Boston Red Sox Looking To Add Right-Handed Bat

[mvp 78]

16 minutes ago, Nick said:

Brannon is a right-handed power prospect who stands at 6 feet tall and weighs 245 pounds. He belted a 464ft bomb.

Soxprospects has him listed at 210lb. (#33 Prospect for the Sox)

Anyone know his weight? (1.039 OPS, 9 homers, 8 doubles at Portland)

The Red Sox drafted Brannon in the ninth round (No. 279 overall) out of Randleman High in North Carolina in 2022, then signed him to a well-above slot value bonus of $712,500. The second highest ninth round bonus that year was $390,000 lower. He received the second-highest bonus among all picks in rounds 5-9 that year.

 

245 is probably a lot closer than his listed 210 on MiLB.com. He's a well built dude. He's always had light tower power. Struggled with injuries due to being behind the plate. 

[mvp 78]

Brannon should be @drewski6 's favorite player. 

 

[Nick]

3 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

245 is probably a lot closer than his listed 210 on MiLB.com. He's a well built dude. He's always had light tower power. Struggled with injuries due to being behind the plate. 

Thanks!

[vjcsmoke]

21 hours ago, Nick said:

Add a bat but decimate the pen? Is that really helping the team?

Nothing the Red Sox front office does surprises me anymore.

They consistently make bad trades. What's another?

Priester trade looks like an L.

Harrison and Drohan trade looks like an L.

Can someone Explain to me why Breslow should still have his job?

 

[JoeBrady]

5 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

It should if the guy doesn't have a long contract and the Red Sox stink this year and they want to be good in future years.

But the point remains.  The Red Sox are not looking to get rid of him.  If they fall out of contention, then they will be open to moving 10-15 guys.  But they aren't looking to get rid of him.

[JoeBrady]

5 hours ago, Nick said:

Anyone know his weight?

He doesn't look fat-fat.  A bit like Schwarber.   He's got some muscle.

[Duran Is The Man]

4 hours ago, vjcsmoke said:

Nothing the Red Sox front office does surprises me anymore.

They consistently make bad trades. What's another?

Priester trade looks like an L.

Harrison and Drohan trade looks like an L.

Can someone Explain to me why Breslow should still have his job?

 

nobody knows.

[Old Red]

14 hours ago, vjcsmoke said:

Nothing the Red Sox front office does surprises me anymore.

They consistently make bad trades. What's another?

Priester trade looks like an L.

Harrison and Drohan trade looks like an L.

Can someone Explain to me why Breslow should still have his job?

 

Headline in the Boston Globe says that the Red Sox are Not considering firing the 12th pick in the 2023 HOBO draft Craig Breslow.🤔

[notin]

14 hours ago, vjcsmoke said:

Nothing the Red Sox front office does surprises me anymore.

They consistently make bad trades. What's another?

Priester trade looks like an L.

Harrison and Drohan trade looks like an L.

Can someone Explain to me why Breslow should still have his job?

 

He also traded for Priester and Harrison.  
 

If Drohan was such hot property, don’t forget he was returned as a Rule 5 pick once.

And Caleb Durbin is coming around…

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

2 minutes ago, notin said:

He also traded for Priester and Harrison.  
 

If Drohan was such hot property, don’t forget he was returned as a Rule 5 pick once.

And Caleb Durbin is coming around…

Durbin's up to .190, baby! 

Only 16 points below the Storyline... 

... or 18 points below the Duranline...

... or 19 below the Narvaezline.

Such batting averages are why the Boston Doormats -- last in the league in runs scored -- can't afford to trade any of the Big Three: because Anthony, Mayer and Campbell are all hitting in the .220s! 

(KC's even doing it in WOO!).

Red Sox fan, fear not the Sophomore Jinx; in another year you'll be renting a tux for the Junior Prom!

[Old Red]

2 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Durbin's up to .190, baby! 

Only 16 points below the Storyline... 

... or 18 points below the Duranline...

... or 19 below the Narvaezline.

Such batting averages are why the Boston Doormats -- last in the league in runs scored -- can't afford to trade any of the Big Three: because Anthony, Mayer and Campbell are all hitting in the .220s! 

(KC's even doing it in WOO!).

Red Sox fan, fear not the Sophomore Jinx; in another year you'll be renting a tux for the Junior Prom!

