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Not every prospect works out. Even great AAA players flame out in MLB. There’s no exact science. We are lucky to have them though. There aren’t many other teams that have a website like that devoted to prospects that is painstakingly detailed. Those guys travel to see every stateside Sox prospect and talk to many people in the industry. They aren’t just scouting boxscores.

Yorke is already taking reps in OF and wasn’t succeeding in AA. He also has a lengthy injury history.

Cool.

Too high IMO.

Comish, what are the plans for this year?

He says he doesn’t want to be a manager for the next decade. Does he move to a FO somewhere (Sox have GM opening) or does he cash out and get a manager job elsewhere?

MICHAEL GORDON PRESIDENT Mike Gordon is the President of Fenway Sports Group and has been a partner since 2001. In his role with Fenway Sports Group, Mr. Gordon has been primarily responsible for managing the operations of Liverpool FC, among his many other responsibilities. Mr. Gordon is a seasoned investor with over 30 years of experience. He formerly served as a Managing Partner of Vinik Asset Management LLC, a Boston-based investment firm that he co-founded in 1996 and led as co-CEO. Prior to that, Mr. Gordon spent nine years at Fidelity Investments as a research analyst and portfolio manager of the Blue Chip Growth Fund. New minor character just dropped!

SoxProspects said he'd probably be 3rd or 4th.

Does Verlander have enough in the tank to get to 300 wins? He needs 43 more, so at least 3 more productive seasons. Any other active pitchers have a reasonable shot? Gerrit Cole only has 145 at age 32. Doesn't seem like current pitchers stack up 20 win seasons like they used to.

1. cut cost 2. get a young 2b because their top 2b prospect kinda stinks Not sure how to rank.

That dude is just ridiculous.

Who the f*** is Mike Gordon?

Just looked at the Statcast data from the game yesterday. Yorke's 3 AB's: 54.1 exit velo ground out 49.9 exit velo ground out 87 ft popfly Sogard: 100.6 367 ft double 100.6 sac fly 101.0 361 oppo HR I noted that Walter pitched well, but wasn't paying attention to his velo. He only broke 88 mph twice in his 2 innings and never reached 90 mph. If his velo stays down again, his ceiling remains very limited.

Montgomery '22: Yanks - 21 GS, 3.69 ERA, 114 IP, 9 QS, 3 W, 3 L STL - 11 GS, 3.11 ERA, 63 IP, 5 QS, 6 W, 3 L Seems like s*** luck again, especially on a 99 win Yankees team.

The year before he was traded to the Sox, Schilling was an 8-9 pitcher. Must have been toast at that point in his career.

Montgomery had 9 QS last year where he didn't get the win. Seems like s*** luck? from TEX: 8/9 - 6 Innings - 2 r, loss 8/21 - 8 Innings - 0 R, no decision 9/18 - 7 Innings - 1 R, no decision 9/28 - 6 Innings - 1 R, no decision He only earned a win in one game where he gave up more than 2 earned runs: 4/2 - 5 Innings - 3 ER, win In 7 of his losses, he pitched better than the above game.

He's only 35 this year. There's still time for a second TJS.

My order goes like this: G IP W L R ER SO BB GS CG SHO SV ERA If that's good enough for that back of a 1987 Topps card, it's good enough for me!

On his first AB, he took the first two pitches right down the middle for called strikes and then hit the third pitch into the OF for a single. His second AB was him just swinging wildly at pitches that were not close to the zone. It was the full Rafaela experience. No real misplays by the defense except for the McGuire passed ball. Abreu also made a nice sliding catch in RF early on in the game that I thought would drop in. Sogard's glove seems good enough for SS. The Red Sox had a very bad day on the bases with a pick off and 2 caught stealing. Not sure if the Reese McGuire one was just to get him back into the dugout so that he could get his gear back on.

I went to today’s Sox/Cards game. Here’s what I noticed. Crawford was fine, but unimpressive. Walter pitched really well and struck out RH Arenado on a nice offspeed pitch. Slaten was a beast k’ing 2 in 1 inning. Hagenman worked a quick inning with only soft contact. Campbell was ok, but nothing special. Mustache is impressive in person. Olivarez was an absolute dumpster fire and almost hit 3 batters. Song was depressing to watch. His FB was 92-94, but couldn’t locate it in his warm ups (was sitting next to bullpen catcher) and looked even worse when he got into the game. He was pulled after giving up a run and loading the bases. Sogard played the Pedro Ciriaco role put three charges into the ball. Meidroth got on base 3 times, but did so very quietly. Rafaela had a hit, stole a base, got picked off, struck out on a pitch in the dirt and made a JBJesque running catch in CF. McGuire had a horrible passed ball. Yorke had 3 ab’s and couldn’t hit the ball out of the IF grass. Old friends Ryan Fernandez and Nick Robertson both pitched for the Cards. Robertson looked like s***. Fernandez missed giving up a leadoff oppo bomb to Kavadas by 5 ft. He then finished the inning with 3 k’s (kavadas, Rosier, Miller) and 1 bb. Roger Dean Stadium was a good time though.

Last year, SFG led MLB with 9 relievers with 40+ innings, NYY were second with 8 relievers.

I'm not sure the sale of a team is really contingent on the current prospect pipeline either. I think the historical value of the Red Sox and Fenway Park is far more important than anything going on in 2024.

Even if local fans stop showing up, a lot of visiting fans will come due to the balanced schedule. He has a a few more years to coast before the rubber will really meet the road.

I doubt they are selling the team. They are using FSG as a complete sports portfolio and the Sox are one of the best investments in it, including Fenway park. If they sold now, they'd most likely be looking for another MLB team to buy at some point. Unless they were anticipating a drop in valuations, it doesn't make sense. They are reducing the payroll because Henry believes the Sox SHOULD be better when they spend less money. He still pines for the days when he was courting Billy Beane and undervalued assets. Now, all teams are going for the same guys using virtually the same metrics. The Sox recently have set their valuations on guys, refuse to budge (ex: Bogey, Betts) and the market shows how far off they are. For Henry, it's more about a pissing contest than anything else. It's about him just being proven right because he's so much smarter than everyone else.

@tylermilliken_ Alex Cora confirms that the Red Sox latest zoom call with Jordan Montgomery was two weeks ago. What's the rush, right?