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  1. sk7326
    The thing is that some of the pitchers which had potential but serious questions have made some actual strides. Heck, Murphy couldn't throw strikes at all at the minor league level and he has somehow flashed some solid control in The Show.
  2. sk7326
    It's been the most since Cherington was GM for sure. That said, pretty much the only team that has seemed immune to the ups and downs of prospect graduations and trades is the Dodgers.
  3. sk7326
    The law writeups on the 4 ... https://theathletic.com/4703833/2023/07/21/mlb-top-prospects-2023-minor-leaguers/ 3. Marcelo Mayer (#11 preseason) 48. Ceddane Rafaela (preseason #37) 50. Kyle Teel (new) .... And of course, Nazzan Zanetello is definitely in the Roman Anthony camp of a guy who can make a major leap ... depending on how what seems to be rare athleticism and twitch turns into baseball stuff.
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    Law on the Sox draft (he did note it as one of his half dozen favorite drafts): https://theathletic.com/4681470/2023/07/12/mlb-draft-2023-american-league-report/
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    Kiley McDaniel on the Sox draft
  6. sk7326
    Anthony on fire at Greenville. The promotion was really interesting since it was almost all on the batted ball data.
  7. sk7326
    The Sox have seemed to have gotten some decent results from the "senior sign" pitchers. Expectations are limited - but more than org players. Put another way - Chris Murphy being any sort of big leaguer at all is a big win for that sort of player.
  8. sk7326
    I guess - but the Red Sox got two Top 40 talents out of lower positions. All drafts are crapshoot to a certain degree and MLB is more than that.
  9. sk7326
    Teel to me could be as high as #4. Excellent college resume (performance and level of competition) combined with a high likelihood of staying behind the plate. In terms of "likelhood of being a solid major leaguer" he leaps to near the very top of the Sox prospect pile. Really comes down to how you feel about the probability without QUITE as sexy a ceiling as other players.
  10. sk7326
    That seems fair. Right now - he is all athlete ... but probably starts you in the 18-24 range until his on-field resume starts to build up
  11. sk7326
    Zanetello would have really benefited by Lowell still being around ... le sigh
  12. sk7326
    Nazzan Zanetello #33 on Law's Top 100 he sez McDaniel sez (his #64)
  13. sk7326
    Kyle Teel, C, Virginia Law's scouting report https://theathletic.com/live-blogs/mlb-draft-2023/GepZBt2vwRFx/ ... Law's #6 Kiley McDaniel, ESPN ... McDaniel's #7
  14. sk7326
    And if you look at the actual Barnes 2022 season - he was outstanding, then his shoulder got hurt and then sad trombone
  15. sk7326
    I guess - but the team squeezed every drop from its pitching in 2021 ... and honestly he has done a good job with the pitching staff this season, despite having to deal with Corey Kluber's rotting corpse. (now the BBRef and Fangraphs measurements have much different opinions on the pitching) ... I really give much more credit to the truly wretched defense the team has put together.
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    The Athletic's Mock 3.0 ESPN's Mock 3.0
  17. sk7326
    Meh. The Story signing was okay in that you don't anticipate his arm would fall off his body. The team doesn't want to spend until they can sustain a winner - but is there evidence they are spending on the infrastructure to make that so? Going to the Tampa example, they spend a TON on their scouting ... largest pro scouting staff in baseball. Now this stuff is harder to know - but you'd like to see evidence the Red Sox are using their financial muscle somewhere.
  18. sk7326
    The ultimate story with Betts is that if the Red Sox could not/did not want to (I think the answer is a little from column A, a little from column show Mookie the bag, they should have traded him at the 2019 deadline. It would have taken a lot of organizational PR courage, more than this ownership typically has shown.
  19. sk7326
    It is a terrific return considering the handcuffs ownership placed on the trade.
  20. sk7326
    I'd like to have faith. But the team has just not been able to put together a real run. And they have not feasted on the balanced schedule like we all expected. Indeed they are 16-11 against the East after last year's 26-50 debacle. They just have not cleaned up against everybody else - and they have been particularly lousy in Interleague. (though the New Normal interleague means the AL does not have that inherent lineup advantage)
  21. sk7326
    Heck I'm not sure the Cardinals are going to give up. I think the Cardinals are much more likely to be buyers - if they sell, it will be small because they (correctly) think they should be good next year.
  22. sk7326
    Bloom spends more on hitters than pitchers due to safety. Chris Sale has of course vindicated this position many times over. Maybe he should have taken a more aggressive approach to adding outside pitching. That said - if you look past the noise for the signal - our pitching has actually been quite good. And Cora has been consistently very good at handing the controls there. Bloom's issue has been nearly totally ignoring the whole "catching the ball" thing despite that being an absolute lynchpin of what makes Tampa go.
  23. sk7326
    The major league roster has been mostly plate spinning. The minors there has been more done. Looking askance at the operation for not producing a major league stud is unfair. Seeing a lack of All-Star ceiling in the system at AAish is a fair thing to note. One thing I think in your analysis that is worth mentioning is that your generosity is based on taking the ownership budget cuts as a given - I respect that. Personally, I think those ownership budget cuts are part of the soup the last 4 years (even if outside of Bloom's purview) and has to be part of the "is our Red Sox doing a good job" question.
  24. sk7326
    They have not generated "hope"
  25. sk7326
    There were issues - but the Red Sox are a team that can make the money machine go brrr on all fronts (pro scouts, amateur scouts, math nerds, on top of payroll) ... that fans account that in expectation makes complete sense to me. I mean there will be seasons the team doesn't win 90 games - but those should be looked at as disappointments.
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