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Unless the future manager will already be with the team and not just given that title?

Most likely. He's a glove first guy who can barely hit, but you need somebody to take care of the pitchers in the spring.

s***** movie IMO.

The farm barely contributed at all to the 2004 team. You could make a case for a bigger impact for the other 3 for sure.

Sox Prospects hadn't updated for Juan Centeno re-signing yesterday. He's the MiLB guy that could be used as an emergency C and played in a few Sox games last year where nobody was paying attention.

You could make the same argument for every WS team since the 1900's. They've all had farm contributions. That doesn't mean the current farm system is what won them the title as you suggested.

Disagree entirely. The biggest change now is that prospects have become overvalued. I believe there is a prospect market that is going to burst. People can hoard all the prospects they want, but it's just a bunch of lottery tickets. Veteran players are known commodities.

Maybe having a bench coach for ST is enough? I mean, how many middle aged dues in ill fitting uniforms do you need standing around during a game?

There's no way this is going to become a congressional hearing. It's not gonna happen in an election year.

Not sure how they'd take it away, but I'm into it.

I'd contend that they didn't win in 2013 because of their farm either. Both were veteran led teams.

They did not win in 2004 because of their farm.

Because almost every young player improves somewhat?

What is old is new again.

Not really since posters can pick for more than one poll option.

I think a lot of fans don't want to go through with a season where ownership waved the white flag in January.

I think that's getting a little too far from what either side is comfortable with. It's not often that you see 10 person trades.

As long as I've been a fan, the Sox prospect has more often been barren than full. It's not the greatest way to do business, but it can work for a while.

Durran should always have a high BABIP due to his speed. If he starts to hit AA pitching, look out. DD's trades brought us a ring. I'm happy with most of them. One could quibble about the Kimbrel trade and the Thornburg trade was a huge mistake.

Depth chart on Sox Prospects: C Christian Vazquez MLB C Kevin Plawecki MLB Nobody below is on the 40 man: C Jett Bandy AAA not a prospect, just an older org guy C Austin Rei AA below average offensively and defensively C/3B Joe DeCarlo AA org depth, limited upside C Charlie Madden AA org catcher, no bat C/1B Kole Cottam A+ offensive minded catcher, may move off position at some point, can be used in emergency C Roldani Baldwin A+ similar profile to Cottam, just rule V eligible sooner Jaxx Groshans and Jonathan Diaz are the only other guys with much potential, but both only in Lowell last year.

That's not me. I think the Sox can always be competitive no matter what their farm looks like due to Henry's bank account.

If they move Mookie, I bet more deals follow. If they can't deal Mookie, they'll stand pat and try to compete this year.

Seems like a good makeup guy. Not long ago, Patiño was an undersized Colombian shortstop who would pitch once in a while. The Padres liked his athleticism enough to sign him and move him to the mound full-time. He’s added a full 10 ticks to his fastball over the last two and a half years, and now is not only one of the best on-mound athletes in the minors, but a hard worker and team leader with infectious charisma. Patiño’s velocity came as he got in the weight room and added about 25 pounds. He was so dominant during his first few pro starts in the DSL that the Padres quickly pushed him stateside for the remainder of 2017, then to the Midwest League at age 18 the following year. Not only does Patiño have premium arm strength, he has natural feel for spin, and is a curious learner who quickly actualizes instruction on the mound. He has already begun to vary the cadence of his delivery to mess with hitters’ timing, and has mapped aspects of MacKenzie Gore’s delivery onto his own, just to see if it works for him. He’s still a little too confident with his breaking ball in the zone, but it’s hard not to expect an athlete with work habits like these (Patiño has already learned and is fluent in English) to get better at everything. You can go nuts projecting on his secondaries and command the same way scouts did with Hunter Greene when he was in high school, and Patiño’s breaking stuff is further along than Greene’s was at the same age. He likely won’t grow into more velo because the frame for that isn’t here, but he’s already got plenty of heat. Conservatively, Patiño has mid-rotation upside, but how the changeup and breaking ball command develop matter because that’s where there’s room for significant growth.

If they do too much investigating, they'll find out the nefarious s*** other teams were also doing. They don't want that.

@jay_jaffe Jeter's election and vote share is partly a product of time, place and evolution of voting trends, but the dude is number 6 all-time in hits and was a key player in 5 championships. Stop overthinking this; he'd have been 1st ballot in any year of the modern voting era (1966-on)