2026 Prospects

[Old Red]

6 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

And they knew he wouldn't switch?

He wasn’t the GM when they hired him. He was born, and raised in NY, and he just said everyone knew. Kind of surprised Shue on the Big Jab who was interviewing him.

[mvp 78]

10 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Arias is making a case for a promotion. 3 for 5 tonight (.864 at AAA.)

POR lost 6-4

GRE won big. Hull 2-5 w homer. Gonzales 2-4 w 4 rbi.

SAL won big. Godbout and Primera walked 3 times each! Both went 1-2. Andujar homered and Salazar. went 2-4 w BB

Personally, I'd rather see Arias have more than a week's worth of games at AAA. Especially if the Sox are currently rolling. 

[moonslav59]

Arias homered tonight. He went 3-4 (over 1.000 in AAA) Gasper homered. Holobetz went 4 scoreless (5H 0BB 2K) Woowon 10-1,

POR won big. They scored 8 in the 9th. They walked 8 times and had 13 hits.

GRE is losing 10-2 as Phillips got drilled. Ge Rod is 2-3.

SAL up 10-2. Pinto homered.

[Larry Cook]

20 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Arias homered tonight. He went 3-4 (over 1.000 in AAA) Gasper homered. Holobetz went 4 scoreless (5H 0BB 2K) Woowon 10-1,

POR won big. They scored 8 in the 9th. They walked 8 times and had 13 hits.

GRE is losing 10-2 as Phillips got drilled. Ge Rod is 2-3.

SAL up 10-2. Pinto homered.

Primera hit 3 times by pitchers last night 

[moonslav59]

10 minutes ago, Larry Cook said:

Primera hit 3 times by pitchers last night 

He's got a Bondesque .508 OBP!

10 Hrs is 184 ABs is awesome, too.

To me, he's our #2 prospect behind Arias.

[moonslav59]

Updated soxprospects.com rankings:

https://soxprospects.com/

1. Arias (on fire)

2. Gonzales (.843)

3. Primera (turning heads)

4. Godbout (back from IL)

5. Valera (our #1 pitching prospect, now)

6. Schaffner (nice pro start)

7. Delzine (2.16 ERA)

8. Owen Hull (another nice pro start)

9. Holobetz (a sign of a weakened farm)

10. Rivas (.772)

11. Wehunt (3.86)

12. Phillips (may drop, if he doesn't turn it around, soon)

13. Mataczynski (HS draftee)

14. Cespedes (in AA now)

15. Shelar (another HS draftee)

16. Soto (dropping despite higher-ranked departures)

17. Bastardo (AAA)

18. Paez (AA)

19. Rivera (AAA)

20. Gutierrez (part of Mayer trade)

21. Winnay (unranked last time!)

22. Romero (falling like a led balloon)

23. Mullins (having a bad year)

24. Gerardo Rodriquez (Catcher at A+)

25. Mason White (AA up from #38)

26. Dylan Brown (A+ pitcher)

27. Luke Heyman (Catcher at A+)

28. Monegro (hanging around)

29. Ramos (dropped a bit)

30. Silverio (17 yrs old)

31. Castro (not in my top 50)

32. Kaleb LaFavor (draftee)

33. Brito (DSL)

34. Ziehl (Hicks/Sandlin grade)

35. Brannon (no respect!)

36. Jo Garcia (no respect!)

37. I Jackson (Grissom trade)

38. Finley (A-)

39. Andujar (NR before)

40. Barrett Morgan (on IL)

Drops:

Bleis 33>43

Cason 37>41

A Guzman 43>51

[mvp 78]

This shows how weak the system is now. 

Mataczynski 13? 

Shelar 15? 

Gutierrez 20? (I believe Ian Cundall said he was 24th in the Giants system but should have been lower)

I think they are still too low on Garcia and Brannon. I know they are 1B/DH only probably, but they have a better chance at MLB than a lot of guys ahead of them. 

 

[Larry Cook]

Andujar is not ranked highly, but he has a nice swing and a bit of pop, he has a chance to develop into something! 
 

under the radar now, but he has a chance to be special. 

[moonslav59]

13 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Gutierrez 20? (I believe Ian Cundall said he was 24th in the Giants system but should have been lower)

I'm trusting Brez to think this kid is better than most think he is.

[moonslav59]

13 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

This shows how weak the system is now. 

Mataczynski 13? 

Shelar 15? 

 

I was surprised by all the draftees higher rankings.

I'd have Brannon in my top 20 and Jo Garcia close to 20-22.

Holobetz at #9 is pretty telling. It's not far off from my placement.

Bastardo, Paez & Rivera in the top 20? Geeesh.

Maybe Winnay and Brannon belong, but our farm did take a big hit.

We gotta hope this draft comes through, but we may also be surprised by how good some of our real young guys turn out:

2. Gonzales 19 and at GRE

3. Primera 19 and at SAL

5. Valera 20 GRE

6. Schaffner 21 GRE

7. Delzine 18 SAL (pitched well tonight)

10. Rivas 18 FCL

13. Mataczynski 18 FCL

14. Cespedes 20 POR (seems like he should be 23)

15. Shelar 19 FCL

16. Soto 18 FCL

24 Ge Rod 20 GRE

29 Ramos 18 FCL

30. Silverio 17 DSL

32. LaFavor 18 FCL

33. Brito 17 DSL

Plus...

Arias is just 20 and in AAA. 

4. Godbout is just 22, as is Hull, Phillips, Paez, Gutierrez and others.

[moonslav59]

Futrell at #48 might be the most under-rated of them all.

He pitched well in his POR debut, last night.