2022 Prospects

[moonslav59]

Khalil Lee isn't exactly lighting it up either.

 

No, and it's not like Beni lit it up all the time with KC, either. I think he's on the IL, now.

 

Plus, the money saved on the Beni trade allowed us to sign Renfroe and make the worst trade in a long time. I mean, the Beni trade has to be a plus just for that alone!

[moonslav59]

Here is an update on some Sox prospects:

 

The Bloom Additions via Trade: (OBP/SLG/OPS)

 

.387/.573/.960 Enmanuel Valdez (2B/DH) 54 HRs/112 XBHs in his last 815 ABs

.399/.424/.823 Wilyer Abreu (RF) 45 XBHs in 441 AB, 112 BBs this year with 30 SB/3 CS

Vazquez

 

.366/.339/.705 Max Ferguson (2B) 61 SBs/ 5 CS

.359/.371/.730 Corey Rosier (OF) 40 SBs/ 5 CS

Groome

 

.335/.400/.735 David Hamilton (IF) 69 SBs/ 8 CS (heating up, recently)

.306/.429/.745 Alex Binelas (IF) 25 Hrs & 47 XBHs in 424 ABs (147 Ks)

Renfroe

 

.315/.460/.775 Ronaldo Hernandez © 13 Hrs & 39 XBHs in 359 ABs

(Mazza & Springs)

 

.312/.429/.741 Christian Koss (IF) Most ABs in system at 473

(Aybar)

 

.349/.489/.838 Connor Wong © 15 Hrs & 35 XBHs in 323 ABs

.316/.412/.728 Jeter Downs (IF) 16 Hrs in 284 ABs, 18 SBs/ 4 CS

(Betts)

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ERA/ OPS Against Pitcher (IP, K/BB) WHIP

2.77/.495 German (49 IP, 63/19) 0.90 (w Ottavino for nothing)

3.06/.630 Seabold (82 IP, 85K/18 BB) 1.09 WHIP (Workman & Hembree)

3.70/.626 de la Rosa (49 IP, 58/21) 1.17 (Beni)

3.73/.617 Winckowski (51 IP, 52/13) 1.12 (Beni)

3.95/.670 J Wallace (55 IP, 45/7) 1.46 (Pillar)

 

I'll cover others, later.

 

[moonslav59]

Some other notable numbers on the farm, with just a few days left to the end of the season:

 

Kavadas

.286 26 85 .449 OBP/ .563 SLG/ 1.012 OPS

100 BBs in 116 gms (142 Ks) and 52 XBHs in 378 ABs

 

Rafaela

.303 20 82 .347 OBP/ .545 SLG/ .892 OPS

62 XBHs in 462 ABs and 27 SBs in 112 gms

 

Nathan Hickey

.263 16 62 .415 OBP/ .522 SLG/ .936 OPS

63 BBs in 75 gms (78 Ks)

 

Marcelo Mayer

.280 13 53 .399/.489/.887

17 SB and 0 CS in 91 gms

 

Brainer Bonaci

.262 6 50 .397/..385/.782

28 SBs in 108 gms and 89 BB-89 Ks

 

OPS (75+ PAs)

.977 Meidroth FCL/SAL

.896 M Bleis FCL

.892 Mieses WOR

.892 A James DSL

.889 Casas FCL/WOR

.874 Romero FCL/SAL

.872 L James FCL

.872 Sierra DSL

.859 Duran WOR

.852 Sikes GRE/SAL

.844 Lugo GRE

.838 Wong

[Larry Cook]

At Portland, Koss with his 17th tater of the season.

 

Dearden with his 8th tater of the season.

 

Abreu with his 3rd Portland tater of the season.

[Larry Cook]

Kavadas ….. the man ……. the myth …….. the king of the free pass to first base does it again.

 

Another walk today.

[Larry Cook]

Rafeala with his 12th Portland tater of the season!

[moonslav59]

Abreu now has 113 BBs and 31 SBs to go with that .828 OPS.

[Old Red]

Playoffs? Did someone say playoffs? The Portland Sea Dogs are in for the first time since 2014.

[mvp 78]

No, and it's not like Beni lit it up all the time with KC, either. I think he's on the IL, now.

 

Plus, the money saved on the Beni trade allowed us to sign Renfroe and make the worst trade in a long time. I mean, the Beni trade has to be a plus just for that alone!