As Chaim Bloom said just wait things are going to be AWESOME.🤭

[mvp 78]

34 minutes ago, Old Red said:

Headline in the Boston Globe says that the Red Sox are Not considering firing the 12th pick in the 2023 HOBO draft Craig Breslow.🤔

They'd have to trade for the 25th pick in the '27 draft if they did so. 

For now, Brez is going to keep rollin' like Fred Durst.

[mvp 78]

11 minutes ago, Old Red said:

As Chaim Bloom said just wait things are going to be AWESOME.🤭

They didn't give him a shot! Pulled the plug like on him like a 105 year old great grandma! 😭

[drewski6]

1 hour ago, Old Red said:

Headline in the Boston Globe says that the Red Sox are Not considering firing the 12th pick in the 2023 HOBO draft Craig Breslow.🤔

well maybe they arent considering it because theyve already decided to do it?

[drewski6]

55 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

They didn't give him a shot! Pulled the plug like on him like a 105 year old great grandma! 😭

not nana :(

[notin]

12 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

not nana :(

You know she spied for the Nazis, right?

[Duran Is The Man]

59 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Durbin's up to .190, baby! 

Only 16 points below the Storyline... 

... or 18 points below the Duranline...

... or 19 below the Narvaezline.

Such batting averages are why the Boston Doormats -- last in the league in runs scored -- can't afford to trade any of the Big Three: because Anthony, Mayer and Campbell are all hitting in the .220s! 

(KC's even doing it in WOO!).

Red Sox fan, fear not the Sophomore Jinx; in another year you'll be renting a tux for the Junior Prom!

they're not just last in runs scored; they're also last in Home Runs -those instantaneous sources of runs scored that elude this team like sobriety at a frat party. and, oh by the way, the last Red Sox team to "lead the league" in fewest Home Runs was the 1934 team with all of 51 -just two more than Lou Gehrig's 49. 

 

[mvp 78]

21 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

well maybe they arent considering it because theyve already decided to do it?

[mvp 78]

19 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

not nana :(

[mvp 78]

6 minutes ago, Duran Is The Man said:

they're not just last in runs scored; they're also last in Home Runs -those instantaneous sources of runs scored that elude this team like sobriety at a frat party. and, oh by the way, the last Red Sox team to "lead the league" in fewest Home Runs was the 1934 team with all of 51 -just two more than Lou Gehrig's 49. 

 

Since they called up Sogard on 5/17:

3rd AVG

10th OPS

6th 1b

8th 2b

1st 3b

Top 10 offense! 

[Bellhorn04]

8 minutes ago, Duran Is The Man said:

they're not just last in runs scored; they're also last in Home Runs -those instantaneous sources of runs scored that elude this team like sobriety at a frat party. and, oh by the way, the last Red Sox team to "lead the league" in fewest Home Runs was the 1934 team with all of 51 -just two more than Lou Gehrig's 49. 

 

Hey, at least they're giving us some statistical milestones to keep an eye on.  😝

[Duran Is The Man]

18 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Hey, at least they're giving us some statistical milestones to keep an eye on.  😝

with so few positives to find in this team, it's kinda what keeps me going.

[Duran Is The Man]

21 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Since they called up Sogard on 5/17:

3rd AVG

10th OPS

6th 1b

8th 2b

1st 3b

Top 10 offense! 

what about RUNS SCORED?

[mvp 78]

20 minutes ago, Duran Is The Man said:

what about RUNS SCORED?

Only 16 runs back from 10th place! 

[illinoisredsox]

18 hours ago, vjcsmoke said:

Nothing the Red Sox front office does surprises me anymore.

They consistently make bad trades. What's another?

Priester trade looks like an L.

Harrison and Drohan trade looks like an L.

Can someone Explain to me why Breslow should still have his job?

 

Re. Priester, those are last year’s numbers.  He has yet to throw a pitch for Milwaukee this season and his rehab numbers are horrific (8 games, 0-5, 15.75 ERA, 2.875 WHIP).  Which is the true Priester?  I sure don’t know.  Too soon to call this one.

The Brewers studied Harrison and changed his arm slot which seemingly has made him much more successful.  Think the Sox pitching lab would have done that?  I have my doubts.  The real bad thing about trading Harrison is that the Sox never really gave him a chance to show them something.

Drohan spent 5 rather nondescript years in the Sox minor league system.  He really never showed he was ready, and it’s still very early to make that call at the major league level.  A lot of guys start out great until the league figures them out.

