2024 Prospects

[A Red Sox fan named Hugh]

I think they sometimes jump on a hype train too quickly.

Drohan in '23 (6 was too high IMO, 28 prior July)
Seabold in '22
Jimenez in '20
Flores in '19

I think there are times they jump too quickly, but I think theres a lot of times they correctly jump on or off a guy correctly before almost anyone else does. It helps that they only focus on one system unlike everyone else who have to focus on....well everyone else.

[A Red Sox fan named Hugh]

I think they sometimes jump on a hype train too quickly.

Drohan in '23 (6 was too high IMO, 28 prior July)
Seabold in '22
Jimenez in '20
Flores in '19

Are we talking about Daniel Flores here? He passed away, they've been pretty spot on with their International Binkies......we will never know but certainly the rest of that list is worthy of too much hype.

[moonslav59]

I think there are times they jump too quickly, but I think theres a lot of times they correctly jump on or off a guy correctly before almost anyone else does. It helps that they only focus on one system unlike everyone else who have to focus on....well everyone else.

I think they do a fine job.

Their reports often say some of our top prospects might be utility players or borderline 5th starters, so high rankings do not always mean they overvalue someone.

[moonslav59]

I think they sometimes jump on a hype train too quickly.

Drohan in '23 (6 was too high IMO, 28 prior July)
Seabold in '22
Jimenez in '20
Flores in '19

They stuck with Jimenez, too long.

We don't know if they overvalued Flores.

[moonslav59]

Not a prediction, but here is my top 25:
1. Anthony
2. Mayer (close call)
3. Teel
4. Cespedes
5. Bleis
6. Fitts
7. Perales
8. Zanetello
9. Slaten
10. Sandlin
11. Meidroth
12. Yorke
13. K Campbell
14. E R-C
15. Wikelman
16. Jo Garcia
17. Paulino
18. Jordan
19. Arias
20. Jh Garcia
21. Penrod
22. Castro
23. Romero
24. Dobbins
25. Monegro/Wehunt/Hickey

[Larry Cook]

Lugo has really yo-yo'd on sp's.

He was 12th, last April, then out of the top 30 by summer.

He was 12th in summer of '20, then out of the top 20 by DEC '21.

Did lugo get promoted today ???
I think Campbell did as well?????

[moonslav59]

Did lugo get promoted today ???
I think Campbell did as well?????

Yes. MVP posted the news.

[mvp 78]

Wehunt was also promoted to GRE

[mvp 78]

Latest SoxProspect podcast downplayed promotions to AAA for Teel/Mayer/Anthony.

Teel: don't want to get rid of the MLB depth guys just yet though Teel is ready

Mayer: hasn't shown he can hit LHP, also a lot of MLB depth guys in the IF in AAA

Anthony: probably won't be ready for MLB early on in 2025 so no reason to rush him to AAA

[moonslav59]

Teel named league PLayer of the Week.

[mvp 78]

A guy from Baseball America is hinting that Perales may debut as a Top 100 prospect when they release the updated rankings tomorrow.

[moonslav59]

DSL rosters are set. Scroll to the very bottom...

https://www.soxprospects.com/org.htm

[moonslav59]

Just Baseball updated their Top 100:

12. Anthony
26. Mayer
33. Teel
90. Cespedes

The Athletic's Top 50:
4. Mayer
19. Teel
25. Anthony

MLB.com (May)
11. Mayer
16. Anthony
29. Teel

If you average them all, we have 3 in the top 30.
14. Mayer
18. Anthony
27. Teel

In some ways, it sucks having to pin almost all our hopes un unproven rookies, but this sure beats how we looked in 2020 to 2022, in terms or long term outlook.

Even if 2 or 3 work out fine, we might still need a significant boost in spending to reach glory again.

[mvp 78]

Cespedes at 90? His defense is pretty raw from what I've heard so that's kind of a surprise to me.

[mvp 78]

@EdHand89
Portland Sea Dogs shortstop Marcelo Mayer currently leads the Eastern League (AA) in hits (60), extra-base hits (26), doubles (20), and runs scored (43). He's also fourth in AVG (.305), sixth in SLG (.484), and eighth in OPS (.861) and stolen bases (11).