2022 Prospects

[Larry Cook]

Paulino with his 11th tater of the season for Salem.

[moonslav59]

Seabold pitching the game of his life today!

 

7 innings 3 hits, zero runs, zero walks and 7 strikeouts.

 

He's had some other similar games, but yes, nice to see!

E Valdez is starting to heat up (2-4 w BB).

 

Northcut did something very rare for him. 1 Hr and 2 singles!

Binelas with a 2B and BB.

Kavadas w 2 BB and 2 Ks. (0-3) .753 at AA.

Hamilton with his 60th SB on the season!

 

Wikelman pitched well for GRE (4IP 3H 1 ER 2BB 8Ks)

Lugo remains red hot (3-5).

Ferguson (Vas trade) 1-2 w 2B & 2 BB

Rosier (Vaz trade) 2-5 w 2B

 

Salem completed the full Red Sox sweep night (5 wins- 0 losses)

Paulino 2-5 w 2B

Romero, Bonaci and Meidroth all with 2 hits (Bonaci w a BB)

 

The farm is shaping up nicely as the season nears its end.

 

[Old Red]

I'm not disagreeing, because I do think they would not have called up Bello, had there not been so many injuries and fizzle outs by those they tried before him, but just a quick question- no malice intended:

 

Do you think every prospect who looks awful out of the gate was rushed?

No. Bello is still pretty young, and no matter how Casas turns out he hasn’t been rushed.

[moonslav59]

No. Bello is still pretty young, and no matter how Casas turns out he hasn’t been rushed.

 

Yes, but 23 is not all that young, and he joined the farm in 2018 and had 118 IP in 2019.

 

The missed COVID season set everyone back, so it's a close call on the age thing.

 

I might be biased, but it looks like some of the big hits against him were on very nice pitches. (Maybe they weren't as nice as they looked on TV, but my eye test tells be he's pitching pretty well, despite the enormous ERA. Maybe, and I stress the word "maybe," this was a good learning experience, and it was still worth it. I sincerely doubt his ego has been shattered or deflated.

[Old Red]

Yes, but 23 is not all that young, and he joined the farm in 2018 and had 118 IP in 2019.

 

The missed COVID season set everyone back, so it's a close call on the age thing.

 

I might be biased, but it looks like some of the big hits against him were on very nice pitches. (Maybe they weren't as nice as they looked on TV, but my eye test tells be he's pitching pretty well, despite the enormous ERA. Maybe, and I stress the word "maybe," this was a good learning experience, and it was still worth it. I sincerely doubt his ego has been shattered or deflated.

 

No, 23 is not that young in age, but missing 2020 hurt his progress. Needs more consistency.

[moonslav59]

No, 23 is not that young in age, but missing 2020 hurt his progress. Needs more consistency.

 

Agreed, but he was very consistent in AAA and had a .559 OPS Against in 96 IP. No pitcher in the whole system had a better OPSA with more than 51 IP, yet we called up several prospects before him. including Winckowski, who just turned 24 in June.

[Hugh2]

23 is still pretty young, he will also be 23 to start next season. Bello advanced at least a level each season he's been in the system, actually two levels his first year, two his 3rd year, and 3 this year. He signed at 18, two years older than the typical IFA prospect and missed an entire year due to covid. All things considered, he's flown through the system. He also struggled, not a lot but a little at Portland when he first arrived in 2021 then he adjusted quickly and became dominant. His stuff has ticked up and improved every year he's been in the system.

 

Given a clean bill of health, he could be a regular in the rotation at some point next season.

[moonslav59]

23 is still pretty young, he will also be 23 to start next season. Bello advanced at least a level each season he's been in the system, actually two levels his first year, two his 3rd year, and 3 this year. He signed at 18, two years older than the typical IFA prospect and missed an entire year due to covid. All things considered, he's flown through the system. He also struggled, not a lot but a little at Portland when he first arrived in 2021 then he adjusted quickly and became dominant. His stuff has ticked up and improved every year he's been in the system.

 

Given a clean bill of health, he could be a regular in the rotation at some point next season.

 

He jumped 3 levels, this year? He was at AA in 2021.

[Hugh2]

He jumped 3 levels, this year? He was at AA in 2021.

 

Let me correct myself, he's pitched at three levels this year. He started the season in Portland.

[moonslav59]

Let me correct myself, he's pitched at three levels this year. He started the season in Portland.

 

Yes. he did. Not uncommon.

[Hugh2]

Yes. he did. Not uncommon.

 

Jumping from AA to the majors in one season isn’t rare, but I wouldn’t say it’s common either.

 

If Bello looks like garbage at the end of next year I’ll start to be concerned. Start.

 

I think we get spoiled with the likes of Devers and Betts and we forget that most guys don’t bust into the bigs as phenoms at 21, Bello isn’t going to be that level of good. But I think he has a very good chance of being a #3

 

Take a guy like Lester, he busted into the bigs at 22, but he didn’t become a staple above average pitcher in the rotation until his 3rd season at 24.