Let’s see how the guys we lost do over 2-3 years, not 60 games.  No trade should be evaluated that quickly.

All that being said, I can’t explain why Breslow got the job, much less still has it.  Since the Sox are in Tampa, I’ll borrow from John McKay, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers first coach.  The Bucs went 0-14 their first year in the NFL and lost their first 11 or 12 their second year.  Sometime during that second year, McKay was asked about his team’s execution; he replied he was in favor of it.  (Note, I am not advocating actual execution here, but I would not object a squad of upper management firing him).

[Bellhorn04]

39 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Re. Priester, those are last year’s numbers.  He has yet to throw a pitch for Milwaukee this season and his rehab numbers are horrific (8 games, 0-5, 15.75 ERA, 2.875 WHIP).  Which is the true Priester?  I sure don’t know.  Too soon to call this one.

The Brewers studied Harrison and changed his arm slot which seemingly has made him much more successful.  Think the Sox pitching lab would have done that?  I have my doubts.  The real bad thing about trading Harrison is that the Sox never really gave him a chance to show them something.

Drohan spent 5 rather nondescript years in the Sox minor league system.  He really never showed he was ready, and it’s still very early to make that call at the major league level.  A lot of guys start out great until the league figures them out.

Let’s see how the guys we lost do over 2-3 years, not 60 games.  No trade should be evaluated that quickly.

All that being said, I can’t explain why Breslow got the job, much less still has it.  Since the Sox are in Tampa, I’ll borrow from John McKay, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers first coach.  The Bucs went 0-14 their first year in the NFL and lost their first 11 or 12 their second year.  Sometime during that second year, McKay was asked about his team’s execution; he replied he was in favor of it.  (Note, I am not advocating actual execution here, but I would not object a squad of upper management firing him).

One of the all-time great sour reactions by a coach in any sport.  

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

3 hours ago, Duran Is The Man said:

they're not just last in runs scored; they're also last in Home Runs -those instantaneous sources of runs scored that elude this team like sobriety at a frat party. and, oh by the way, the last Red Sox team to "lead the league" in fewest Home Runs was the 1934 team with all of 51 -just two more than Lou Gehrig's 49. 

 

Those 1934 Red Sox actually finished .500 but 24 games out of first place.

Here's a list of some of their players who had zero home runs: Dick Porter, Mel Almada, Gordie Hinkle, Lou Legett and Skinny Graham.

They even had a guy named Judge with nada HRs. His first name was Joe (rhymes with No).

It gets worse. Those '34 Sox had a Hall of Fame catcher named Rick Ferrell who hit one homer. His little brother, Wes, a pitcher for Boston that year, cranked four 4-baggers (and would lead the family with 38 career bombs to bro's 28).

 

[illinoisredsox]

18 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Those 1934 Red Sox actually finished .500 but 24 games out of first place.

Here's a list of some of their players who had zero home runs: Dick Porter, Mel Almada, Gordie Hinkle, Lou Legett and Skinny Graham.

They even had a guy named Judge with nada HRs. His first name was Joe (rhymes with No).

It gets worse. Those '34 Sox had a Hall of Fame catcher named Rick Ferrell who hit one homer. His little brother, Wes, a pitcher for Boston that year, cranked four 4-baggers (and would lead the family with 38 career bombs to bro's 28).

 

IIRC, Wes Farrell holds both the single season and career records for homers by a pitcher.

[mvp 78]

21 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Those 1934 Red Sox actually finished .500 but 24 games out of first place.

Here's a list of some of their players who had zero home runs: Dick Porter, Mel Almada, Gordie Hinkle, Lou Legett and Skinny Graham.

They even had a guy named Judge with nada HRs. His first name was Joe (rhymes with No).

It gets worse. Those '34 Sox had a Hall of Fame catcher named Rick Ferrell who hit one homer. His little brother, Wes, a pitcher for Boston that year, cranked four 4-baggers (and would lead the family with 38 career bombs to bro's 28).

1934 was the year the Green Monster was built. The Sox just didn't know how to build a team for the park at that point. 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

1934 was the year the Green Monster was built. The Sox just didn't know how to build a team for the park at that point. 

The worst part is that the Monstah was just a hatchling when first born, scrambling towards a tavern on Lansdowne Street like a baby turtle trying to reach water before getting picked off by a bird -- and Red Sox batters still couldn't hit a ball over its head.