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Soxprospects.com came out with their end of year rankings... https://www.soxprospects.com/history.htm (movement from July 6 rankings) 1. Anthony (from 4) 2. Mayer (down 1) 3. Teel (NR) 4. Rafaela (passed by Teel) 5. Bleis (down from 2) 6. Yorke (down 1) 7. Perales 8. Abreu (up from 20) 9. Wikelman 10. Cespedes (up from 23) 11. Zanetello 12. Meidroth (up 2) 13. Castro (up 11) 14. Joh. Garcia (up 2) 15. Drohan (down from 6) 16. Hickey (up 5) 17. Paulino 18, Romero (down 10) 19. Jordan (down 4) 20. Monegro (not in top 30)
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I think some want a new starting catcher and Wong as the BUC.
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Average the two WARs and it's about a 3 over 880 or 2.3 per 660.
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It would be nice to see the overall numbers I. Groups like 1-5, 6-10… not just HOF, but maybe all star appearances or total WAR by positions.
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Hard to say, but we do have 3-4 very highly ranked prospects with Casas and Bello recently graduated.
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McGuire was hurt for part of the yr and his CERA numbers show he’s as good as Wong- pitcher by pitcher.
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MLBTR say he could have gotten more, elsewhere.
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I think the tandem should project to middle of the pack, with hopes they can improve, but it is one area we can improve. Just not Vaz. He’s in decline.
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To me, it will always make the most sense to draft the best player, regardless of position, and part of the equation in the odds on the player making it to the bigs. Those odds favor everyday players. I’m
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I wonder if Brez will push the Organization towards drafting pitchers earlier.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
moonslav59 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
18 years ago, today, we traded HRam, Anibal Sanchez and others for Beckett and Lowell. -
I’d rather have McGuire, even at equal money.
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Christian Vazquez is being heavily shopped. I doubt the Sox would be interested in the journeyman catcher.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
moonslav59 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Yes! Enjoy your day and family! -
Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
moonslav59 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
It looks that way. At least Cease has2 years, not 1 like Burnes and others. -
I get all this, but some pitchers are way better in the pen. I’d pick Pivetta over Houck or Crawford, and Houck over Crawford, but that choice is close. If we add 2, which is way more realistic than 3, we’d have 3 with Bello. If Sale is healthy, and Pivetta starts, we can have Crawford, Houck and Whitlock in the pen.
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There was talk of Uriah being non tendered, but yes, he’s better than those on the list, but also much more costly. I don’t think everyone on my list is at DFA level, especially Murphy, Ref and maybe Mata/DHam/Walter.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
moonslav59 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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We have more fringe players than the 4 you listed. We just traded one to SEA, a team not looking for more fringe. I’m thinking more like Murphy/Walter/Mata or Refsnyder, McGuire, Robertson DHam or Kelly. I think some GM might like 2-3 of these players listed, and I’m not suggesting we trade 3 for a solid player: just 2-3 for 1 that is better.
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I meant to say Pivetta not Paxton in my opening sentence. I can’t edit from my phone.
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Yes. He has been much better as a RP than SP. Just because he might have been the closest to being a consistent “jack”as a SP’er does not mean he projects to be better than Bello, Paxton and others, next year. Remember, I’m for adding 3SPers to Bello and Pivetta/Sale, so I think the same way about Houck, Whitlock and Crawford. Adding 3 plus a healthy Sale would even move Pivetta, our most consistent SPer over the last 3 years, to the pen. (Note: Pivetta is the only SPer we’ve had every season of the last 3 (10+ GS.)
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This makes sense, but trying to slightly improve on your #4 with a better#4 means you are not getting a very good pitcher. Just replacing your 3rd best pitcher knocks your 3 to 4 and your 4 to 5. In theory, adding any pitcher better than your 5th best starter is basically replacing the 5. Id prefer replacing the 5 with a 2 or 3 than a 4, but money and circumstances often keeps that from happening. Also, when you get to 4’s or 5’s, many are stabs in the dark and almost all of them are hard to predict what they will give the team the following year. In recent years, we added Kluber, Paxton, Wacha, Hill, Richards, Perez (twice) and Pivetta. To me, it’s not a successful strategy unless it is coupled with adding a 1 or 2.
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Just read the Mets only have 28 players on their 40, while ATL and SDP have just 31. Lots of slots to be filled around MLB, right now. I’d like to see us move from quantity of mediocre talent to a more quality based roster of better than mediocre players. Maybe we can find a 2 or 3 for one trade partner, who likes multiple fringe players on our roster.
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True. Sale, Paxton, Bello and even Crawford & Pivetta were near Kings for about a half season, but none were even Jacks for most of the season. Crawford probably came closest.
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I think it’s a way to place pitchers in value tiers, but with so much difference in opinion on what a 1, 2, or 3 means, it does make it near meaningless. To simplify things, it looks like Snell, Monty and Gray are somewhere between the rankings of 5-25 from 2021 to 2023 or2023 by itself. We all have our preferences and stat priorities, but I’d say all 3 are between the 10th and 15th best starters over the past 3 years. Some younger starters with1-2 years in MLB may be better going forward but I don’t think it’s all that far off to say… These 3 pitchers are as good or better than half the MLB teams’ best SPer.
