2022 Prospects

[mvp 78]

There's been a major correction to the Salem roster:

 

it's now spelled WIKELMAN

 

Please adjust your scorebooks accordingly.

[moonslav59]

OPS Against on the Farm

 

13+ IP

.501 Seabold

.607 Murphy

.648 Drohan

 

10-12 IP

.246 Walter

.461 Santos

.514 Winckowski

.544 Bello

.604 Gonzalez

 

OPS Leaders (35+ ABs)

1.255 Rafeala (10K/ 3BB0

1.229 Fitzy (17K/ 4BB)

1.138 Lugo (7K/ 2BB)

1.151 Refsnyder (8K/ 9BB)

1.001 Binelas (15K/ 9BB)

.983 Cordero (18K/ 5BB)

.974 Northcut (13K/ 1BB)

.942 Mayer (13K/6BB)

.908 Sanchez (9K/ 9BB)

.907 Kavadas (16K/ 10BB)

.904 Hamilton (8K/ 6BB)

.878 Ugueto (8K/ 1BB)

.858 Casas (10K/ 11BB)

 

 

[Bellhorn04]

Downs strikes out a lot, but the walks are encouraging. He has 24 K's and 9 BB's. BA is .235 but OBP is a respectable .350.

[moonslav59]

Downs strikes out a lot, but the walks are encouraging. He has 24 K's and 9 BB's. BA is .235 but OBP is a respectable .350.

 

I'm not sure the OBP will be sustainable in the bigs, but it's nice seeing him improve in that area.

[Larry Cook]

Dalton with his first tater of the season.

[Larry Cook]

Sanchez with his 4th tater of the season for Worcester.

[Larry Cook]

T miller with his first tater of the season for Salem.

 

Go war eagle!

[Larry Cook]

Decker with his first tater of the season.

[Larry Cook]

Hamilton with his third tater of the season at Portland.

 

Bello with three innings pitched and zero hits, zero runs allowed, zero walks and two strikeouts,

[moonslav59]

Hamilton with his third tater of the season at Portland.

 

Bello with three innings pitched and zero hits, zero runs allowed, zero walks and two strikeouts,

 

What? No tater for Bello?

[Larry Cook]

Mayer with his first tater of the season.

[Larry Cook]

Kavadas with his second tater of the season!

[Larry Cook]

Mieses with two tater today. He is now up to 4 on the season.

[Larry Cook]

Binelas with his 5th tater of the season. No strike outs today thus far.

[Larry Cook]

Explosion of taters on Portland today.

 

Castellanos with a grand tater, his first of the year.

 

Cottam with his first off the year.

 

Koss with us 2nd tater of the year.

 

Potts with his 3rd tater of the year.

[moonslav59]

I hope this season doesn't quickly turn into one where we end up caring about the farm more than the big club. There sure is a lot to be excited about, and at every level on the farm.

 

Will some of the very promising prospects be promoted earlier than expected?

[Larry Cook]

Erro with his first tater of the season.

 

McDonough with his 3rd tater of the season.

 

Binelas with his sixth tater of the season and only one strike out.

[Larry Cook]

Dalton with his 2nd tater of the season for Portland.

[mvp 78]

System Leaders as of 4/25/22:

R Rafaela

H Lugo

2B Lugo

HR Binelas/Rafaela

RBI Franchy

SB Hamilton

OPS Mieses

 

IP Pannone

ERA Wikelman (10+ innings)

K Bello

BB Pannone/Schreiber (least 10+ innings)

WHIP Walter

OPS Walter

[moonslav59]

Still some impressive K:BB numbers by some...

 

22:0 Walter (17 IP)

23:2 Pannone (19.2 IP)

24:4 Bello (15.1)

13:1 Bautista (10)

16:3 Padron-Artilles (15)

13:3 Van Belle (15)

18:6 Murphy (14)

18:7 Gonzalez (11)

[mvp 78]

@SoxProspects

AJ Politi slammed the door and picked up his first save of the year with 1.1 perfect innings and a pair of strikeouts. The 25-year-old righty has 12 strikeouts over 5.1 scoreless innings and a 0.18 WHIP.