 

Beni was having a fine season, but they still remember the 2018 vintage. He's not that guy anymore. That seems to be his high water mark. He's a LFer that may end the season with a SLG under 400. "But he won a GG!" 0 DRS this year.

 

The Beni trade was fine. The Renfroe trade was dumb.

[moonslav59]

Beni was having a fine season, but they still remember the 2018 vintage. He's not that guy anymore. That seems to be his high water mark. He's a LFer that may end the season with a SLG under 400. "But he won a GG!" 0 DRS this year.

 

The Beni trade was fine. The Renfroe trade was dumb.

 

True. So the Bloom major trade situation might read like this...

 

Mazza & Springs for R Hernandez: Pending, but Spring has sprung to life, recently.

 

Betts: forced and still pending (Dugo & Wong look like they will balance out one 60-game season of Betts)

 

Beni: okay and still pending (Maybe de la Rosa comes through, years from now.)

 

Ottavino & German: Good (May be great, if German comes through)

 

Renfroe: Horrific

 

Vaz for E Valdez & W Abreu is pending, but both prospects are looking fine.

Diekman for McGuire: Pending but looks great, so far

Groome for Hosmer, Ferguson & Rosier

[mvp 78]

I believe Mazza and Springs were likely to be DFA'd that offseason, which is why they did a "two-fer." At the time, they needed catching depth and they really wanted to clear out some of that pitching dead weight. I liked Mazza in 2020 and they really talked up Springs on the NESN telecasts. Sox really liked Springs k rates and spin rates. I was kind of surprised they let him go. We can now see that Ronaldo really doesn't seem to be a long term fit a catcher. His upside at DH or other positions is moderate. He probably gets a longer look next year as the primary catcher in WOO, but I don't see it.

 

They should have kept Mazza and Springs instead of Austin Brice and Colten Brewer. Ronaldo has potential, but he's sat on the 40 man for 2 years now and hasn't provided anything to the big club. It's going to take another year in WOO to even determine if he'll ever be ready.

[moonslav59]

I believe Mazza and Springs were likely to be DFA'd that offseason, which is why they did a "two-fer." At the time, they needed catching depth and they really wanted to clear out some of that pitching dead weight. I liked Mazza in 2020 and they really talked up Springs on the NESN telecasts. Sox really liked Springs k rates and spin rates. I was kind of surprised they let him go. We can now see that Ronaldo really doesn't seem to be a long term fit a catcher. His upside at DH or other positions is moderate. He probably gets a longer look next year as the primary catcher in WOO, but I don't see it.

 

They should have kept Mazza and Springs instead of Austin Brice and Colten Brewer. Ronaldo has potential, but he's sat on the 40 man for 2 years now and hasn't provided anything to the big club. It's going to take another year in WOO to even determine if he'll ever be ready.

 

Springs was so bad, for us, in limited time, but it appears Bloom made a good move getting him, but like Martin Perez, his timing was off.

 

I never thought Mazza was a keeper.

 

Add Andriese to the names of guys we replaced those two with.

[moonslav59]

Potts with a 2 run dinger- his 13th.

Abreu (HR) & Rafaela 1-2

Kavadas with a BB and run scored.

[Larry Cook]

Potts with a 2 run dinger- his 13th.

Abreu (HR) & Rafaela 1-2

Kavadas with a BB and run scored.

 

Brother, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that you do not work in public relations! You had a great opportunity to play this to the max!

[Larry Cook]

Santos is a bit of an oddity. He is a soft tosser in triple a and he has next to no room for error. When he is on, he throws a really nice game. When he is off, it gets really ugly!

[Larry Cook]

Castellaneous has never met a pitch he wouldn’t swing at.

 

13 walks in 429 plate appearances. 3 percent.

 

Kavadas and abreu must be wondering how he is at Worcester ahead of them.

[moonslav59]

Brother, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that you do not work in public relations! You had a great opportunity to play this to the max!

 

I saved the elation of the Kavadas walk for you.

[moonslav59]

Minor League BB Leaders

 

113 W Abreu

107 J Singleton

106 J Farmer

103 A Gauthier

101 N Kavadas

97 I Greene

96 M Ferguson

 

15. B Bonaci with 89 BB and 89 Ks

 

 

OBP (500+ PAs)

1. Kavadas .450

13th W Abreu .402

24th E Valdez .386

 

SLG

4. EValdez .570

8. Kavadas .562

10. Rafaela .549

27. Lugo .500

 

OPS

1. Kavadas 1.012

7. E Valdez .956

18. Rafaela .896

42. Lugo .844

47. Abreu .835

 

xFIP (50+ IP)

4. B Walter 2.56

5. B Bello 2.56

 

K/BB

1. Walter 10.7

4. Pannone 8.8

[moonslav59]

The DSL Blue Red Sox finished with the best DSL record at 44-16.

