2025 Prospects

[mvp 78]

20 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

He started off slowly, this year and dropped in SP's rankings, even as some above him were traded or graduated.

I've dropped him in my personal rankings based on his defensive home and lack of physical projection, not on what he did in April.

[mvp 78]

13 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

I've consistently ranked him higher than SPs and others on this site.

I just got the sense he was slipping in some people's minds. Not having a defined position hurts.

I'm not sure if it's "slipping" or if it's guys like Romero, Valera, Early and Clarke really improving their game and exceeding expectations. Also, starting pitchers are just going to have inherently more value than a low A 2b/3b like Cespedes.

[Larry Cook]

3 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

I'm not sure if it's "slipping" or if it's guys like Romero, Valera, Early and Clarke really improving their game and exceeding expectations. Also, starting pitchers are just going to have inherently more value than a low A 2b/3b like Cespedes.

Valera and early probably have the best stuff of our prospect pitchers that I have seen! Maybe early gets a June/July call up to Worcester. As a 19 year old, Valera probably stays in Greenville all year. 
 

early looks completely different from last spring. Wow!!! What a difference the pitching program did for him this last offseason. 

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

I'm not sure if it's "slipping" or if it's guys like Romero, Valera, Early and Clarke really improving their game and exceeding expectations. Also, starting pitchers are just going to have inherently more value than a low A 2b/3b like Cespedes.

Yes, they "really improved" while Cespedes did not by as much. We also saw Teel, Monty and Meidroth traded, so that made room for 3 slots up, which he did not fill.

I do think the lack of a clear position hurts. If DH is his only reasonable position, then his value and ranking should drop.

Remember, SP's previous ranking was NOV 15th, and Cespedes was 10th. No games were played between then and April 3rd, where he moved to 9th. Essentially, he was passed by 2 players. 

Yes, this does not mean he got worse, in the eyes of the evaluators, since others may have improved by more, but he did move from 6 to 7 to 10 during the 2024 season. He was 10th at the end of 2023.

[moonslav59]

Anthony and Mayer both had 2 hits, while Hickey was walked all 4 ABs.

Jh Garcia homered for POR (.779.)

All Sox minor league teams lost or are losing.

[moonslav59]

Mayer went 0-5, today. Anthony 2-4 w BB.

Early went 5.1 of shutout pitching: 2H, 0BB, 8K. Jordan homered and Romero went 1-3 w 2B & SF.

Clarke walked 5 in 3 IP. Arias went 1-4 w BB.

K Diaz homered twice for SAL. Encarnacion 2-5 w 2B. J Gonzalez 3-5

[mvp 78]

On 5/17/2025 at 7:45 PM, moonslav59 said:

Anthony and Mayer both had 2 hits, while Hickey was walked all 4 ABs.

Jh Garcia homered for POR (.779.)

All Sox minor league teams lost or are losing.

Garcia was promoted to AAA

[Larry Cook]

Marvin alcanterra promoted as well as erhard

[mvp 78]

Since Drohan is on the IL, there's only one guy left to talk about:

 

[moonslav59]

7 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Garcia was promoted to AAA

I've been pretty high on him, for a while, but let's see how he handles AAA. 

Woo certainly had room for him, even with Anthony staying put for a while longer.

[moonslav59]

Farm OPS (120+ PAs)

.950 Anthony AAA

.931 Ehrhard A+

.866 Encarnacion A-

.821 Romero AA

.818 Anderson A-/A+

.817 Taylor A+

.814 Jordan AA

.811 Eaton AAA

.803 Arias A-/A+

.794 Mayer AAA

.792 Hickey AAA

.748 Jh Garcia AA (to AAA)

OPS Against (22+ IP)

.486 McShane A-/A+

.499 Rogers A+/AA

.519 Mullins A+/AA

.521 Aita A-

.571 Drohan AAA

.579 Cohen A- & Criswell AAA

.591 Stock AAA

.640 Uberstine AA/AAA

(Brandon Clarke is at .321 in 19.2 IP!)

[mvp 78]

GRE has a few guys getting some whiffs in their rotation:

 

[mvp 78]

The recent GRE addition to the rotation:

Holobetz (PTBNL for Priester, '24 5th round pick)

2 GS, 11 IP, 0.73 WHIP, 7 K, 3 BB, 2.45 ERA

[mvp 78]

You know what time it is...

[mvp 78]

 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

You know what time it is...

Know a song?

"Everybody Wants to Rule 5 the World"

[mvp 78]

Johanfran actually got into today's FCL game too.

single, RBI

sac fly, RBI

pop out

pop out

 

D'Angelo Ortiz currently has an 800 OPS in FCL. 

[moonslav59]

Jh Garcia hit a dinger in AAA. Anthony also homered, tonight. Van Belle has his ERA under 3.00 with his 6 IP, zero runs and just 3 Hits/ 0BB.

Monegro went 5 and K's 10! (3 Hits, 0 ER, 1BB)

Salem was down 5-0, but are now tied 6-6.

 

[Larry Cook]

Anthony walked twice today and Mayer walked 3 times today!  Are teams just going to stop pitching to them????

garcia had 2 more hits! 

[mvp 78]

 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

11 hours ago, Larry Cook said:

Anthony walked twice today and Mayer walked 3 times today!  Are teams just going to stop pitching to them????

garcia had 2 more hits! 

And in the end, the walks you take, aren't equal to the hits... you make.

[Larry Cook]

5 hours ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

And in the end, the walks you take, aren't equal to the hits... you make.

Haha!!  I like it!!  And very true!!!

[moonslav59]

Fitts had a nice 3 inning outing.

4 Hits

0 ER

0 BB and 2 Ks (31 strikes in 38 pitches)

Jordan stayed hot in the POR win (2-4) and is at .823.

 

[Larry Cook]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

Fitts had a nice 3 inning outing.

4 Hits

0 ER

0 BB and 2 Ks (31 strikes in 38 pitches)

Jordan stayed hot in the POR win (2-4) and is at .823.

 

Not sure why Jordan is not in Worcester yet! 
 

I also wonder when freili incarnation goes to Greenville. 

[Larry Cook]

Encarnacion with 3 hits today in a Salem win. 
arias with 4 hits and Anderson with 3 hits in a Greenville win. 
Jordan with 2 hits in a Portland win. 
 

Worcester rained out! 

[moonslav59]

Arias is really looking like the full package, real deal (4 for 5.)

Anderson's 3 for 4 barely got him over .675.

Yuten went 3 for 4 w a dinger, but he's only at .611, now.

 

[mvp 78]

13 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Fitts had a nice 3 inning outing.

4 Hits

0 ER

0 BB and 2 Ks (31 strikes in 38 pitches)

Jordan stayed hot in the POR win (2-4) and is at .823.

 

It took him 600 PA's to figure out AA pitching. 

[mvp 78]

 

[moonslav59]

I expect Jordan to follow the Binelas foot steps in a year or two.

[Larry Cook]

Anthony, mayer and Garcia all with two hits tonight for Worcester. Mayer and Garcia with taters.