2021 Prospects

[moonslav59]

From soxprospects.com...

 

Of the five players received in the Andrew Benintendi trade, Luis De La Rosa has received perhaps the least attention, but it might be time to start giving the guy some attention. For the month of August, he had a 1.29 ERA and 0.79 WHIP over 14 innings. He also had 12 strikeouts while holding opponents to a .149 OBA. The 19-year-old righty's arsenal includes four pitches (fastball, curveball, changeup, slider). He's shown good control and a strong feel for his secondary pitches, although he could stand to add some velocity to his fastball which currently tops out in the low 90s.

[moonslav59]

Yorke hit a granny last night.

[Larry Cook]

Yorke hit a granny last night.

 

A walk off grand tater with two outs in the 9th and the game tied, Amazing!

[moonslav59]

A walk off grand tater with two outs in the 9th and the game tied, Amazing!

 

That’s turning an oh for four night into something special!

[Larry Cook]

Dearden with another tater tonight!

[mvp 78]

@IanCundall

Since his promotion to @GreenvilleDrive, Nick Yorke is hitting .375/.453/.607 in 64 PA. For the year, he is hitting .331/.420/.517 with 13 HR, 35 XBH, 49 BB:61 K

 

Yorke OPSing 1060 in high A like it's nothing. Does he start there next season or do they push him to AA?

 

Yorke swing mechanics

[Hugh2]

@IanCundall

Since his promotion to @GreenvilleDrive, Nick Yorke is hitting .375/.453/.607 in 64 PA. For the year, he is hitting .331/.420/.517 with 13 HR, 35 XBH, 49 BB:61 K

 

Yorke OPSing 1060 in high A like it's nothing. Does he start there next season or do they push him to AA?

 

Yorke swing mechanics

 

My money is on him starting in Greenville but being on the first bus to Portland. He will not spend more than 2 months in Greenville In 2022 if that.

[moonslav59]

This is not meant as a judgmental piece, but here are the top prospects drafted by our past and present GMs. (Forgive any omissions.)

 

Bloom:

Mayer

Yorke

Jordan

McDonough

Hickey

Wu-Yelland

IFA: M Bleis

 

DD:

Houck

Casas

Dalbec

Duran

Groome

Lugo/Song/Feltman/Cottam

IFA: B Bello, G Jimenez, B Mata, H Velazquez

 

Ben:

Benintendi

Kopech

Buttrey

L Allen

Chavis/Asuaje

IFA: Devers, DHern, Bazardo, Margot, Basabe (2), Bautista

 

Theo:

Betts

Pedroia

Rizzo

Buchholz

JBJ

Ellsbury

Barnes/Lowrie/Reddick

Vazquez/Masterson/D Murphy

Workman/Alex Wilson/DBard/N Ramirez

IFA: Bogey, Montas, Okajima, Tazawa, Dice-K, Doubront, Iggy

[Larry Cook]

Yorke has been at bat 3 times tonight and got on base all three times!

 

Having seen cannon and yorke play, yorke seems to have much more upside.

 

Which one starts at Portland next season?

[moonslav59]

Yorke now on base 4 out 4 (2 BBs +3B)!

 

Casas got on base 4 out of 4 (2 BBs + a 2B)

 

Potts 1-3 with 3 RBI

 

Murphy 6IP 2H 0ER 0BB 11K

 

Dearden with his 23rd dinger

 

Walter 5IP 2H 0ER 3BB 8K

[Larry Cook]

Great start by Murphy. Fastball sat 92 to 94 with excellent command!

[Larry Cook]

Yorke with another 9th inning tater!

[Larry Cook]

Dearden with another tater!

[moonslav59]

WOO wins 3-1

Gossett 6 IP 1H 1ER 3BB 5K

Barnes 1-0-0-1

M Perez 1-1-0-1

Y Rios 1-1-0-2

 

POR wins 10-3

Groome 6.0 IP, 2H, 0ER, 1BB,9K

Winckowski 1-1-0-0-1

Cottam with a dinger

Everyone with 1-2 hits

 

Greenville won 4-3

Dearden (24) and Koss (15) with dingers

 

Salem lost 10-5

Lugo & Bonaci with 2 hits and BB

McDonough 1 hit & BB

[moonslav59]

Farm Records:

 

64-49 Woo (7th best out of 20)

 

63-45 Por (4th best out of 12)

 

63-51 Green (4th best out of 12)

 

69-45 Salem (2nd out of 12)

[mvp 78]

Some game by Groome!

[moonslav59]

We are seeing some amazing stuff from some of our better prospects over the past few weeks.

 

I'm wondering what some winter rankings will show.

[Larry Cook]

We have four players currently in the top 100.

 

Eventually Duran will graduate!

 

Yorke, cassas and Mayer are high quality players.

