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SoxProspects just updated their rankings. Notable Risers Yoeilin Cespedes up from 10 to 6 Blaze Jordan up from 20 to 16 Justin Slaten up from 25 to 20 Elmer Rodriguez up from 26 to 21 Kristian Campbell up from 47 to 22 Franklin Arias up from 32 to 25 Grant Gambrell up from 37 to 32 Nick Sogard up from 53 to 41 Notable Fallers Nick Yorke from 6 to 11 Mikey Romero from 19 to 27 David Hamilton from 22 to 30 Bryan Mata from 29 to 40 Brooks Brannon from 36 to 43 Brandon Walter from 36 to 43 Jedixson Paez from 40 to 48 Natanael Yuten from 44 to 51

LOL, no. 2022: WHIP as a starter: 0.98 WHIP as a reliever: 1.45

@SoxNotes The Red Sox’ 1.54 ERA is their lowest through 7 games in the Live Ball Era (1920-present). The Sox have allowed 4 runs or fewer in each of their 7 games (4, 1, 4, 1, 0, 4, 0).

Golf first.

Everyone is projecting him to make a jump and seeing him as that pitcher rather than the guy he is now.

@JeffPassan Right-hander Eury Perez, one of the best pitching prospects in recent years, will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the 2024 season, per the Marlins. In a year of awful pitching injuries, this is among the worst: a 20-year-old handled with immense care still gets hurt.

And he still may outpitch Bello this year.

The only reason Stripling had lower bWAR in '22 is because he pitched a few games out of the pen. Higher ERA+ than Bello ever had. WHIP was lower. Better SO/W. Lower BB rate.

-0.2 bWAR this year for Bello, FYI.

To me, Memorial Day has always been a good cutoff to know if your team is good or not. At that point, any GM should know where the gaps are. Anyone waiting until the deadline is foolish.

Domes or retractable roofs: Rays Jays Rangers Houston Milwaukee Miami Arizona West Coast Climate: LA Anaheim SD SF A's Milder Weather Sites: ATL KC STL That's half the parks right there.

"Why would the Red Sox give Fitts, who wasn’t even in major league spring training, the chance to join the major league team and pitch against the defending World Series champions? The answer has a little to do with logistics and a lot to do with how much Fitts impressed Red Sox brass in his first spring with the club. According to farm director Brian Abraham, the spot start represented a not-so-subtle reward for how Fitts had carried himself in camp — while lining up with his pitching schedule. “I think it was a good chance for the organization to let someone who has led by example — despite being new — show what can be done and how players can continue to improve even at the upper levels if they push themselves and they’re willing to be open minded about doing new things,” Abraham said. “As a new guy in the organization, he has really exemplified what we’re trying to do with our pitchers pushing themselves on the mound, in the weight room, and with someone like him who has been in (velocity) training, he has really been willing to let his guard down and do some things that maybe he hadn’t done in the past and challenge himself and get some more out of himself physically than maybe he even knew he had.”" https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2024/04/red-sox-rewarded-prospect-with-start-in-mlb-stadium-and-came-away-impressed.html

Stripling was an All Star. He was a very good pitcher until injuries really got to him. He pitched better in 2022 than Bello has ever pitched in his life.

Then maybe Chicago should have had a West Coast Swing instead!

Nobody is. Just stating facts at where they stand right now.

@redsoxstats The Red Sox and Yankees both have 13 shutdowns from their bullpens, leading baseball. Catastrophic bullpen issues in MIA 10, SDP 9, and HOU 8 leading the way in meltdowns.

He blanked the following playoff teams last year: TEX - twice BAL MIN MIA HOU

Holiday, Kjerstad, Mayo and Stowers combined for 18 hits just last night. Stowers had 3 HR's and Kjerstad collected 10 RsBI (granslam off SS Mendick). That's a hot week for most.

@Athletics Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento will host the A's for the 2025-27 seasons - ahead of the team's move to Vegas in 2028.

If Story can't really hit, I don't see another team wanting to trade for him. Mayer is good at SS, but not as good as Story right now. I think they are ultimately stuck with Story unless they are going to eat a lot of his salary. I don't know how willing Henry will be to do that. With Sale, it was for just one year. Also, Story has an opt out after 2025 which hurts his trade value to any other team that actually wants him around for a few years. The best problem to have is Devers playing a solid 3b, Story hitting well, Grissom finding his feet at 2b and Mayer making a lot of noise in MiLB.

Grissom is a pre-ARB player. If he shows a little bit this year, but Sox really believe in the big 3, maybe they move on from Grissom next offseason or push him to the OF. He's a RHB and they don't have a lot of those guys.

His promotion would be to AAA. I don't think they are going to rush him to MLB. So far, he's really struggled with offspeed stuff and with the trend in MLB, he'd get eaten alive. I think there's zero chance we see him in BOS this year. At best, he'd come up at the end of the year and play 2B/SS/3B as a fill in. I don't think they'd hand him a starting role. His most professional PA's in a season is 424. I think they'll take it easy on him due to his ongoing injury issues.

Yeah, I don't necessarily believe the Mariners would be likely to make that trade. Anthony has too much value to swap in for Mayer. Sox would have to go Bello/Teel/Bleis to match value. I think M's are happy with Kirby and aren't likely to trade him unless another team overpays.

Story already has 2 DRS at SS. Quite a turnaround from what we saw at SS in '23.

Defensively, the Sox are 5th in DRS and 5th in OAA.