2026 Prospects

[mvp 78]

 

[moonslav59]

4 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

I don't see them cutting Thaiss loose. He's the main backup at C. 

I thought so, too, but correct me if I'm wrong: Delay has been getting more time at C with WOO, right?

[mvp 78]

28 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I thought so, too, but correct me if I'm wrong: Delay has been getting more time at C with WOO, right?

Delay 166 Innings 

Thaiss 125 Innings

Gasper 86 Innings

Montero 0 Innings

 

[moonslav59]

Cespedes hit his 8th dinger (.911) and Guzman his 3rd in GRE's loss. Berrios got lit up.

[moonslav59]

Bennett K'd 11 in 5 IP, tonight.

0 BB 7 hits and 1 ER allowed.

[Larry Cook]

2 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Cespedes hit his 8th dinger (.911) and Guzman his 3rd in GRE's loss. Berrios got lit up.

I did not realize until I read it today that Cespedes suffered from hamate bone surgery all last season. 
 

thus far, a healthy hand and wrist has been very beneficial to his overall numbers. 

[Larry Cook]

At Worcester -  Lloyd with his 2nd tater of the season. 
 

at Portland - username Garcia with his 6th tater of the season 

at Greenville - Guzman with his 3rd tater of the season. And cespedes with his 8th tater! 
 

at salem - opata with his 3rd tater of the season and his 20th stolen base on the year. 

[Hugh2]

19 hours ago, Old Red said:

KC in May. 8-39 with 19 K’S 1 HR 5 RBI. He doesn’t seem to be progressing very much, or at all.🤔

I remember listening to an old soxprospects.com podcast, when KC was hitting in the minors but right before he blew up nationally.  

The scouting report on him then was how polarizing he was to scouts.  Some scouts absolutely loved him and others thought his swing was to uppercutty and he'd get exposed at the higher level. 

I'm not sure if they should have never messed with his swing and just let him hit the way he always has, or if he needs more time to make these adjustments. 

I always liked KC, and I'll be rooting for him to put it all together but I always thought the extension was way way way too premature.  I like the ideal of extending guys early, but I think they jumped the gun on KC. 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

6 minutes ago, Hugh2 said:

I remember listening to an old soxprospects.com podcast, when KC was hitting in the minors but right before he blew up nationally.  

The scouting report on him then was how polarizing he was to scouts.  Some scouts absolutely loved him and others thought his swing was to uppercutty and he'd get exposed at the higher level. 

I'm not sure if they should have never messed with his swing and just let him hit the way he always has, or if he needs more time to make these adjustments. 

I always liked KC, and I'll be rooting for him to put it all together but I always thought the extension was way way way too premature.  I like the ideal of extending guys early, but I think they jumped the gun on KC. 

They were afraid he'd become a complete superstar and they'd have to trade him to the Dodgers after refusing to pay him fair market value when he entered his prime. 

They weren't afraid to risk $60 million over eight years, knowing they'd probably lose that to him in a few rounds of arbitration if he lived up to his Barry Bonds nickname.

A multi-billion dollar company can afford to pay the IKFs of the world $6 million per to sit on the bench.

[Hugh2]

22 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

They were afraid he'd become a complete superstar and they'd have to trade him to the Dodgers after refusing to pay him fair market value when he entered his prime. 

They weren't afraid to risk $60 million over eight years, knowing they'd probably lose that to him in a few rounds of arbitration if he lived up to his Barry Bonds nickname.

A multi-billion dollar company can afford to pay the IKFs of the world $6 million per to sit on the bench.

I'm all for early extensions, but let the guy get at least a few months in the majors.