The DSL Red team finished second in the division at 36-21 (3rd best overall.)

 

The FCL Red Sox finished 35-20 (2nd in the division to the Rays team.)

 

Salem finished 29-35 (4th out of 6 teams) in A - ball.

 

Greenville had the worst record on the Sox farm at 26-38 (5th out of 6 in div.)

 

In AA, Portland currently has the best record at 44-22 (4 games up on Bowie- BAL, Erie-DET and 6 up on Somerset-NYY.) Some very promising play by our AA prospects.

 

Woo is currently in 6th place out of 10 , but has a winning record at 70-67. They are 4th in run diff at +45. Not a bad season for our AAA team.

 

[mvp 78]

Not bad for AAA since the big club took most of their pitching.

[moonslav59]

Not bad for AAA since the big club took most of their pitching.

 

Plus time from everyday AAA killers like Duran, Franchy, Refsnyder and not Wong, Almonte and Casas.

[Larry Cook]

How many Worcester guys break camp next year in Boston next year?

 

Bello - yes

Wong - hope so

Cassas - maybe?

Kelly - maybe?

Politi - maybe?

Mata - don’t think so

German - don’t think so

[moonslav59]

Murphy has really hit a wall. His AAA ERA is now up to 5.88 after getting drilled in the first 2 innings.

 

6H

3 ER (7 runs: Fitzy and Dalbec with errors))

2 BB

1 K

[Larry Cook]

Murphy has really hit a wall. His AAA ERA is now up to 5.88 after getting drilled in the first 2 innings.

 

6H

3 ER (7 runs: Fitzy and Dalbec with errors))

2 BB

1 K

 

Pitchers tend to lose their concentration when the defense behind them is making errors.

[moonslav59]

Pitchers tend to lose their concentration when the defense behind them is making errors.

 

He's been bad for his last 4-5 games.

[notin]

He's been bad for his last 4-5 games.

 

He could just be worn out. He’s at 139IP and his previous career high was 101IP…

[moonslav59]

He could just be worn out. He’s at 139IP and his previous career high was 101IP…

 

Mayb e they should have given him a try in relief as he passed the 100-110 IP mark. It's likely where he ends up, anyway.

 

Hindsight, I know.

[Larry Cook]

German called up to Boston. This is his chance to seize the day!

[Larry Cook]

At Worcester, dalbec with two taters. Now has three Worcester taters on the season.

 

Meises with his 20th tater of the season.

 

At Portland Wilson with his 13th tater of the season.

[moonslav59]

Lugo was promoted to AA in time for the playoffs.

 

Minor League OPS Leaders.

 

500+ PAs

 

1. Kavadas 1.006

11. E Valdez .942

22. Rafaela .892

49. Abreu .841

50. Lugo .837

60. Paulino .827

76. Jordan .808

 

(Mayer places 55th on the list of leaders with 400+ PAs at .887

 

Minor League SB Leader Board

5. Hamilton 69 (8 CS)

9. Ferguson 61 (5)

42. Rosier 40 (5)

99. Abreu 31 (3)

120. Rafaela 28 (7)

132. Paulino 27 (5)

153. Meredith 25 (0) in just 65 games

(The top 4 were not in the Sox system in 2021.)

 

OBP Leaders (400+ PAs)

2. Kavadas .449

35. Abreu .402

40. Mayer .399

43. Bonaci .397

(The top 3 were not in the Sox system in 2021.)

 

BB Leaders

1. Abreu 114

5. Kavadas 102

9. Ferguson 96

16. Bonaci 89

85. Mayer 68 (91 gms)

102. Scott 65 (95 gms)

102. Rosier 65

116. Paulino 64

126. Binelas 63

126. Hickey 63

155. Stewart 61

155. EValdez 61

 

OBP & SB

 

.415 & 25 Meredith (65 games)

.403 & 31 Abreu

.399 & 17 Mayer (91 games)

.397 & 28 Bonaci

.366 & 61 Ferguson

.359 & 40 Rosier

.359 & 27 Paulino

.344 & 28 Rafaela

.337 & 69 Hamilton

 

 

Edited September 18, 2022 by moonslav59