2025 Prospects

[moonslav59]

3 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Pitchers:
Sandlin

Early

Monegro

I'm higher on Early than the other two. Monegro is exciting to watch on the field but has a lower ceiling.

Hitters:

Romero

Jhostynxon

That's it for now and the only new addition from the end of last season is Monegro, I believe.

Midseason callups:

Jedixson Paez

Payton Tolle?

Juan Valera?

Justin Riemer could be a little Chase Meidroth-ish. 

Nelly Taylor is a great OF defender and started swinging the bat well at the end of last season. 

We might see Perales, some.

[mvp 78]

2 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

We might see Perales, some.

When did he have surgery?

[Hugh2]

Perales might get some action at the tail end of the season. Might.

[Hugh2]

2 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

When did he have surgery?

Thought it was June last year

[Hugh2]

Two of the biggest risers in the last ranking.  
 

Juan Valera

Brandon Clarke

Valera is 18 and will start in high A.  He will be the second youngest player in high A, he will be the youngest pitcher in all of high A. He’s getting a ton of hype.

Clarke was a 5th round pick last year who I admittedly know little about….and now I go to google but lots to be excited about.

prospect, or suspects as some may put it can break your heart.  But we seemingly have some good pitching talent on the system we have. Or had in a very long time.

[Larry Cook]

Worcester offense totally shut down today by a pitcher named “junk”! 

[moonslav59]

There were some real movers in the new soxprospects,com rankings:

Since we traded #4 Teel, #5 Montgomery and #8 Meidroth, moving up 2-3 slots for most should be viewed as attrition.

Romero #16>6

Valera #23>7

Sandlin #14>8

Early #17>10

Bleis fell from #9 to #15 (but counting attrition, it was worse than that.)

Paez 28 >16

S Soto NR > 17

Clarke NR >18

Ju Gonzalez 30 >19

Narvaez NR >20

D Reyes 27>21

S Delzine NR>29

Jo Garcia fell from #19>30th. Not sure why they kept Castro in the top 30 at #25.

#18 Wikelman &, #25 E R-C were traded away.

Some gutsy calls, but I like most of them.

I'd have Castro out of the top 40. I would not have dropped Jo Garcia so much.

7 of the top 13 are pitchers, but just 1 in the top 6.

13 of the top 24 are pitchers, as well as 17 of the top 31.

 

 

[moonslav59]

My list might look like:

1. Campbell

2. Anthony

3. Mayer

4. Arias

5. Perales

6. Valera

7. Cespedes

8. Romero

9. Early

10. Jh Garcia

11. Fitts

12. Sandlin

13. Tolle

14. Soto

15. Delzine

16. Ju Gonzales

17. D Reyes

18. Paez

19. Narvaez

20. Clarke/Dobbins

 

[mvp 78]

11 hours ago, Hugh2 said:

Thought it was June last year

That's pushing it for traditional TJS return this year. I think they'd be better off just rehabbing.

[mvp 78]

I agree with SP jumping Valera up and bumping Dobbins and Bleis down. Soto got a huge bump and I don't know if they should be putting him in front of Gonzales already. Could this be another instance where they get on the hype train of a guy? IDK. Romero is probably a little high for me, but reports are that he's back to a contact approach with power instead of a power first approach. Health is a concern and he needs a full season before I'd have him above Fitts and Early as I value SP prospects highly. 

[mvp 78]

7 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Jo Garcia fell from #19>30th. Not sure why they kept Castro in the top 30 at #25.

I didn't notice this at first. I wonder if there are larger concerns with Johanfran's knee now and the ability to stay behind the plate? 

[mvp 78]

We made it. It's POR, GRE and SAL Opening Day! 

Uberstine, Mullins and Aita get the starts. 

[Larry Cook]

15 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

We made it. It's POR, GRE and SAL Opening Day! 

Uberstine, Mullins and Aita get the starts. 

Everybody loves opening day!!!!!

uberstine - another offseason removed from ucl surgery. 
 

mullins - showed decent stuff last year. Not sure about command and control though 

[mvp 78]

If they went Sandlin, Valera and Clarke, it would have been too much to handle for Opening Day. 

[mvp 78]

However, I'm going to say that Aita has the stuff that gets a guy to AAA pretty quickly. Don't know if he'll take that additional step, but he should handle the low minors fairly easily. If he continues to add velo, his stock goes to the top 20 easily. 

[mvp 78]

 

[Larry Cook]

K Diaz and encarnocion  with taters for Salem tonight. 
Nelly Tayler with a tater for Greenville 

Romero and rosier with taters for Portland 

diaz and rosier with grand taters 

[moonslav59]

Drohan tossed a one hitter over 4 IP, as WOO won 7-1. Mata K'd 6 of his 8 outs, but walked 2 and allowed 4 hits in 2.2 IP. Grissom went 2-5. Mayer K'd 3 times but got on base 2 of 5 PAs. Anthony 1-4 w BB

POR won 14-3. Uberstine was shaky. Romero homered while going 2 for 4. but he also made 2 errors. Jh Garcia walked 3 times (1-3) and Ferguson went 3-4 w 2 BB

GRE won 9-3 as Mullins pitched 4 shut out innings. Taylor homered while going 2-4 with a BB. Brannon went 3-5 and Zanetello walked 3 times and going 1 for 2.

