And all three guys are up and they're all in the lineup.

01:56Now, I didn't think it should have to take a Bregman injury, a Willier-Abreu injury and

02:00like whatever else, like a couple of months in.

02:03But I'll look at it positively and say, all right, you know, most nights now going forward,

02:07fingers crossed, all three of those guys are in the big league lineup.

02:10So here is a reminder for fans who love the farm system.

02:14And I was excited to watch Anthony last night, just like I was with Meyer and Campbell.

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