A Realistic Look at the 2026 Red Sox: Part I

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, Larry Cook said:

I call dibs on azocar being the next guy to take a leap up the rankings 

Good call.

Mine was Fajardo, but he's already jumped from 40 to 11, so i'll go with....

Holobetz

Runner up: Travieso

Honorable Mention: Jo Garcia

[moonslav59]

Notin might like this one, but one site suggested Duran to LAD for Kim and Rushing.

[mvp 78]

8 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Good call.

Mine was Fajardo, but he's already jumped from 40 to 11, so i'll go with....

Holobetz

Runner up: Travieso

Honorable Mention: Jo Garcia

Godbout (top 5)

Rivas

Aita

[moonslav59]

Who will be the first shoe to fall?

[mvp 78]

18 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Who will be the first shoe to fall?

Rob Refsnyder 1/4

[moonslav59]

3 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Rob Refsnyder 1/4

Or Matz 1/5

I was thinking more in line of the first big FA to sign anywhere.

[notin]

16 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Notin might like this one, but one site suggested Duran to LAD for Kim and Rushing.

The Sox could use Rushing, or flip him more easily than Duran since he makes no money and has more control.

Hyeseoung Kim didnt do much for me.  Guess basically a step down from Hamilton.

Now Ha-Seoung Kim works for me..

[notin]

59 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Or Matz 1/5

I was thinking more in line of the first big FA to sign anywhere.

Michael King back to SD for maybe 3yrs $70 millj

[moonslav59]

2 hours ago, notin said:

The Sox could use Rushing, or flip him more easily than Duran since he makes no money and has more control.

Hyeseoung Kim didnt do much for me.  Guess basically a step down from Hamilton.

Now Ha-Seoung Kim works for me..

The article I read seemed to think Kim is due for a significant uptick, but I'm not for another dice roll for 2B.

[moonslav59]

2 hours ago, notin said:

Michael King back to SD for maybe 3yrs $70 millj

That's not insane money or years, but I'm kinda glad we are not signing another large injury risk SP'er.

That being said, the one "durable" guy we signed, Gio, missed half of his 2 year deal.

[Larry Cook]

Does bres-slow call Miami about alcanterra this offseason? 

[mvp 78]

7 hours ago, Larry Cook said:

Does bres-slow call Miami about alcanterra this offseason? 

Does he need another 5th starter? 

 

[Hugh2]

My top 3 sleeper picks to take a leap in the rankings:

Marcus Phillips - hits 100 MPH, I'd love to see what the Sox can get cooking with him in his first full season. He could be next years Payton Tolle.  Low usage in college, get him into a pro system and watch him shoot up our rankings and get on the national radar. 

Sadbiel Delzine - only 17 years old, and will get his first season of stateside pro ball next year so more eyes will be on him and if the talent is there he could really fire up the rankings

Brandon Neely - another pitcher to round out the list. Neely was our 3rd round pick last year right after Payton Tolle and before Brandon Clarke.  received $700K in bonus money which is the most the Sox had spent on a pitcher in the draft since 2017, other than Tolle who they drafted just a day earlier.  He was hurt and has yet to pitch, but we will see him next year.  He's someone who could really shoot up the rankings sitting all the way down at #46. 

 

 

[Hugh2]

19 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Does he need another 5th starter? 

 

I'm not the biggest guy on the Sandy Alcantara boat, but that statcast page is very misleading. 

I'd love to know how much red we'd see over blue if we saw the second half of his season. 

[mvp 78]

5 minutes ago, Hugh2 said:

My top 3 sleeper picks to take a leap in the rankings:

Marcus Phillips - hits 100 MPH, I'd love to see what the Sox can get cooking with him in his first full season. He could be next years Payton Tolle.  Low usage in college, get him into a pro system and watch him shoot up our rankings and get on the national radar. 

Sadbiel Delzine - only 17 years old, and will get his first season of stateside pro ball next year so more eyes will be on him and if the talent is there he could really fire up the rankings

Brandon Neely - another pitcher to round out the list. Neely was our 3rd round pick last year right after Payton Tolle and before Brandon Clarke.  received $700K in bonus money which is the most the Sox had spent on a pitcher in the draft since 2017, other than Tolle who they drafted just a day earlier.  He was hurt and has yet to pitch, but we will see him next year.  He's someone who could really shoot up the rankings sitting all the way down at #46. 

If you like Brandon Neely, you should see the ridiculous clip of him getting tossed from game at UF.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_ewpSg41Y

Hard to really know what to think about Neely and Phillips yet as we haven't seen them (AFL doesn't count). Phillips seems to be a high variance guy. Neely could just be a reliever. I like both of them though. 

[mvp 78]

Also, it's very hard to project bumps for DSL pitchers heading stateside, so I was staying away from those guys (see: Dalvinson Reyes '24 vs '25). 

[Hugh2]

20 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

If you like Brandon Neely, you should see the ridiculous clip of him getting tossed from game at UF.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_ewpSg41Y

Hard to really know what to think about Neely and Phillips yet as we haven't seen them (AFL doesn't count). Phillips seems to be a high variance guy. Neely could just be a reliever. I like both of them though. 

Well those are the exact types of things that make them sleeper picks.  No one has seen Neely yet, he could be dude and not really move up at all, but if he looks like he's close to being a guy he could shoot up really quick in the rankings. 

[drewski6]

21 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Rob Refsnyder 1/4

Thats a small shoe

[drewski6]

55 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

If you like Brandon Neely, you should see the ridiculous clip of him getting tossed from game at UF.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_ewpSg41Y

Hard to really know what to think about Neely and Phillips yet as we haven't seen them (AFL doesn't count). Phillips seems to be a high variance guy. Neely could just be a reliever. I like both of them though. 

S-A-W-F-T

Where is big cass when you need him?

[drewski6]

In hockey, they wont wear facecages because they want to fight. In baseball, you arent allowed to make eye contact with the other team.

[drewski6]

Baesball needs a fight.

[moonslav59]

9 hours ago, Larry Cook said:

Does bres-slow call Miami about alcanterra this offseason? 

I hope not, but I think there is a significant chance we make that deal.

[mvp 78]

34 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

Thats a small shoe

You don't like 959 OPS vs LHP I guess? 

[mvp 78]

29 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

S-A-W-F-T

Where is big cass when you need him?

Some bingo hall probably. 

[moonslav59]

11 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

You don't like 959 OPS vs LHP I guess? 

I recall a certain poster who was not so high on Ref a couple years ago- or so.

[mvp 78]

18 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I recall a certain poster who was not so high on Ref a couple years ago- or so.

Who? 

[moonslav59]

29 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Who? 

You honestly don't remember?

[notin]

16 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

The article I read seemed to think Kim is due for a significant uptick, but I'm not for another dice roll for 2B.

I can write those same words about Hamilton, and be just as (in)accurate…

[notin]

10 hours ago, Larry Cook said:

Does bres-slow call Miami about alcanterra this offseason? 

This falls into the “why not just go with Early instead?” category…

[moonslav59]

9 minutes ago, notin said:

I can write those same words about Hamilton, and be just as (in)accurate…

I'm not for acquiring Kim to be our next 2Bman.