Sox select RHP Miguel Gonzalez in Rule V Draft

[Dojji]

Article: http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081211&content_id=3713297&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos

 

Stats: http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/G/Miguel-Gonzalez-1.shtml

 

Soxprospect scouting report:

Scouting Report: Mexican RHP picked out of obscurity by the Angels. Good low 90s fastball with excellent command. Also throws a slider and a changeup. Missed 2008 season with a knee injury. Came back to impress in the Mexican League in the 2008 off-season.

 

My thoughts: Looks pretty decent. He could get by, possibly, as the long man in the pen. He seems to have good command of stuff that is not particularly overpowering, and he's made some starts.

 

I suspect in the end we'll just wind up giving him back but he does have a chance to make it.

[BoSox21]

BOOM.....off season over

[Cocos Disciples]

Do we have to keep him on the 25 man roster or the 40 man roster (if we want to keep him)?

[riverside sluggers]

Article: http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081211&content_id=3713297&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos

 

Stats: http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/G/Miguel-Gonzalez-1.shtml

 

Soxprospect scouting report:

 

 

My thoughts: Looks pretty decent. He could get by, possibly, as the long man in the pen. He seems to have good command of stuff that is not particularly overpowering, and he's made some starts.

 

I suspect in the end we'll just wind up giving him back but he does have a chance to make it.

 

did any teams select red sox minor leaguers?

[TheKilo]

Don't think so but Beau Vaughan was sent to Texas as the PTBNL in the Littleton deal.

[RedSoxRooter]

Do we have to keep him on the 25 man roster or the 40 man roster (if we want to keep him)?

 

 

I think he has to stay on the 40 for an entire year after being taken. I think...

[Dojji]

I think he has to stay on the 40 for an entire year after being taken. I think...

 

Nope. He has to be on the team.

 

He put up decent numbers as a starter in AA so I have no problem with him as a potential Lenny DiNardo type pickup. Unlike most of our recent RuleV's I think this is a guy who could actually stick.

[Cocos Disciples]

Well let's see, right now the bullpen is: Papelbon, Okajima, MDC, Lopez, Ramirez, Littleton. Assuming we use Masterson in the rotation and have a 4 man bench, there is an open spot for Gonzalez to take up.

[a700hitter]

This kid will be sent back before opening day. This is a waste of time.

[Dojji]

This kid will be sent back before opening day. This is a waste of time.

 

This isn't Nick DeBarr. This is a guy who just pitched pretty well in AA ball and reportedly has good command. It's still a longshot, but only in the sense that all prospects are long shots.