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Like I posted in the above post not all of the new players that will be playing in the GCL in 2007 are Latin players. Willian Reddick was this June's draft Sox 17th Rd pick from Middle Georgia JC. Reddick a 19 yrs outfielder is 6-2 180 left handed hitter played only one year of JC ball and the Sox drafted him with the intension to be a draft and follow, but Reddick had an outstanding Summer which included a series against the USA college All Star team and impressed the Sox scouts so much that they decided to sign him, Reddick played CF in JC and has a quick bat and above average speed, but because the Sox GCL team will have elite prospect Angel Beltre and speedy Matt Sheely to play center field Reddick will have to share LF with Mitch Dening.
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While Kris Negron played third base in the GCL in 2006, he is a short stop and should be Greensville short stop in 2007. Negron has a very quick bat and he's a terror on the bases to the opposite teams as a short stop he has good range and arm. I have rated Negron rated as the organization #50 prospect.
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First of all they play 54 games in the GCL. Jones has a lot of potential and he isn't just a power htter he can also hit to the opposite field. Jone showed a lot improvement from 2005 to 2006 and should be Greensville first baseman in 2007. I have Mike Jones listed as the organization #36 prospect.
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Not all of the new players who will be playing in the GCL in 2007 are latin. Australian Mitch Dening will start his profesional carreer. Dening a 18 yrs Outfielder was signed by the Sox last year, but had to finish his high Schooling before he could play as a pro, the left handed hitting Dening played as member of the Australian 18 yrs and under tournament in Cuba this past September. As the Australian right fielder Dening showed a good bat, but it also showed tha the 6-1 165 has to get stronger, with the Sox GCL entry more than likely Dening will play LF.
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I mentioned that there was a group of players that played in the DSL in 2006 that was going to play in the GCL in 2007 and i was giving info on them. Zerpa is one of them.
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Armando Zerpa has shown the last three years pitching in the Latin leagues two things, first off he its hard to hit and the second one its that he hasn't been able to command his pitches. In 2006 in the DSL it wasn't any different for Zerpa a 5-11 175 LHP as the 19 yrs Venezuelan allowed a 202 batting average against in 32 IP 22 H (0 HR) a 0-4 record and 3.09 ERA 23 BB 34 K 6 WP. The ERA is some what miss leading as it was in mid ones two weeks before the end of the season. Zerpa was one of only two Sox pitching prospects in the DSL that didn't allow a HR in the 2006 season. In 2005 pitching in the VSL he allowed a 214 batting average against, but he issued 26 BB in 29 IP. Zerpa projects as reliever with a 87-88 fastball, but he hides the ball well, the 2007 season at the GCL will tell a better picture of Zerpa.
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San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic is known as the hot bed of short stop prospects and that's the home town of Sox prospect 19 yrs Yamaico Navarro. While playing in his first year in the DSL in 2006 the 5-11 170 right handed hitting Navarro opened some eyes not only with his glove, but also with his bat as he was second on hitting ave on the Sox DSL entry with a 280 Ave on 53 GP 201 AB 29 R 56 H ( 13 doubles, 5 triples and 3 HR) 37 RBI 21 BB 29 So 5 SB 3 CS .344 OBP .438 SLG. Navarro should be playing in the GCL in 2007 most likely as a second baseman not because a lack of range or arm for a short stop, but because the position will be played by elite prospect and fellow Dominican Moises Tejada who was signed last Summer.
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Ricardo Burgos isn't an elite prospect, but a prospect that can't be ignored none of the less. Burgos is just the opposite of a typical Latin prospect, which most of them are wild swingers, one of Ricardo's strengths is plate decipline and he proved in the 2006 DSL where he played full time for the first time as a pro after being an utility player his first year in 2005 in the VSL. While playing in the DSL in 2006 he led the Sox entry in hitting with an 288 ave in 184 AB 28 R 53 H 14* doubles 3 triples 4# HR 39* RBI 49* BB 42 SO 3 SB 1 CS 443* 462*. Burgos is small by ML standards at 5-9 170, but the 19 YRS left handed hitting Venezuelan second baseman has some pop on his bat and he will be showing his skills in the 2007 GCL. * led the Sox DSL entry in 2006. # tied for the on the Sox DSL entry in 2007.
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When a top latin baseball prospect specially Dominican don't sign a pro contract at 16 yrs or not later than at 17yrs, and you're a baseball playerits because you are an ordinary prospect, unless you're a late bloomer and that's the case of Sox prospect Pedro Perez. Perez wasn't signed by the Sox out of the Dominican until he almost turned 18 yrs mainly because while he was 6-4 he barely weighted 150 pounds and his fastball only reached 80, almost a year later Pedro Perez is still 6-4 but now at 170, however his fastball now sits at 90-91. The RHP is a work in progress but had a good first year as a pro in the DSL in 2007 in 15 G 7 GS 3-3 3.47 47 IP 48 H (1 HR) 16 BB 32 K 253 Ave. Perez who projects as a reliver pitched in the 2006 Sox Florida instructional league and will pitch in the 2007 GCL.