 

Bellow should be fine. Time will tell

[Hugh2]

Soxprospects Rankings have been updated

 

Mayer

Casas

Bello

Yorke

Bleis

Rafaella

Mata

Walter

Romero

Paulino

Anthony

Murphy

Wong

Valdez

Gonzelez

Jordan

Ward

Lugo

Perales

Hickey

 

That's the top 20, the only real change in the top ten was Rafaella jumping over Mata and Walter

[moonslav59]

Soxprospects.com updated their ranking, but it's not their final EOY rankings:

 

https://www.soxprospects.com/index.html

 

1. Mayer

2. Casas

3. Bello

4. Yorke

5. Bleis (was 8)

6. Rafaela (19)

7. Mata

8. Walter

9. Romero (10)

10. Paulino (23)

11. Anthony (16)

12. Murphy (15)

13. Wong (27)

14. E Valdez (Vaz trade)

15. Wikelman (11)

16. Jordan (10)

17. Ward (20)

18. Lugo (29)

19. Perales (30)

20 Hickey (30)

21. Coffey

22. Kavadas (46)

23. Seabold (14)

24. Bonaci

25. Downs (13)

26. W Abreu (Vaz trade)

27. German (35)

28. Rodriguez-Cruz (NR)

29 Drohan (52)

30 Brannon (NR)

31. Kellly (37)

32. Binelas (21)

33. McDonough (17)

34. Paez (60)

35. RHern (28)

36. Koss (22)

37. Uberstine (57)

38. Dobbins (NR)

39. Ed. Bazardo (34)

40 Fernandez (NR)

41. Jimenez (18)

 

49. Hamilton (26)

55. Fitzy (24)

 

Red= on the rise

Blue= on the fall

 

 

Edited September 1, 2022 by moonslav59

[moonslav59]

Soxprospects Rankings have been updated

 

Mayer

Casas

Bello

Yorke

Bleis

Rafaella

Mata

Walter

Romero

Paulino

Anthony

Murphy

Wong

Valdez

Gonzelez

Jordan

Ward

Lugo

Perales

Hickey

 

That's the top 20, the only real change in the top ten was Rafaella jumping over Mata and Walter

 

Wong jumped 14 slots, Paulino 13 and Lugo 11, plus Perales was NR'd.

[Hugh2]

Wong jumped 14 slots, Paulino 13 and Lugo 11, plus Perales was NR'd.

 

From the beginning of the season that's the jump. Wong jumped 3, Lugo 2 spots, and Perales 4 from the last update. So those guys are still moving up. The biggest droppers were Connor Seabold down 12 spots and Gilberto Jiminez down 13

[mvp 78]

Joey Meneses has 33 hits in his first 25 @MLB games.

 

That’s the most by any rookie through his first 25 games in Nationals history.

 

Why can’t we find guys like this?

[Larry Cook]

At Worcester, cassas with his 11th tater of the season tonight. If only he could hit left handed pitching. He might be in Boston tonight.

 

Castellaneous with his 5th tater of the season tonight.

[Larry Cook]

At Portland, Koss with his 15th tater of the season.

 

Drohan walking a lot of batters tonight.

[Larry Cook]

At Salem, meidroth, a 4th round pick in the 2022 draft with his 3rd tater of the season.

[moonslav59]

V Santos with an interesting line: 5 IP 4H 0ER 5BB 4K. Keller came in and walked 3 in 1.2.

 

Walks are the theme of the night. So far, Drohan has 4 BBs in 3.1 IP, but the Sea Dogs have score 8 on 8 BBs and just 4 hits. Of course Kavadas has a BB.

Abreu 1-1 2 BB

Koss 1-1 1BB 3RBI

Potts 1-2 BB

Northcut 1-2 BB

 

Liu 5 IP 3H 0ER 1BB 10Ks!!!

Sikes 2-3 2B

Davis 2-3

Mayer 1-1 2BB

Lugo 1-2 BB

 

Perales walked 5 in 2.2 IP

Meidroth 3-3 (3rd HR)

Romero 1-3 w 2B

 

 

[Larry Cook]

At Portland, Kavadas with his 2nd Portland tater of the season and ………….… and …………………. wait for it…………………..….… it’s amazing……………..….yes…………..…….. His 96th walk of the season!

[Larry Cook]

At Salem, 18 year old ravelo with his 1st tater, a grand tater at that, on the season.

[moonslav59]

Two nights in a row, the Sox farm teams all won.

 

German got his 6th save with Woo in a 4-3 win.

 

POR won 10-3. The Sea Dogs walked 9 times, and their pitchers walked 7!

We K'd 15 times and the opps 8. The top 6 batting slots got on base 2 or more times.

 

GRE won 4-1. Mayer went 3-2 w 2BB

Lugo 1-2 w 2 BB

Davis 3-5 w 4 rbi

 

Salem scored 8 in the last 3 innings to win 10-5. Another big BB game. The Sox with 8 and the opps with 9!

Meidroth 3-3 w 2 BB & HR

Romero 2-5 w 2B & 3B

Ravelo 2-4 w 4 rbi and HR

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[moonslav59]

I hope Larry doesn't get mad at me, but Kavadas has walked twice, so far, tonight.

 

Ward has K'd 10 in 5 IP, 5 H, 1BB, 1 ER

[Larry Cook]

At Worcester Duran with his 7th tater of the season. If only he knew how to play defense!

[Larry Cook]

I hope Larry doesn't get mad at me, but Kavadas has walked twice, so far, tonight.

 

Ward has K'd 10 in 5 IP, 5 H, 1BB, 1 ER

 

So does that give him 98 on the season? That is mind numbing.

[Larry Cook]

At Greenville, hickey with his 7th tater of the season and Davis with his 18th tater of the season.

[Larry Cook]

At Salem, Paulino with his 12th tater of the season and Mejicano with his 5th tater of the season!

[moonslav59]

So does that give him 98 on the season? That is mind numbing.

 

Yes, 98 with 128 Ks.

 

Bonaci 86 BB- 85Ks

Mayer 63-100

Binelas 62-139

Hickey 61-70

Scott 60-68

 

[Larry Cook]

At Greenville, hickey with a second tater tonight. He now has 8 on the season.