 

@hopspitching

Advanced numbers to begin ‘22 for

@APoliti6

: 12Ks 0bb in 5.1ip, 60% strikeout rate, 46.8% whiff rate, .116 wOBA

 

One of our main points of emphasis this off-season was to develop a deeper understanding of what intended locations would produce the best expected results.

 

https://twitter.com/hopspitching/status/1518636158791602177

 

The Politi/German combo is holding up well for the Portland pen.

[Larry Cook]

Still some impressive K:BB numbers by some...

 

22:0 Walter (17 IP)

23:2 Pannone (19.2 IP)

24:4 Bello (15.1)

13:1 Bautista (10)

16:3 Padron-Artilles (15)

13:3 Van Belle (15)

18:6 Murphy (14)

18:7 Gonzalez (11)

 

Bello, Walter, Winkleman and then the cupboard is pretty bare on the pitching side.

[mvp 78]

Bello, Walter, Winkleman and then the cupboard is pretty bare on the pitching side.

 

I think Groome will still make it at the back end of some MLB rotation. Maybe not ours.

 

You also forgot the other W, Winckowski. I'd put him up with the 3 you mentioned.

 

Mata and Ward are question marks coming off surgery. Murphy is probably a bullpen arm.

[mvp 78]

Also, it's Wikelman now. It's not Winkelman or Wilkelman as SoxProspects had it.

[moonslav59]

I think Groome will still make it at the back end of some MLB rotation. Maybe not ours.

 

You also forgot the other W, Winckowski. I'd put him up with the 3 you mentioned.

 

Mata and Ward are question marks coming off surgery. Murphy is probably a bullpen arm.

 

When is the last time we've had 4 pitching prospects with good outlooks and another 4 that might turn out okay, if they can get over injuries and military service time?

[mvp 78]

When is the last time we've had 4 pitching prospects with good outlooks and another 4 that might turn out okay, if they can get over injuries and military service time?

 

2020 had preinjury Mata, preinjury Ward, Song, Houck, Aldo Ramirez and Groome.

2013 had Owens, De La Rosa, Webster, Ranaudo, Workman and Barnes. We know how it turned out, but those were some decent prospects.

2006 was the peak of Papelbon, Lester, Hansen, Delcarmen, Buchholz, Bowden, Alvarez.

[moonslav59]

2020 had preinjury Mata, preinjury Ward, Song, Houck, Aldo Ramirez and Groome.

2013 had Owens, De La Rosa, Webster, Ranaudo, Workman and Barnes. We know how it turned out, but those were some decent prospects.

2006 was the peak of Papelbon, Lester, Hansen, Delcarmen, Buchholz, Bowden, Alvarez.

 

I'd say this crop matches 2013 and 2006 looks like the point where we look to as being the last time we had better. Just my opinion.

[mvp 78]

I'd say this crop matches 2013 and 2006 looks like the point where we look to as being the last time we had better. Just my opinion.

 

Preinjury Mata (1.75 ERA, 1.09 WHIP in High A previous year) and Ward (2.14 ERA, 1.16 WHIP) with Song just pitching in Lowell the previous season (1.06 ERA, 0.88 WHIP) had the higher ceiling IMO.

[moonslav59]

Preinjury Mata (1.75 ERA, 1.09 WHIP in High A previous year) and Ward (2.14 ERA, 1.16 WHIP) with Song just pitching in Lowell the previous season (1.06 ERA, 0.88 WHIP) had the higher ceiling IMO.

 

Good points, but we still have Mata and Ward as prospects, despite their ceiling being lower, now. Song, too.

 

These surgeries have had better results over the years.

[moonslav59]

This might be my current rankings:

 

1. Mayer

2. Yorke

3. Casas

4. Walter

5. Bello

6. Bleis

7. Gonzalez

8. Duran

9. Groome

10. Mata

11. Winckowski

12. Rafaela

13. Murphy

14. Binelas

15. Jimenez

16. Fitzy

17. Lugo

18. Hamilton

19. McDonough

20. Koss

21. Crawford

22. Seabold

23. Ward

24. Bonaci

25. Downs

 

(Maybe Rafaela is too low.)