2022 Prospects

[mvp 78]

How about Ceddanne Rafaela? Can he be the sparkplug the big league team sorely needs off the nugatory bench?

 

He's only in High A. There's no chance he's in MLB this year.

[Hugh2]

How about Ceddanne Rafaela? Can he be the sparkplug the big league team sorely needs off the nugatory bench?

 

Maybe in 2024/2025

[Hugh2]

He's 1 for 13 over the past 4 games, 3 BB, 7K. Early on in the season, that can really tank your numbers. Before this stretch he was OPSing 937 and it's now down to 801. I'm not worried.

 

Never said I was worried, I think he's going to be a middle-of-the-order bat. Those are my expectations or dreams at least...I just don't think he's ready right now and needs more time in AAA. Especially if he's struggling a little bit, let him do it against AAA pitching and get a little bit more experience under his belt first.

[mvp 78]

Maybe in 2024/2025

 

I think they'll have to put him on the 40 man this offseason. At that point, he's probably going to get at least a looksee as a callup late in the season.

 

December 2022

 

Dan Altavilla

Alixandri Alvarez

Angel Bastardo

Adenys Bautista

Brock Bell

Royman Blanco

Brainer Bonaci

Zach Bryant

Cameron Cannon

Triston Casas

Brendan Cellucci

Felix Cepeda

Kole Cottam

Wil Dalton

Joe Davis

Osvaldo De La Rosa

Luis De La Rosa

Tyler Dearden

Nick Decker

Jonathan Diaz

Efren Diaz

Alex Erro

Tyler Esplin

Albert Feliz

Durbin Feltman

Ryan Fernandez

Ryan Fitzgerald

Antoni Flores

Feleipe Franks

Grant Gambrell

Frank German

Rio Gomez

Wikelman Gonzalez

Bryan Gonzalez

Devlin Granberg

Faysel Gregorio

Jaxx Groshans

David Hamilton

Brandon Howlett

Gabriel Jackson

Axel James

Gilberto Jimenez

Christian Koss

Austin Lambright

Dominic LoBrutto

Eduardo Lopez

Bryan Lucas

Naysbel Marcano

Elih Marrero

Alexander Montero

Chris Murphy

Brendan Nail

Nick Northcut

Kaleb Ort

Andres Ortuno

Yusniel Padron-Artiles

Eddinson Paulino

Aaron Perry

AJ Politi

Ceddanne Rafaela

Jose Ramirez

Oscar Rangel

Roniel Raudes

Tyreque Reed

Carlos Reyes

Jorge Rodriguez

Devon Roedahl

Jesus Rosillo

Frailyn Sanchez

Giancarlos Santana

Victor Santos

Stephen Scott

Cody Scroggins

Gregori Segovia

Chase Shugart

Nick Sogard

Noah Song

Dylan Spacke

Miguel Suero

Luis Talavera

Jake Thompson

Freddy Valdez

Michael Valera

Eduardo Vaughan

Carlos Velez

Jacob Wallace

Brandon Walter

Thaddeus Ward

Grant Williams

Alex Zapete

Ryan Zeferjahn

[Hugh2]

I think it's a really good bet by the time game #162 is played that Casas has taken a major league at bat.

[moonslav59]

I think it's a really good bet by the time game #162 is played that Casas has taken a major league at bat.

 

Probably by game 100.

