2022 Prospects

[Larry Cook]

Rafaela with his 8th Portland tater of the season and scott with his 4th Portland tater of the season.

[Larry Cook]

At Salem Garcia with his 3rd tater and Belen with his 2nd tater of the season.

[Larry Cook]

At Portland, Dalton with his 6th tater of the season.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Rafaela with his 8th Portland tater of the season and scott with his 4th Portland tater of the season.

 

Saw Ceddanne in person last night (10 rows behind home plate): hit lasers all over the field. First AB the pitcher got ahead with offspeed stuff, then challenged with a fastball, which Rafaela shot into the stands in left-center. Next two trips were line singles to center, and in his last licks he launched a curve to deep left that was foul. The hurler went back to the fastball, and Ceddanne lined a double to the corner in right. Impressive adjustments.

 

Rafaela also played shortstop the entire game and looked good there. On one play he ran a 60-yard dash to catch a pop-up over his shoulder in left near the foul line. Hope for the near future.

[moonslav59]

Looking at the updated soxprospects rankings, it's interesting so see how many of the top prospects were brought in my Bloom. Here they are:

 

1. Mayer

4. Yorke

7. Bleis

9. Winckowski (Beni trade)

11. Seabold (w Pivetta in Workman & Hembree trade)

14. Jordan

17. Binelas (w JBJ & Hamilton in Renfroe trade)

18. Wong (Betts trade)

19. Hickey

21. Downs (Betts trade)

24. McDonough

27. German (w Ottavino in trade w NYY)

28. Drohan

29. Kavadas

30. Koss (Aybar trade)

others...

32. Chih-Jung Liu

34. Enderso Lira

35. Freili Encarnacion

36. R Hernandez (Mazza & Spring trade)

38. Tyler Uberstine

48. Hamilton (w JBJ & Bineleas in Renfroe trade)

Fraymi De Leon

Johanfran Garcia

Mikey Romero

Cutter Coffey

Roman Anthony

Dalton Rogers

Noah Dean

Brooks Brannon

Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz

 

 

[Larry Cook]

Saw Ceddanne in person last night (10 rows behind home plate): hit lasers all over the field. First AB the pitcher got ahead with offspeed stuff, then challenged with a fastball, which Rafaela shot into the stands in left-center. Next two trips were line singles to center, and in his last licks he launched a curve to deep left that was foul. The hurler went back to the fastball, and Ceddanne lined a double to the corner in right. Impressive adjustments.

 

Rafaela also played shortstop the entire game and looked good there. On one play he ran a 60-yard dash to catch a pop-up over his shoulder in left near the foul line. Hope for the near future.

 

Rafeala seems to swing at everything. Will he get to the point where he consistently gets himself out by swinging at pitches outside the strike zone?

[Larry Cook]

At Portland Koss with his 12th tater of the season.

[mvp 78]

Rafeala seems to swing at everything. Will he get to the point where he consistently gets himself out by swinging at pitches outside the strike zone?

 

That’s the org’s worry. In BP, they throw him balls intentionally that he has to lay off of.

[Larry Cook]

At Portland, Potts with his 11th tater of the season!

[Larry Cook]

That’s the org’s worry. In BP, they throw him balls intentionally that he has to lay off of.

 

He got a walk today, maybe he is slowly coming around.

[moonslav59]

Woo

Seabold 4IP 4H 2ER 0BB 4K

Casas 2-5

 

POR

Koss & Potts 3-5

Rafaela 1-4 w BB

 

SAL

Jordan 2-5

 

GRE (in 7th inning)

Yorke 2-3 (2B)

 

 

[Hugh2]

That’s the org’s worry. In BP, they throw him balls intentionally that he has to lay off of.

 

I suspect he gets challenged at some point and has to make an adjustment, and that may take some time. I suspect his development will slow down at some point, and don’t think he’s an option to this team until 2025 for that reason (maybe mid season 2024).

 

The thing I like about Rafeala, is he has a high floor, I think it’s very plausible he doesn’t make anything more than modest adjustments but he becomes a super utility player. Not the sexiest profile, but you need those guys on your roster too.

[Larry Cook]

At Worcester, cassas with his 8th tater of the season. Guillon with his 2nd tater of the season. Stewart with his 17th tater of the season!

[Larry Cook]

At Portland, Northcut with his 2nd Portland tater of the season!

 

On the other hand, mata served up three meatballs today!

[Larry Cook]

At Greenville, howlett with his 3rd tater of the season!

 

And….. wait for it…….. ok here it is, Kavadas with another walk today!

[Larry Cook]

Decker with his 6th tater of the season!

