jacksonianmarch

The price went down due to money and positional limitations. I’m still a bit baffled as to the need. My one conspiracy here is that the Yanks got EE with the mindset of moving Frazier for pitching so they could have depth in the lineup

You’re an idiot

Juan Then is a prospect who the Yankees got for Nick Rumbelow, who is now released. He was in the DSL when we got him as a 17 yr old. He showed great command and a velocity bump when he got here. He’s a LONG ways off after not even seeing the better short season leagues. But he’s topping out in the mid 90s as a 19 yr old. He’ll likely sit there one day. Secondary stuff has promise. He can locate almost everything. He’s not a bad return, just surprised he’s all that went back.

Then is a good prospect, albeit far from the bigs and was initially signed by the M’s. This reeks of keep-away, to be totally honest. We don’t need him. His $3.4 mil cap hit it a nothing. But if the Rays or Astros got him, that would have hurt more

Yeah, our pitching has really let down of late. Man, what a joke today

We’re the kings of jumping out to a lead and allowing teams to come back. Wtf

And he is slow as s*** to the plate and didn't hold the runners. Wow

I have yet to see anything that Shawaryn throws move in on a righty or away on a lefty. He's your new RH specialist

The Bruins 1 line is a skill line. The Blues roughed them up. It's the easiest way to get a skill team off their game, scare them

Mike "Smoke and Mirrors" Shawaryn. His stuff is not impressive. His arm angle is what helps him vs righties. He is gonna get torched vs lefties as they see him more

The first two goals weren't on Tukka. Goal 1 was redirected on a slapshot. Goal 2 was a 1 on 1 due to Marchand whiffing and going for a change. 3 and 4 didn't matter. 1 and 2 won the game

Rather prescient at the 1/3 mark

Theyre postseason top 50

Some updates and rankings (from scout) 1. Estevan Florial- broke his wrist and came back 9 games ago. Currently OPS'ing .758 in A+ ball as a 21 yr old with 3 steals. Too early to tell anything 2. Jonathan Loaisiga- shoulder fatigue put him on the DL in May. Hasn't returned 3. Clarke Schmidt- was showing high K stuff, although his BAA and walk rates weren't as great as expected. Has been on the shelf for 3 weeks with an undisclosed injury 4. Roansy Contreras- 19 yr old in long season A ball holding his own. 1.17WHIP, 3-1 K-BB ratio. 3 or less ER in all but one start. He is rising 5. Albert Abreu- 23 yr old with fire in his arm. Walks too much, but much better over last 3 starts (5 in 16IP). Good K rate. Starting to show his ability. Holding 6. Luis Medina- 20 yr old just had his second start of the year where he walked less than his innings thrown. Not kidding. 43BB in 40IP. He is a project with major stuff, but probably needs to go to the pen. Dropping like a stone 7. Luis Gil- 21 yr old (just turned last week) stolen from the Twins for Jake Cave. 73K in 54IP. Walks too many, but nobody hit him (.176AVG). He is dominating long season in his first taste. Tampa soon. Rocketing up the system 8. Antonio Cabello- to debut soon in SS 9. Nick Nelson- missed 2 months due to injury. Too early to tell whether he will recover prospect status. 10. Deivi Garcia- 20 yr old in Trenton, putting up insane K numbers (52 in 36IP), but walks are a problem. This is surprising since he was so good at limiting them last yr. Either way, arrow up for 20 yr old in AA 11. Anthony Seigler- debuted in A ball last week. Will likely be everyday C at SI. 12. Everson Pereira- yet to debut 13. Josh Breaux- Really solid debut in A ball with an .823OPS and 7HR in 122ABs as a 21 yr old. Been on the DL for 3 weeks, who knows why. Still, the bat is real. Arrow up 14. Raimfer Salinas- hasn't debuted yet 15. Chance Adams- Has been really good in AAA and held his own in the majors. Velocity drop last year has been sustained this year dropping his projection. Holding his own 16. Domingo Acevedo- Interesting splits for him. .212 BAA, 1.04WHIP, 9K/9IP and 4-1K/BB all are wonderful. His 6HR allowed in 28IP is a problem. He's huge and throws hard, so he will get chances, but arrow down for the 25yr old 17. Matt Sauer- lasted 2 starts before TJS struck. Out until midseason 2020 18. Yoendris Gomez- short season 19. Trevor Stephan- Reasonable BAA, huge K numbers, good HR rates, ridiculous walks. Concerning trends this year for Yankee MiLB pitchers. All walk rates are way up. Holding his own due to solid peripherals 20. Michael King- stress reaction in elbow, out into July. 21. Thairo Estrada- made his big league debut and played really well in the bigs before being demoted. No real room for him. Arrow way up and likely out as I expect him to be a trade chip 22. Juan Then- short season, unassigned as of right now 23. Glenn Otto- very strong K numbers. Reasonable hit rate. 0HR in 31IP. Once again, the walks. 18 in 31.1IP. K rate and HR rate is an arrow up, but he is on the DL and has been for 3 weeks with an unknown injury 24. Dermis Garcia- recently turned 21 in notorious pitchers league (FSL), hitting well. .829OPS with 14HR in 58 games. K's still a bugaboo and walk rate problematic, but power is real. Arrow up 25. Anthony Garcia- short season, unassigned 26. Oswaldo Cabrera- Holding his own offensively in a pitchers league. Just turned 20 and is in the FSL. Will never be a great hitter, but could end up with enough hit to justify his solid defense. Arrow up 27. Oswald Peraza- short season 28. Freicer Perez- out after 2018 shoulder surgery 29. Garrett Whitlock- very solid performance thus far in AA. Missed 2 weeks with an injury but has returned to throw 17 innings in his past 3 starts with 4ER. Back end starter projection unchanged 30. Hoy Jun Park- finally unlocking his potential in AA as a recently turned 23 yr old. .309BA with .809OPS. Solid walk rates. K rate could improve. 6 steals thus far. He is arrow straight up 31. Isiah Gilliam- Repeating Tampa after struggling in 2018, he is holding his own with a near .800OPS. K rate is far too high, though, but he is showing far more speed with 12 steals already. Arrow up 32. Roberto Chirinos- still in short season 33. Ezequiel Duran- still in short season 34. Nick Green- has been on the DL for 2 months with an unknown ailment 35. Pedro Barrios- short season 36. Tanner Myatt- Intoxicating stuff with more than a K per inning and an absurb .111BAA in 19IP. Walk rate way too high. Stuff is there. Arrow up 37. Frank German- skipped A ball altogether to the A advanced. Holding his own with a good K rate and BAA. HR rate way too high and walk rate uncharacteristically up. Holding for now 38. Harold Cortijo- started in extended, made it to Charleston a week ago. In 2 starts, held his own. 11K in 10IP, only 2 walks. Showing improved stuff. Wait and see 39. Rony Garcia- great K rate, good walk rate, peripherals are all there...except the HR rate is absurd. Made it up to Trenton now as a 21 yr old. Will need to keep the ball in the yard to be good, but arrow up 40. Trey Amburgey- finally putting it together in AAA. Long heralded as a 5 tool project, he is OPS'ing ober .800 with 10HR and 4 steals in the first two months. Arrow up