 

Our second tier prospects, seabold, groome, Crawford, feltman and Crawford have developed tons Pinot where they could potentially help the major league team next season.

 

Plus we have some youngsters that could develop into top tier prospects like lugo, downs, winkelman and bello.

[Larry Cook]

Cassas 1 for 2 so far with a double!

[moonslav59]

We have four players currently in the top 100.

 

Eventually Duran will graduate!

 

Yorke, cassas and Mayer are high quality players.

 

Our second tier prospects, seabold, groome, Crawford, feltman and Crawford have developed tons Pinot where they could potentially help the major league team next season.

 

Plus we have some youngsters that could develop into top tier prospects like lugo, downs, winkelman and bello.

 

It is nice to have 3 guys like Whitlock, Houck and Duran already in the bigs, and guys like Verdugo & Devers just barely older than them. Then, there is Dalbec.

 

Even with none of these guys counting as prospects, we still have a very nice farm:

 

Mayer, Casas, Yorke

 

Bello, Seabold, Groome

 

Jordan, Jimenez, Bonachi, W Gonzalez

 

Downs, Mata, Murphy, Song

 

Winckoski, Wong, Ward, Walter

 

Bleis, Lugo, McDonough, Hickey, Santos

 

[mvp 78]

Ronaldo Hernandez OPS by month:

 

MAY 729

JUNE 543

JULY 982

AUG 948

SEP 954

[moonslav59]

Ronaldo Hernandez OPS by month:

 

MAY 729

JUNE 543

JULY 982

AUG 948

SEP 954

 

soxprospects.com really dinged him in their last rankings. Maybe they move him up for their end of season rankings. Some others should jump up, too.

 

Maybe we see this: (Duran graduates)

 

1. Mayer (up from 2)

2. Casas (from 1)

3. Yorke (8)

4. Bello (7)

5. Seabold (9)

6. Groome (10)

7. Jordan (13)

8. Downs (4)

9. Jimenez (6)

10. Bonaci (15)

11. W Gonzalez (20)

12. Murphy (16)

13. Mata (11)

14. Song (12)

15. Bleis

16. Winckowski (14)

17. Lugo (18)

18. Santos

19. Wong

20. Hernandez

21. McDonough

22. Hickey

23. B Walter

24. Paulino

25. Ward (17), Arauz, Bazardo, Rafaela, Crawford, Cannon, Howlett

 

 

Edited September 16, 2021 by moonslav59

[mvp 78]

soxprospects.com really dinged him in their last rankings. Maybe they move him up for their end of season rankings. Some others should jump up, too.

 

Maybe we see this: (Duran graduates)

 

1. Mayer (up from 2)

2. Casas (from 1)

3. Yorke (8)

4. Bello (7)

5. Seabold (9)

6. Groome (10)

7. Jordan (13)

8. Downs (4)

9. Jimenez (6)

10. Bonaci (15)

11. W Gonzalez (20)

12. Murphy (16)

13. Mata (11)

14. Song (12)

15. Bleis

16. Winckowski (14)

17. Lugo (18)

18. Santos

19. Wong

20. Hernandez

21. McDonough

22. Hickey

23. B Walter

24. Paulino

25. Ward (17), Arauz, Bazardo, Rafaela, Crawford, Cannon, Howlett

 

 

 

I agree with the top 4. After that, the players are kind of bunched together and almost any order from 5-12 would make sense.

[moonslav59]

Agreed.

[Hugh2]

I don't think Mayer passes Casas. He's still #1 in my mind and knowing how the soxprospects guys rank players I'd guess they will keep him there too.

[mvp 78]

@SPChrisHatfield

Nick Yorke has reached base in 65 of his last 66 games. .385/.445/.708 with 14 HR over 311 PA in that time split between Low-A and High-A.

 

Easily the Offensive POTY in the system this year. It's not really close.

[moonslav59]

I don't think Mayer passes Casas. He's still #1 in my mind and knowing how the soxprospects guys rank players I'd guess they will keep him there too.

 

I doubt they flip him based on just a handful or games for Mayer, but this is my list.

[Hugh2]

If Mayer passed Casas, then Yorke passed both of them. Casas is a beast, very age advanced, and has been hot lately, yes he's a 1B profile but to me being much closer to the majors bridges and exceeds that gap in prospect value right now.

 

I could see Mayer becoming the #1 prospect in baseball, I think his ceiling is that exciting, but I suspect Casas will have graduated by then. Maybe.

[Hugh2]

I doubt they flip him based on just a handful or games for Mayer, but this is my list.

 

Ok I read that wrong, I thought you were saying that's what the rankings would or could look like at the end of the year.

[moonslav59]

Ok I read that wrong, I thought you were saying that's what the rankings would or could look like at the end of the year.

 

That is what my post implied. I should have worded it differently.