[moonslav59]

Kavadas with 3 Ks!

O-4 w BB

 

We should have traded him when his stock was high.

[Larry Cook]

Kavadas with 3 Ks!

O-4 w BB

 

We should have traded him when his stock was high.

 

I guess that promotion to Maine is out of the question now! Ugghhh!

[mvp 78]

David Hamilton went 2 for 4 with two steals. He now has 49 on the year, with one of the steals on Sunday coming on a pitchout.

[moonslav59]

David Hamilton went 2 for 4 with two steals. He now has 49 on the year, with one of the steals on Sunday coming on a pitchout.

 

Do you think that speed helps give him a legitimate shot at making the bigs as a utility player?

 

No chance of rule 5 protection, right?

[mvp 78]

Do you think that speed helps give him a legitimate shot at making the bigs as a utility player?

 

No chance of rule 5 protection, right?

 

I don't know how good his defense is. Right now he's just a middle infielder?

 

My only concern is that he's repeating AA and went from a 736 OPS to 690 OPS. I'd hope for a slight improvement. All of his offensive numbers went down.

 

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-red-sox-prospect-david-hamilton-is-fast-as-lightning/

 

He could just be one of those guys that gets put on rosters down the stretch run for pinch running like Quintin Berry.

[sk7326]

Law's updated Top 60 based on midseason check-in and prospects being called up https://theathletic.com/3461142/2022/08/01/mlb-top-prospects-2022-minor-leaguers/

 

Preamble

 

This is my midpoint check-in on the best prospects still in the minors, including players drafted two weeks ago who have signed by now but have not debuted in pro ball. As with my offseason list, I’m focused more on ceiling than floor, but I do consider the player’s probability of reaching his ceiling or something close to it. I say within these capsules that the prospect I consider the highest-ceiling guy on the list is not actually at No. 1. Please keep in mind that my offseason top-100 ranking is a month-long process, while this ranking is more of a week-plus process, and has some more built-in recency bias than the rankings I run every February.

 

Note that this list only includes players currently in the minor leagues who retain rookie eligibility. These are not the same criteria I use for offseason lists, where I only go by rookie eligibility regardless of roster status, since there is no active 26-man roster in the winter. Spencer Torkelson isn’t here because he exceeded the limits for rookie eligibility, Shane Baz isn’t here because he’s on the major-league roster (and injured list, unfortunately), and Brayan Bello isn’t here because he’s also on the major-league roster at this writing.

 

15. Marcelo Mayer (up from 18)

 

Mayer was the fourth pick in last year’s draft, No. 1 on my final Big Board, and has hit well so far in Low A despite a wrist injury and some minor back soreness. He is showing patience, doubles power and speed while playing plus defense at shortstop. He’s had a bit more swing and miss than I anticipated, especially on stuff in the zone, although I’m less concerned seeing that in a 19-year-old making his full-season debut than I would for an older or more experienced player. As the doubles power — he’s second in his league in doubles so far — turns into more home run power, he’ll get toward that huge upside everyone saw in him in the draft.

 

31. Triston Casas (56 previously)

 

Casas’ 2022 season has been a disappointment, mostly because an ankle sprain kept him out for nearly two months, although he also hasn’t hit as well as expected in the 43 games he’s played for Triple-A Worcester. Casas projects to hit for average and 25-30 homer power, with a solid eye at the plate that should produce above-average OBPs. His production issues this year are mostly around his struggles against lefties, which was true in 2021, as well. He will need to close that gap fairly soon, but his eye and his two-strike approach give reason to think he’ll be able to do so.

[mvp 78]

http://news.soxprospects.com/2022/08/july-players-of-month-brainer-bonaci.html

 

Bonaci and Luis Perales were players of the month for July.

[mvp 78]

https://twitter.com/PortlandSeaDogs/status/1554492624320581632

 

Defensive highlight for Rafaela.

[Larry Cook]

https://twitter.com/PortlandSeaDogs/status/1554492624320581632

 

Defensive highlight for Rafaela.

 

He robbed somebody on that tater he pulled back.

[Larry Cook]

Hickey with his 2nd Greenville tater of the season.

 

Kavadas with another walk.

[Larry Cook]

Mayer with his 9th tater of the season.

 

Kavadas with his second walk of the night!

[mvp 78]

Kavadas' OPS is at 1.223 after 25 games in GVL.

[Larry Cook]

Kavadas' OPS is at 1.223 after 25 games in GVL.

 

I would love to see him get a shot at Maine.

[Larry Cook]

New prospect Valdez with his first tater of the season at Worcester!