[moonslav59]

Pitching Numbers

 

K:BB Pitcher ERA/OPS Against

29:0 Walter 1.17/.574

24:4 Bello 2.35/.555

20:8 Gonzalez 0.57/.579

24:7 Murphy 2.25/.528

16:6 Santos 3.13/.574

 

15:0 German 0.00/.275

13:2 Schreiber 1.74/.656

12:2 Feltman 3.38/.567

 

6:4 Winckowski 2.70/.514

9:5 Groome 4.82/.689

 

28:5 Pannone 5.84/0.803

19:9 D Hern 6.57/.577

 

Offense (OPS Leaders) 24+ ABs

1.403 Mieses

1.151 Refsnyder

1.080 Dalton

1.080 Fitzy

1.028 Hickey

1.006 Y Sanchez

1.002 Kavadas

.992 Binelas

.971 Rafaela

.962 Bonaci

.955 Lugo

.954 Esplin

.945 Ugueto

.919 Hamilton

.919 Northcut

.913 Cordero

.905 Granberg

.892 Cottam

.888 Mayer

.810 Duran

.800 Casas

.789 Downs

 

Other notables:

.781 Jimenez

.774 Koss

.699 McDonough

.697 T Reed

.670 Potts

.651 Yorke

.522 Wong

.508 Jordan

.272 R Hernandez

 

 

[Bellhorn04]

Downs's OPS is up to .789 - just behind Casas's .801.

[moonslav59]

Downs's OPS is up to .789 - just behind Casas's .801.

 

That sure changed quickly.

 

Oh, the wonders of small sample sizes.

[Larry Cook]

Mejicano with his 2nd tater of the season.

[Larry Cook]

Duran with his first tater and first triple of the season.

[Larry Cook]

Northcut with his 7th tater of the season.

[moonslav59]

Bello with a little loss of control.

5.1 IP

3 H

2 ER

4 BB

8 K

 

Winckowski pulled early:

2.2 IP

4H

2 ER

0 BB

3 K

 

Padron-Artilles

5.0 IP

4 H

2 ER

3 BB

4 K

 

Bastardo

4.0 IP

4 H

0 ER

2 BB

5 K

 

Games still in progress

[notin]

That sure changed quickly.

 

Oh, the wonders of small sample sizes.

 

But Downs is done. Everyone says so..

[Larry Cook]

Hernandez with his first tater of the season.

 

Downs with his 4th tater.

 

Miller with his 3rd tater. Go war eagle!

 

Davis with his 4th tater.

[moonslav59]

Seems like watching the farm might be more enjoyable, for a while, but even they had a rough night. No wins, tonight!

 

Woo lost 9-7

Casas 3-5

Duran 2-4 w BB

Downs 1-5, HR

Fitzy 2-5

R Hern 1-5, HR

Danish was the only pitcher that did well (1.1 IP 0 ER)

 

POR lost 3-2

Groome: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 10K

The offense had 2 hits.

 

GRE lost 9-1

Nothing good to report. The O had 2 hits.

 

SAL lost 9-4

Miller with a solo blast

 

 

[Old Red]

Mayer hasn’t played since April 23rd, and is out with a bad wrist.

[Larry Cook]

Cassas and downs with their 5th taters of the season.

 

Stewart with his 4th tater.

 

Refsynder with 2nd tater.

[moonslav59]

With Groome's 10 Ks and 0 BBs, last night, here is the updated K:BB ratios of some Sox pitching prospects:

 

29:0 Wakter

17:3 Van Belle

28:5 Pannone

19:5 Groome

32:8 Bello

15:5 Seabold

16:6 Santos

 

 

[moonslav59]

On the farm, today...

 

DHern 3 BB & 3 H in 1.1 IP

 

Downs, Casas and Refsnyder all with 2 hits and an HR. Stewart went 1-3 w an HR.

 

Portland got 1 hit. Murphy 4 IP, 2H, 2ER, 4BB, 4K.

 

Greenville just went up 7-2. Binelas hit his 7th, Northcut his 8th and Jimenez his 4th. Yorke is 2 for 3, so far. Van Belle 4 IP, 4H, 2ER, 0BB, 6K.

 

Salem let up just 2 hits in a 2-0 win. Paulino went 3-5, Lopez 3-4 and Jordan 2-4,

 

[Larry Cook]

On the farm, today...

 

DHern 3 BB & 3 H in 1.1 IP

 

Downs, Casas and Refsnyder all with 2 hits and an HR. Stewart went 1-3 w an HR.