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Well, I guess Jacksonian, Bosox and myself are the only ones interested in this topic.
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Alvarez is a border line top 50, but Rodriguez while he isn't he has a lot of potential.
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I am fairly new on these pages and would like to know the interest of the readers and posters of these type of subjects ( prospects and scouting) Would appreciate a feed back.
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Pedro Rodriguez is another of the unknown prospects who will make his debut in the states at the GCL in 2007. Like with Jimenez and Alvarez is a small pitcher at 6-0 165, but unlike them the Venezuelan is a RHP and projects as a reliever with a fastball in the 91-92 area and his breaking pitches are a work in progress, Rodriguez also had a very good DSL season with 19 G 1 GS 4 SV (which lead the team) 2-1 1.99 ERA 45 1/3 IP 38 H ( 1 HR) 9 BB 42 K 225 Ave. Rodriguez like jimenez just turned 19 yrs at the end of 2006.
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Another young LHP who will be in the GCL in 2007 is Venezuelan Jose Alvarez. Alvarez who is 17 yrs (won't be 18 yrs until May) the youngest Sox pitching prospect who will play in the states in 2007 and 5-11 165 also had a outstanding season in the DSL in 2006 where he was in 15 G 8 GS 1.90 ERA 61 2/3 IP 46 H (1 HR) 13 ER 19 BB 64 K 205 ave. Alvarez has a fastball in the 87-88 area and advance feel for breaking pitches.
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I have Capellan ranked at #27. A LHP with decent stuff that can throw strikes and have good off speed pitches will have a future in the ML, but again he is only 20 yrs and will start the season in Greenville which its ways off.
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Thank You, Its that what they said about Capellan, because he isn't a flame thrower, but his fast ball sits around 88-91 not bad at all for a LHP and he projects more as a starter than as a reliever, again their scouting report isn't very accurate.
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If the scout.com Sox list is as good as was last year isn't very accurate, they had a bunch of non prospects organization types on that list. In my opinion there should be a fairly large group my should be playing in the GCL in 2007 beside Jimenez, you have Angel Beltre and Moises Tejada, but you also have the followings; Jose Alvarez LHP Yamaico Navarro 2b/SS Ricardo Burgos 2B Pedro Perez RHP Pedro Rodriguez RHP Victor Galde RHP Armando Zerpa LHP Victor Zerrano inf
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Jackson; its true there is a big difference between a 16 yrs and a 20 yrs, however if you go roster by roster you won't find too many 16 yrs on the DSL, you will find some 17 yrs, but mostly its betwwee 18-20. I don't have Jimenez on my top Sox top 50 prospect going in to Spring training, but I won't be surprised if Jimenez is on the Sox top 30 prospects or better at the end of the baseball season.
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One of the least known of the Red Sox prospects is Arbert Jimenez. Jimenez is a 19 yrs Dominican and a LHP. Jimenez is listed by the Sox as 6-0 145, but he is closer to 160- 165, still small by ML standards, but Jimenez has a low 90's fastball and good off speed pitches. In 2006 while pitching in DSL Jimenez had the lowest ERA in the league in 14 G 11 as a starter in 54 1/3 IP 40 H (1 HR) 8 R 3 ER 10 BB 50 K 208 Ave and a 0.99 ERA, but as a starter was even better in 43 1/3 IP 30 H 10 BB 40K 199 Ave and a .082 ERA. From the DSL to the ML is a long run but Jimenez who just turn 19 yrs and will be pitching at the GCL in the 2007, by season ends should among the Sox top prospects.
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With the oficially signing of Joel Piniero he becomes the 40th player on the 40 man roster, when the J D. signing becomes officially the Sox would have to make a move or create a spot for him. removing Kyle Snyder from the 40 man roster is the most logical choice with perhaps LHP Javier Lopez being next in line, with David Pauley and Nick Debarr in Boston next week taking part of a introduction program don't look like choices for now. A move that could take place, but not 100% sure that could happen or if a player could be place in the 60 day DL before the start of the baseball season, would be placing Matt Clement on such a list.
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Murphy is older and his AAA season was over or very close to been over, on the other hand Moss's team was in the middle of playoff not reason to promote him, but just because Murphy made to Boston for a cup of coffee first it doesn't make him a better prospect.
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Puero Rican Winter regular season ended Soxwho played on the league where; Second baseman Alex Cora 31 AB 3 R 9 h (3 doubles) 3 RBI 1 BB 1 So 0 SB 1 CS 384 SLG 294 OBP. RHP Ismael Casillas 10 G 3.38 ERA 0-0 1 SV 13 1/3 IP 7 H (0 HR) 5 ER 1 HB 11 BB 7 K 1 WP 149 Ave. Sox ex farm hands Victor Ramos and Raul Nieves who where released by the Sox in 2006 hada very good Winter league.
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With the signing of Keith Foulke with the Guardians now officially it means that the Red Sox will have two sandwich picks for loosing Alex Gonzalez and now Foulke. The Sox's picks would be early fortys and late fiftys.