90% chance of rain into 10pm, although this is the only time the Rangers visit. They're gonna really try to get this thing in

No, there is no way in hell the sox tank. Let's assume it's July 15th. The sox are 2.5 games out of WC2 and are still around 16-18 in draft pick range. The penalty for dropping from 16 to 26 is far more severe than it would be if the sox were excelling and looking to have a top 5 record in the game. That would need to be weighed when acquiring talent. Now, if the sox are firmly in the WC mix and they go on a run enough to where they're a series sweep from jumping into the divisional lead, then the risk is worth it. For the most part, any veteran acquisition is going to push the sox over that limit. Now, maybe they get creative and force the accepting team to eat a contract, but that would mean more talent going back the other way. But it is a much more serious question right now than it was last year. The sox dropped from 33rd to 43rd in draft order. They lost $550K in bonus pool due to the drop. The talent you get at 33 is pretty similar to 43. Consider where they are now. The talent at 16 is far better (usually) than the talent obtained at 26. Also, the draft pool difference is DOUBLE what the 33-43 drop was (this year the sox lost $550K, if the sox drop from 16 to 26, they lose $1.1 mil). That is a big penalty. So going over the final threshold this year has a lot more of a penalty attached at will need to be weighed against their odds of winning a title. Let's be honest, if the sox are a WC2 and lose in Tampa vs Snell, then who gives a f***, right? I don't parade around talking about the Yankees 2015 WC1 clinch, right? Who cares

They are. Clearly, the top 10 has the highest hit rate. The next 10 has a good hit rate. Beyond 21, it's a crap shoot.

Stanton's 2 homers say otherwise

JBJ is doing what he does. .377 OPS (auto-out) in April. May and June, .786 OPS. Very, very streaky hitter.

There is a lot of uncertainty in the rest of the season, that is for sure. Where the sox are a bit hamstrung is that every team they are contending with has ample opportunity to improve, either via using funds or via their minor league system. The sox are up against the final threshold again and their minor league system isn't great. I highly, highly doubt Henry allows the sox to drop another 10 spots in the draft, especially if the team is only in the running for the WC by the time of the deadline. Right now, the sox are in a three way tie for the 16th pick in the draft next year. If that glut doesn't move and the sox make an unsuccessful deal that keeps them there but puts them over the final threshold, they'll drop from 16 to 26 and forfeit over $1.1 mil in draft pool plus the 5% overage and the ability to snag a much better prospect. It's one thing to be the class of the league and drop from 33 to 43, it is another to miss out on the playoffs and drop from 16 to 26

I disagree entirely with you. Devers may have worked to become an average fielder to this point (UZR/150 is -0.8, essentially flat), but he's got a thick body type that will not age well. If Dalbec makes a breakthrough in the second half and cements himself as a future prospect for the sox, I wouldn't be surprised to see Dalbec supplant Devers and move Raffy to 1b.

Updated rankings have the sox still outside looking in. With all the inroads the sox have made in the INTL forum, the fact that they aren't linked to a single top 30 guy is pretty bad. Yankees are linked to #1 and #18

Likely with Stanton and Judge back in the lineup

I guess one of the options you could look at is living with Chavis at 2b. Can the sox live with an infield defense with Devers at 1b, Chavis at 2b, and Dalbec at 3b?

Stanton, 2 homers in 2 games on his rehab stint. Plan is for him to join the club after the CWS series