 

Portland got 1 hit. Murphy 4 IP, 2H, 2ER, 4BB, 4K.

 

Greenville just went up 7-2. Binelas hit his 7th, Northcut his 8th and Jimenez his 4th. Yorke is 2 for 3, so far. Van Belle 4 IP, 4H, 2ER, 0BB, 6K.

 

Salem let up just 2 hits in a 2-0 win. Paulino went 3-5, Lopez 3-4 and Jordan 2-4,

 

 

Really like the potential of binelas if the hit tool improves!

[moonslav59]

Really like the potential of binelas if the hit tool improves!

 

He's going to need to do well, just to shut up the Renfroe lovers.

[mvp 78]

He's 1 for 13 over the past 4 games, 3 BB, 7K. Early on in the season, that can really tank your numbers. Before this stretch he was OPSing 937 and it's now down to 801. I'm not worried.

 

Since this post, he's gone 6 for 13 and his OPS is back up to 888.

 

Triston is ready.

[moonslav59]

Since this post, he's gone 6 for 13 and his OPS is back up to 888.

 

Triston is ready.

 

Like Duran was, last year?

 

(I'm not saying he isn't ready, but Bloom & Co. know better than we do.)

[mvp 78]

Like Duran was, last year?

 

(I'm not saying he isn't ready, but Bloom & Co. know better than we do.)

 

There were always questions with Duran's hit tool. That has never been the issue with Casas.

[moonslav59]

Some Woo OPS to think about:

1.403 Mieses (6K/4BB)

1.177 Refsnyder (9K/11BB)

1.036 Fitzy (27K/7BB)

1.018 Sanchez (15K/17BB)

.913 Franchy (23K/10BB)

.888 Casas (23K/17BB)

 

How long until these guys move up a level?

.858 Hamilton POR (17K/10BB)

1.024 Binelas GRE (7HRs)

.948 Rafaela GRE (6 HRs)

.919 Northcut GRE (8 HRs)

.886 Lugo GRE (12K/3BB)

.958 Kavadas SAL (25K/19BB)

 

[moonslav59]

There were always questions with Duran's hit tool. That has never been the issue with Casas.

 

Agreed, but Duran did hit as well as Casas in AAA:

 

.898 Duran (342 PAs)

.882 Casas (145 PAs)

[mvp 78]

Agreed, but Duran did hit as well as Casas in AAA:

 

.898 Duran (342 PAs)

.882 Casas (145 PAs)

 

Yeah, that's why you don't only scout the boxscores. Where Duran held his hands made it absurdly impossible to hit a FB. Casas has a natural swing.

[mvp 78]

Some Woo OPS to think about:

1.403 Mieses (6K/4BB)

1.177 Refsnyder (9K/11BB)

1.036 Fitzy (27K/7BB)

1.018 Sanchez (15K/17BB)

.913 Franchy (23K/10BB)

.888 Casas (23K/17BB)

 

How long until these guys move up a level?

.858 Hamilton POR (17K/10BB)

1.024 Binelas GRE (7HRs)

.948 Rafaela GRE (6 HRs)

.919 Northcut GRE (8 HRs)

.886 Lugo GRE (12K/3BB)

.958 Kavadas SAL (25K/19BB)

 

 

Sanchez should be called up ASAP.

 

I want to see Mieses do it a little bit longer. I worry he'd just be stuck as a bench bat. At least Fitzy can play everywhere.

[moonslav59]

Sanchez should be called up ASAP.

 

I want to see Mieses do it a little bit longer. I worry he'd just be stuck as a bench bat. At least Fitzy can play everywhere.

 

Where does Sanchez play? Do they bench Story or Devers?

 

I think calling Fitzy and maybe Duran up, first is most likely.

 

I think they wait on Casas to gain the extra year of service time. It looks like the plan is all about 2023 and 2024, anyway.