He needs to get in on the poaching train.
@KyleAGlaser
The Astros began the trend of teams cutting scouts and replacing them with video and data scouting.
After seeing how that approach turned out, the Astros have pivoted and are now hiring scouts at the fastest rate of any team in baseball.
Looks like Sox will get to keep 9 relievers a little longer.
@Joelsherman1
MLB and MLBPA have agreed to delay going to a 13-pitcher limit on Monday, May 2. It will now go into effect on May 30. But the rosters still drop in size from 28 to 26 on Monday.
Preinjury Mata (1.75 ERA, 1.09 WHIP in High A previous year) and Ward (2.14 ERA, 1.16 WHIP) with Song just pitching in Lowell the previous season (1.06 ERA, 0.88 WHIP) had the higher ceiling IMO.
Richards and Ottavino aren't "under the radar" guys.
I'm not going to go through all of Tampa's transactions under Bloom. Of course not "all" of his additions with the Rays would do well, but they have been known for finding reclamation projects that worked out.
Binelas will be top 20 on May 1. I think Hamilton should leapfrog some of those guys ahead of him too. I think the reason they are further down is that they hadn't really been scouted by SoxProspects due to COVID and the crackdown on scouting this offseason (due to Rule 5 draft issues).