Castro is a switch hitter and he really struggles against LHP. I wonder if his LH swing will get a bump in WOO. He won't get platooned in the near future, but if he can't start hitting vs LHP he's going to be out of the system at some point.
SP currently states Early has a ceiling of a third starter and it's based on his velo only. The way they look at pitchers is purely "if this guy throws hard and has command he'll have a high ceiling with good secondaries" he'll get a TOTR projection. With Early, he has a great pitch mix and his velo is just a tick under what the want to see. Unfortunately, that has caused them to underrate Early going back to his first professional season. They've always been high AF on Tolle because of the velo ("ceiling of a 2 but that may be light'). We have seen how those two have pitched. Early may just be closer to a finished product and may be more likely to reach his ceiling. Maybe he can even be better than what SP projects? They didn't put #3 in his scouting report until last season so he's already pushing that projection higher.
Casas will most likely start on the IL then rehab at AAA. Not sure how they'd have Masa and Casas on the active roster together. There would need to be some sort of move made.
"It's great to be working for FSG. I love my job. I have a nice salary, get lots of dividends and provide my great insight in many cool meetings. Why wouldn't everyone want to work here?!?" - SK
"Well, players should just want to play for the Sox by taking LESS money and not caring if they are traded a year or two into their contract. He clearly just didn't want to be here. It had nothing to do with us not wanting him or getting outbid!"
Sure, but they already have pretty ridiculous depth.
1. Crochet
2. Suarez
3. Gray
4. Bello
5. Sandoval
6. Oviedo
7. Crawford
8. Early
9. Tolle
10. Uberstine
I'm old, but not "remembers Mario Mendoza's playing days" old. I did know that he's who the Mendoza line was created for.
I remember Yaz Day, but anything before that I was too young to really pay attention.
You might get positive regression from the pitchers, but you'll definitely see negative regression from Cal and Naylor. TBH Donovan and Durbin are the same player except that Durbin can play 150 games.
I don't care about Banda. I'm just making assumptions on what Breslow may or may not like. He dumped all the high bb guys this offseason (Guerrero, Hicks, Murphy, Bernardino, Winckowski, Harrison) except for Moran.
Coulombe is too short.