Who do we keep, who do we trade ?

[Beckett95]

moss instead of murton (murton was traded to the cubs in the nomar deal) and probaly lowrie at SS and pedroia at 2B. Luis Soto should also be some where in there.

 

i think are pitching is very strong . Lester and Papelbon in the front of the rotation and Delcarmen and Hansen in the 8th and 9th is pretty good. The only problem is there isnt much power. Marte is an a exception and maybe Soto.

 

 

LINEUP

1. Jacoby Ellsbury—CF—L

2. Dustin Pedroia—2B—R

3. Luis Soto—LF—S

4. Andy Marte—3B—R

5. Brandon Moss—RF—L

6. Kelly Shoppach—C—R

7. David Murphy—DH—L

8. Jonathan Egan—1B—R

9. Jed Lowrie—SS—S

 

BENCH

Jesus Garcia—C—R

Chris Durbin—OF—R

Alex Machado—2B/SS—S

Ian Bladergroen—1B—L

Andrew Pinckney—3B—L

 

BULLPEN

LRP—Abe Alvarez—L

MRP—Edgar Martinez—R

MRP—Cla Meredith—R

SU1—Manny Delcarmen—R

SU2—Jermaine Van Buren—R

CL—Craig Hansen—R

 

ROTATION

1. Josh Beckett—R

2. Jonathan Papelbon—R

3. Jon Lester—L

4. Michael Bowden—R

5. Clay Buchholz—R

 

best lineup i could think of under 25

[Cityofchampions33]

I just noticed but what would be the plan with Van Buren since we almost have a log jam of righties in our pen? Do we keep him in the minors so we can replace Timlin with him?

[ksushi]

I could have sworn Cla Meredith was no longer with the club. Am I mistaken?

 

I could be, I might have just thought that because everyone seemed to give up on him. I would be really happy to learn he is still a sox.

[Cityofchampions33]

I could have sworn Cla Meredith was no longer with the club. Am I mistaken?

 

I could be, I might have just thought that because everyone seemed to give up on him. I would be really happy to learn he is still a sox.

 

he is, he just did terrible in AAA

[ksushi]

Thats great news. I like him.

[Cityofchampions33]

Hopefully he can rebound from his terrible MLB appearence and come back to his potential.

[ksushi]

It was one stint, he needs some fine tuning. No big deal.

[Cityofchampions33]

Yeah, but he did terrible in AAA with I beilieve a 6.00+ ERA, off the top of my head, but your right hopefully he can tune up and get back to form.

[Beckett95]

ya he had a 5.59 era in 49 innings in AAA last year.

 

Also, does anyone know about the rule 5 guy we got, Jamie Vermilyea???

[Cityofchampions33]

go to soxprospects.com, they have a profile on him.

[CrespoBlows]

ya he had a 5.59 era in 49 innings in AAA last year.

 

Also, does anyone know about the rule 5 guy we got, Jamie Vermilyea???

 

He can be a pretty solid reliever at best, but he isn't anything domiant. He isn't worth a roster spot and should be sent back to Toronto for 25,000.

[CrespoBlows]

The only problem is there isnt much power. Marte is an a exception and maybe Soto.

LINEUP

1. Jacoby Ellsbury—CF—L

2. Dustin Pedroia—2B—R

3. Luis Soto—LF—S

4. Andy Marte—3B—R

5. Brandon Moss—RF—L

6. Kelly Shoppach—C—R

7. David Murphy—DH—L

8. Jonathan Egan—1B—R

9. Jed Lowrie—SS—S

 

That lineup does have some power, I won't nitpick it because it's a better chance that Soxfan says something intellegent, then those collection of nine players batting in the same lineup.

 

Anyway, I'd say Sota, Marte, Moss, Shoppach, Murphy, Egan, and Lowrie could all hit 20 HR's or more.

[schillingouttheks]

I won't nitpick it because it's a better chance that Soxfan says something intellegent, then those collection of nine players batting in the same lineup.

LOL good ol' Soxfan jokes. Welcome back Crespo.

[26 to 6]

moss instead of murton (murton was traded to the cubs in the nomar deal) and probaly lowrie at SS and pedroia at 2B. Luis Soto should also be some where in there.

 

i think are pitching is very strong . Lester and Papelbon in the front of the rotation and Delcarmen and Hansen in the 8th and 9th is pretty good. The only problem is there isnt much power. Marte is an a exception and maybe Soto.

 

 

LINEUP

1. Jacoby Ellsbury—CF—L

2. Dustin Pedroia—2B—R

3. Luis Soto—LF—S

4. Andy Marte—3B—R

5. Brandon Moss—RF—L

6. Kelly Shoppach—C—R

7. David Murphy—DH—L

8. Jonathan Egan—1B—R

9. Jed Lowrie—SS—S

 

BENCH

Jesus Garcia—C—R

Chris Durbin—OF—R

Alex Machado—2B/SS—S

Ian Bladergroen—1B—L

Andrew Pinckney—3B—L

 

BULLPEN

LRP—Abe Alvarez—L

MRP—Edgar Martinez—R

MRP—Cla Meredith—R

SU1—Manny Delcarmen—R

SU2—Jermaine Van Buren—R

CL—Craig Hansen—R

 

ROTATION

1. Josh Beckett—R

2. Jonathan Papelbon—R

3. Jon Lester—L

4. Michael Bowden—R

5. Clay Buchholz—R

 

best lineup i could think of under 25

What are the odds of that ever happening? Practically the entire team would be homegrown by the Sox, which we know wouldnt happen.

