2026 Prospects

[mvp 78]

15 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Jack Winnay promoted to AA. He leads the farm in BBs with 53. He has 11 HRs and an .891 OPS.

Made sense as Stanley Tucker was sent down last weekend. They had nobody blocking him at 3b, but he's probably going to need to be moved to 1b.

POR now has three RHB 1B/DH types IMO: Brannon, Johanfran and Winnay. Brannon has the most power. Winnay may be the best all around.

[moonslav59]

52 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Made sense as Stanley Tucker was sent down last weekend. They had nobody blocking him at 3b, but he's probably going to need to be moved to 1b.

POR now has three RHB 1B/DH types IMO: Brannon, Johanfran and Winnay. Brannon has the most power. Winnay may be the best all around.

Has Johanfran been written off as a Catcher?

[moonslav59]

Woo lost 4-1 as Sandoval started the game and threw 34 strikes in 53 pitches. (3.1, 4H, 1ER, 1BB, 1K) Cheng had 2 hits (.794.) Ward & Romero went 0-9.

POR lost 7-5 as Rogers pitched poorly. Arias seems to be hot, again (3 for 5 and at .978 again.) Garcia went 2-5 (.901) Winnay walked "only" twice.

Futrell sure looks like the real deal: 12 Ks, 1 BB, 2Hits and 0 ERs in 6IP, as GRE won 2-0. Heyman homered and Anderson had 2 hits.

SAL can't win anymore. They lost 7-2.

The FCL Sox lost 10-9 and walked 10 batters. (Delzine did not do well.) The DSL teams split the day.

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

Made sense as Stanley Tucker was sent down last weekend. They had nobody blocking him at 3b, but he's probably going to need to be moved to 1b.

POR now has three RHB 1B/DH types IMO: Brannon, Johanfran and Winnay. Brannon has the most power. Winnay may be the best all around.

Is it time to demote Alcantara to GRE and promote Cespedes?

How about flipping Justin Gonzales with Bleis or Taylor?

 

[moonslav59]

It's not uncommon for prospect Catchers to be moved to 1B or DH, but the Sox have 4 Catchers/Ex-Catchers at their top 3 levels:

AAA: Newly added Knizner, Delay & Thaiss plus Hickey at 1B/DH.

AA: Baez & Rosarion/Garcia C/1B & Brannon 1B/DH

A+: Gerardo Rodriguez, Luke Heyman, Hudson White & Ro Hernandez C/1B

[Larry Cook]

18 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Jack Winnay promoted to AA. He leads the farm in BBs with 53. He has 11 HRs and an .891 OPS.

I was kind of shocked by this promotion. But I think the advanced strike zone recognition impressed the Sox management. 

[moonslav59]

Just now, Larry Cook said:

I was kind of shocked by this promotion. But I think the advanced strike zone recognition impressed the Sox management. 

He is 23 years old. He played mostly 1B and OF in college, so I'm not sure he can stick at 3B.

[moonslav59]

Futrell took over the farm lead in IP, in his 12 K in 6 IP game last night. He's 6-0 with a 3.05 ERA, but that .606 OPS Against is pretty impressive for a SP'er.

Other Sox pitchers with nice OPSA and 30+ IP:

.428 Delzine FCL

.454 Eyanson A+/AA

.508 B Morgan A

.554 Mayers A

.570 Bennett (now in MLB)

.594 Rogers FC>/AA

.595 Rivera AA/AAA

[Old Red]

KC 3 for 3 yesterday. All K’S. 5-48 in June with 22 K’S, and some say on here he’s just working on things.🙈