Looking at a draft position and saying "well, only a certain % of guys from that pick got a certain WAR" is wild to me. Phillips may never make the bigs. Maybe he has a few great MiLB seasons and the Sox spin him in a trade? After that, why would the Sox care about his future potential?
Also, we already know the draft is complete guesswork. There's no guarantee on any of these guys, including Witherspoon.
Breslow didn't make the trade as a one for one for Rodriguez. It was for the value of the whole package: Rodriguez, John Holobetz ('24 5th rounder) and the pick that turned into Marcus Phillips ('25 pick #33 overall). Was it a great move in a year that the Sox are trying to get into the playoffs? Remains to be seen!
He believe he can accept an assignment to AAA or request his release.
I was under the assumption that MLB still had the waiver trade system, because I'm old.
As of 2019, players may still be placed and claimed on outright waivers after the Trade Deadline, but trades aren't permitted after that date. With regards to newly acquired players, the Aug. 31 postseason roster deadline remains in effect.
He was an 850 OPS guy over a full season. If he can get over this injury and back to 100%, he could get back there at some point. I don't think many of us saw '23 as a highwater mark.
Conrad Cason had TJS
Current prospects out due to TJS:
Luis Perales
Alvaro Mejias
Matt Donlan
Cade Feeney
Matt Duffy
Cole Tolbert
Yordanny Monegro
Nicholas Judice
Trennor O'Donnell
Zach Fogell
Conrad Cason
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Some evaluators really, really like him. Some are unimpressed. He's had an up and down year so far. He's young and holding his own in High A. He has a clear path to be some sort of MLBer.
Sox will typically be 6th - 12th place just because of the size of Fenway. If they are 6 or 7, it's because attendance at larger ballparks is down. Even when they were really packing it in, they were still 8th or 9th almost every season. Attendance has been a little slow to rebound since COVID and that's due to high prices combined with mediocre baseball and lack of recognizable players to the general public. Maybe it also just won't get back to the highs of 04-19 again?