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  1. sk7326
    Oh I don't want to "dump" Yorke. But where the Red Sox want to be as a franchise is to identify the prospects who are desirable but tradeable. I know it's annoying - but let's use the Dodgers example. The Dodgers were able to trade Alex Verdugo - a perfectly good starting outfielder prospect, to the Red Sox without thinking about it. Yes, they got a superstar in return ... but that is kind of the point. You'd like to be in a position to have good players to deal while keeping your true star ceiling clean as much as possible. On the Sox farm, I think you identify Mayer (struggling at AA, but also one of the youngest regulars in that league), Anthony (with the leaps he has made and his tools) and Bleis (the tools again) as the sort of star ceiling you want to hang on to. I could be wrong of course - but we are dealing in probabilities here. Ultimately I don't want to deal any of these guys unless a good player with substantial team control is coming here.
  2. sk7326
    This is a pretty good deal.
  3. sk7326
    To me Mayer is the only can't touch. Bleis, Anthony and the others are excellent - but Mayer being at AA just speaks to him having more big league probability. But this is all "it has to be the right deal", which means very good players with some substantial team control.
  4. sk7326
    I suppose - but it is also not playing your best org CF at CF for reasons.
  5. sk7326
    true - though Turner (obviously positional value is different) is a better player than Kike ... he can be an above average DH for another year. If he opts in, things will be fine. As far as the OF goes, i could see Rafaela in CF bumping Duran to RF and Verdugo to LF. Not the sexiest OF offensively but defensively could be excellent. The one thing is all these positions are left handed save for Rafaela and there are probably 300-400 PAs there for Turner just as a platoonish guy.
  6. sk7326
    Bloom is in an interesting spot ... he knows that this team is not a Dodger/Braves/Astros level inner circle contender. But he also knows that in baseball of all sports, being an inner circle contender on paper is not particularly important. If you get in the tournament, you can win it. We've seen too many examples of that. The Sox are not in a position to trade top prospects for a rental. So far the moves make sense - try to add bullpen help and maybe bet on Story's return to SS to aid the run prevention. Another 2B would be nice but cost matters. Jonathan India has not been good - but if that is a buy and retain low opportunity, you do have to look at it. His defense is bad, but that (tee hee) doesn't hurt the Sox team defense overall.
  7. sk7326
    This is probably right ... he is definitely the best CF in the system.
  8. sk7326
    I actually kind of agree with Dojji that bringing up Rafaela and putting him at 2nd could be an idea if the trade market doesn't shake down. Bloom made his statement about the rent-a-player and he is right to a degree. Yes, the Sox made the Schwarber deal - but I do think the Sox were interested in Schwarber returning. Good on the team for making buying a possibility.
  9. sk7326
    Well, if you don't count the whole NL pennant thing.
  10. sk7326
    The team needs a couple of useful arms. Kike has been one of the league's worst regulars this season. Playing out of position, but the bat has been the failure. Oh well. We will always have 2021.
  11. sk7326
    The 2019 story was really simple. They returned one of the best "on paper" rotations in the AL and only one of the pitchers was any good. (E-Rod)
  12. sk7326
    Bello maybe. But the team's two best starters falling to pieces would ruin any season.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. sk7326
    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
  18. sk7326
    Anthony on fire at Greenville. The promotion was really interesting since it was almost all on the batted ball data.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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
  23. sk7326
    Zanetello would have really benefited by Lowell still being around ... le sigh
  24. sk7326
    Nazzan Zanetello #33 on Law's Top 100 he sez McDaniel sez (his #64)
  25. 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
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