SAL completed the complete Sox system undefeated day winning 12-1. Aita did not allow a hit and walked just 1 in 5 IP. Arias went 3-5, Encarnacion 3-5 w HR and Musett & Anderson had 2 hits. SAL had 12 hits and 6 walks.

Clean sweep!

[moonslav59]

Tiny Sample Size on WOO OPS leaders:

1.029 Anthony

.825 Grissom

.810 Eaton

.776 Mayer

.703 Sabol

OPS Against (3+ IP):

.000 Guerrero (3 IP)

.243 Drohan (6.0)

.380 Stock (8.1)

.385 Fulmer (4.0)

.722 Priester (4.0)

.820 Mata (3.2)

 

 

[moonslav59]

Jh Garcia continued the BB brigade (1-3 w 2 BB.) Ravelo went 2-5. Sandlin got the win (5IP , 3H, 2ER, 3BB, 3K.)

SAL won 4-2, as Arias stayed hot, going 3-4. Cespedes and Encarnacion both went 2-4. Tygardt & Ehrlicher split the first 5 innings, allowing just 1 H and 0 ER (3BB/6K) Sansone finished the game, going 3.1 with 1 ER allowed.

WOO lost 10-6. Fulmer K'd 8 of the 10 outs he got but walked 3. A Grissom error added 2 UNER to the 2 ERs he allowed. Webb got drilled. Mayer went 2-5 and Eaton homered (2-3 w BB.)

GRE scored 2 in the 1st off 4 hits, then were no hit the rest of the game in a 3-2 loss. Valrea went 3.2 w 3H, 2ER, 3BB and 7Ks. Ingrassia went 4.1, 2H, 1ER, 0BB & 8Ks, for an excellent day. The staff K'd 17 batters.

[moonslav59]

Salem is now 3-0, after a 6-5 win, today. Arias continues to lead the way. His OPS went down over 100 points by going just 1 for 3 w a BB. Yuten went 2-4 w a 2B.

Early pitched well for POR, but they are down 1-0 in the 5th. (3.2 IP, 0H, 0ER, 2BB, 7Ks) Ravelo's error led to the UnER.

Woo is up 2-1 in the 6th as Bello went 3.1 (4H, 1ER, 1BB, 4K.) Maybe he will be called up, soon. (1 more AAA start?)

[mvp 78]

On Sox newest prospect, I'd put Yophery Rodriguez behind Jhostynxon Garcia and ahead of Miguel Bleis (if using SP's ranking) at 15.

[moonslav59]

13 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

On Sox newest prospect, I'd put Yophery Rodriguez behind Jhostynxon Garcia and ahead of Miguel Bleis (if using SP's ranking) at 15.

Baseball America had him at #15 in MIL's system, so maybe that will be his landing spot.

I'll guess 21st, after Narvaez.

[Larry Cook]

New guy yophery with two hits. 
 

Tolle got beat like a drum 

arias is on fire along with half the position players at Salem 

Romero got a hit, but he looked frozen from the cold 

[Old Red]

Woo is playing a Single Admission DH today.

[mvp 78]

2 hours ago, Old Red said:

Woo is playing a Single Admission DH today.

I saw a triple header at PAW once as they had a DH scheduled and had to finish a prior game that ended due to rain.

[moonslav59]

Sox Minors OPS Leaders (14+ PAs)

1.391 Arias A-

1.297 Encarnacion A-

1.083 Anderson A-

.940 T Miller AA

.927 Eaton AAA

.890 Brannon A+

.875 Anthony AAA

.835 Romero AA

.779 Mayer AAA

 

OPS Against (5+ IP)

0.067 Aita A-

0.118 Guerrero AAA

0.243 Drohan AAA

0.380 Stock AAA (DFA'd)

0.433 Fulmer AAA

0.440 Vogatsky A-

0.498 Rogers A+

0.619 Sandlin AA

 

[mvp 78]

15 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Sox Minors OPS Leaders (14+ PAs)

1.391 Arias A-

1.297 Encarnacion A-

1.083 Anderson A-

.940 T Miller AA

.927 Eaton AAA

.890 Brannon A+

.875 Anthony AAA

.835 Romero AA

.779 Mayer AAA

 

OPS Against (5+ IP)

0.067 Aita A-

0.118 Guerrero AAA

0.243 Drohan AAA

0.380 Stock AAA (DFA'd)

0.433 Fulmer AAA

0.440 Vogatsky A-

0.498 Rogers A+

0.619 Sandlin AA

 

Yophery Rodriguez 22 PA: 1139 OPS

[moonslav59]

Woo split their two games, both decided by 1 run.

1-6 Anthony 2BB

1-7 BB Mayer

3-7 Grissom HR

2-3 Hickey HR

Gm 1: Drohan 3.2, 3H, 1ER, 4BB, 8K (Adames let up 3 ER/Guerrero got the loss)

Gm2: Gio 3.1, 3H, 1ER, 3BB, 3K (64 pitches) 

POR lost 4-1, as Wehunt was unimpressive. Jh Garcia 1-3 w BB (.626)

GRE won 5-4 behind Kirwin (4, 3, 1, 2, 1) We got 5 hits and 6 BBs.

SAL won 6-2 and are not 4-1. Brooks pitched 5 shutout innings (1 hit, 2BB, 4K) Arias 2-5 (1.250) Anderson 2-3 w 2BB (1.246) Asencio 2-4 (1.250) & Encarnacion 1-4 (1.149)

[mvp 78]

Worst of the Sox org facilities FWIW.