[Cityofchampions33]

True, but this is all hypothetical, of course, probably a few will wash out, or others will be traded. I think the only cant-misses are Lester, Hansen, Delcarmen, Marte, and Pedroia. That's still a good amount of core home-grown players who can do damage and provide a good clubhouse for anyone coming in to pacth up the rest of the roster.

[Beckett95]

as long as we keep marte, pedroia, lester and papelbon im happy. I dont know who you could get in return for the #1 prospect of 2005. All this Marte for Joey Gathright stuff is crap.

 

Baseball Prospectus Top 50 Prospects

 

1. Andy Marte, 3B, Atlanta

2. Delmon Young, OF, Tampa Bay

3. Felix Hernandez, RHP, Seattle

4. Dallas McPherson, 3B, Anaheim

5. Casey Kotchman, 1B, Anaheim

6. Ian Stewart, 3B, Colorado

7. Joel Guzman, SS, Los Angeles

8. Prince Fielder, 1B, Milwaukee

9. Daric Barton, C, Oakland

10. Jeremy Reed, OF, Seattle

11. Jeff Francis, LHP, Colorado

12. Carlos Quentin, OF, Arizona

13. Eric Duncan, 3B, New York (AL)

14. Scott Kazmir, LHP, Tampa Bay

15. Yusmeiro Petit, RHP, New York (NL)

16. Jered Weaver, RHP, Team Boras

17. Michael Aubrey, 1B, Cleveland

18. Chris Burke, 2B, Houston

19. Lastings Milledge, OF, New York (NL)

20. Chad Billingsley, RHP, Los Angeles

21. Ian Kinsler, SS, Texas

22. Edwin Encarnacion, 3B, Cincinnati

23. Brandon McCarthy, RHP, Chicago (AL)

24. Hanley Ramirez, SS, Boston

25. Anthony Reyes, RHP, St. Louis

26. Nick Swisher, OF, Oakland

27. Jeff Francoeur, OF, Atlanta

28. Matt Cain, RHP, San Francisco

29. Dan Meyer, LHP, Oakland

30. Curtis Granderson, OF, Detroit

31. Adam Miller, RHP, Cleveland

32. Brian Anderson, OF, Chicago (AL)

33. Gavin Floyd, RHP, Philadelphia

34. Willy Aybar, 2B, Los Angeles

35. Jeremy Hermida, OF, Florida

36. Rickie Weeks, 2B, Milwaukee

37. Richie Gardner, RHP, Cincinnati

38. Ryan Howard, 1B, Philadelphia

39. Cole Hamels, LHP, Philadelphia

40. Jose Capellan, RHP, Milwaukee

41. Guillermo Quiroz, C, Toronto

42. Joe Blanton, RHP, Oakland

43. Jesse Crain, RHRP, Minnesota

44. Brian McCann, C, Atlanta

45. Edwin Jackson, RHP, Los Angeles

46. Jason Kubel, OF, Minnesota

47. Kyle Davies, RHP, Atlanta

48. Josh Willingham, C, Florida

49. Dustin Pedroia, SS, Boston

50. Mitch Einertson, OF, Houston

 

 

Honorable Mention, in alphabetical order:

Russ Adams, SS, Toronto

Garrett Atkins, 3B, Colorado

Josh Barfield, 2B, San Diego

Zack Duke, LHP, Pittsburgh

Jonny Gomes, OF, Tampa Bay

Angel Guzman, RHP, Chicago (NL)

J.J. Hardy, SS, Milwaukee

Conor Jackson, OF, Arizona

Josh Kroeger, OF, Arizona

Kendry Morales, 1B, Anaheim

Dioner Navarro, C, Los Angeles

Chad Orvella, RHRP, Tampa Bay

Omar Quintanilla, SS, Oakland

Jason Stokes, 1B, Florida

Huston Street, RHRP, Oakland

[ksushi]

How does huston street get honorable mention? and how does gavin floyd get on this list and not papelbon

[Beckett95]

also, Jeremy West wasnt part of the Van Buren deal. It was some guy named Matt Ciaramella (http://www.soxprospects.com/ex-players/ciaramella-matt.htm). Probally wont be any better than a 4th or 5th OF

[Cityofchampions33]

We've got better options than him at first but I'll take him if he indeed is staying. He was once our proposed future 1B before Blade or Craig is it?

[Beckett95]

probaly wont be more than a back up but hes a nice guy to keep since we dont have many 1st base prospects (Bladergroden and Egan only ones i can think of)

[ksushi]

stupid post, not completely unlike all of my others but this one was alittle too stupid to leave on here.

 

sorry. my bad.

[jsinger121]

that has to be an old list. it doesn't even have any angels prospects on it like brandon wood, howie kenrick, jeff mathis, kendry morales. it has kotchman and macpherson though. that is definitely an old list and not from this season. if it is.....it is a pathetic list.

[Beckett95]

i think it was made in Feburary 2005, but ya i completley agree with you. They are missing a lot of guy who are easily better than some of the people on there.

 

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=3773