moonslav59

Casas finished third in the ROY voting, so he does not earn a year of service time, and the Sox get no draft compensation.

I see a gaps between 4 and 5 and after ERod. I think we need a top 6 SP'er minimum. I'm not sure Bauer could be included.

Who might the be? Mayer, Anthony and Teel are not "overlooked" and likely will not play for BOS in the first half of 2024, if at all in '24. That leaves: 4. Rafaela- could be DA MAN 6. Yorke- not likely 7 & 8. Perales & Wikelman wont join the team in early '24. 12. Abreu- might be DA MAN 13. Drohan- would need a mighty turn around 15. Walter- not likely 21. EValdez- has offensive skills 23. DHam- may not make the 40. 27. Mata- out of options and might surprise from the pen. 29. Guerrero- not likely 35. Scott- not likely 38. Gambrell- a long shot chance.

I'm taking a wait and see approach, this winter. The talk is great, but we heard talk before, and it amounted to squat. I'm not projecting anyone, but this is a rough guideline to what I would be happy with (realistic or not:) A) 2 from this group (pipedream): Kershaw, Yamamoto, Gray, Montgomery, Nola, Snell, ERod and maybe Bauer 1 from the group in A plus one from: Wacha, Stroman and maybe Imanaga, Giolito and Clevinger C) The cheapest from group A plus 2 from group B

The highest ranked prospects that are Rule 5 eligible, according to the last soxprospects.com's ranking: 7. Perales- yes 8. Wikelman- yes 11. Bonaci- hell no 13. Drohan- yes 17. Castro- most likely no 20. Paulino- I'd say very likely a no. 31. Ryan Fernandez- no, but may be selected by some team 35. Scott- Borderline, but I'm guessing yes. 38. Gambrell- I'm saying yes. (I thin Soxprospects will jump him higher in their next rankings.) 45. Lugo- no 49. Penrod- borderline, but I'm guessing no. 50. Brock bell- no 52. Sogard- no 53. Zeferjajn- no 54. Cepeda- no 60. Song- no

The full list of Rule 5 eligible players in the Sox system. I bolded the some of the more well known players and put in red the ones I think we will protect: Eddy Alvarez Rivaldo Avila Angel Bastardo Brock Bell Royman Blanco Brainer Bonaci Cam Booser Zach Bryant Maceo Campbell Allan Castro Brendan Cellucci Felix Cepeda Juan Chacon Casey Cobb Nathanael Cruz Luis De La Rosa Allison Del Orbe Nick Decker Kelvin Diaz Jordan DiValerio Shane Drohan Juan Daniel Encarnación Alex Erro Albert Feliz Ryan Fernandez Ryan Fitzgerald Grant Gambrell Jhostynxon Garcia Franklin German Wikelman Gonzalez Bryan Gonzalez Justin Hagenman Alexis Hernandez Gabriel Jackson Lyonell James Gilberto Jimenez Christian Koss Robert Kwiatkowski Chih-Jung Liu Eduardo Lopez Matthew Lugo Elih Marrero Yorberto Mejicano Ryan Miller Andrés Núñez Yusniel Padron-Artiles Eddinson Paulino Zach Penrod Luis Perales Railin Perez AJ Politi Jose Ramirez Oscar Rangel Jorge Rodriguez Ronald Rosario Cesar Ruiz Johnfrank Salazar Victor Santos Stephen Scott (Borderline) Cody Scroggins Reidis Sena Chase Shugart Karson Simas Nick Sogard Noah Song Dylan Spacke Luis Talavera Nate Tellier Michael Valera Brian Van Belle Diego Viloria Jeremy Wu-Yelland Ryan Zeferjahn

Tuesday is Rule 5 protection Day. Friday is non tender day. Dec 5: Draft Lottery Dec 6: Rule 5 Draft.

I hope we don't continue signing the "leftover" SP'ers.

Tomorrow is the deadline for Rule 5 additions to the 40.

I agree, and I think Casas deserves more time to figure out his level on D. With Yoshida tailor made for DH, it makes more sense, to me, to use Yoshida at DH for 2024. I would give Devers some reps at 1B, in the meantime. I doubt it messes up his D anymore than it already is, but your point has merit. IMO Career: 66 Fielding Errors and 63 Throwing Errors. (Both are not good, but if he cut down on bad throws, his range & quickness would make him passable at 3B.

Casa is no wonder on D, also. Talk of what we’d like to see happen is not the same as thinking it wii or might happen. It makes sense to keep the corner IFers as is, with Yoshi at DH, but it also makes sense to improve two positions on D without losing any offense or paying a penny more, assuming Urias plays 3B.

More than one thinks he should play 1B more than just as a back-up.

I think he belongs there, as well as Teel in the top 3.

Eligible players who are not added to their team's roster by 6 pm tomorrow, can be selected by another organization in the Rule 5 Draft, which is set for Wednesday, Dec. 6

None will be on the 26, but yes, with an injury, Dalbec would be called up. Who would play 1B, when casas gets his scheduled days of rest? I suggest maybe Devers with Urias at 3B.

ROY Award announced, tonight. Normally, I don't care much for awards, but if Casas wins or places second, the team gets some draft perks. GO TRISTAN!

I'm not "sold," yet. 2023 is not a large enough sample size to think he's turned a corner by that much. No 49 PA sample sizes proves a guy can hit LHPs, and his numbers beforehand were off the scale horrific. IMO, we should start him as a platoon LF'er. I would avoid playing him in CF. Playing in just LF and batting mostly against RHPs (at least until he shows he can hit LHPs, well enough) would help hide his problem areas. I hope he continues to improve and earns the FT job. He's got a ways to go to be good enough to play CF, a lot.

IMO, nobody else hits well enough to deserve to "rest" at DH. Maybe Story?

With so many OF'ers worthy of a look-see, I think it makes most sense to DH Yoshida almost FT. Cora will give him 7-10 days off, and he could maybe play LF a little, so others can "rest" while DH'ing. I'd much rather DH Devers and Casas 2 days than give them another day off, but they will both get some days off with Cora at the helm. Maybe DH could look like this: Yoshida: 142 games Refsnyder: 10 games (v L) Devers: 5 games Casas: 5 games

If Urias and Reyes are both on the 26. I think we could see these back-ups/fill-ins: 3B: Urias SS: Reyes (Rafaela) 2B: Reyes or Urias, whichever is not starting. 1B: ??? (Devers???) If we don't have Urias and Reyes, and look to get Rafaela more PAs by using him as a back-up IF'er, so Abreu can get more in the OF, then I guess we could do that. I'm not sure if using Rafaela at SS and 2B makes more sense than Reyes..

Yes. I get it. I just offered a possible "current" alignment.

I think most of us view Yoshida as the 2024 near FT DH. That might leave, "currently": LF: Duran (Refsnyder, Yoshida, Abreu) CF: Rafaela/Abreu (Duran) RF: Dugo (Abreu/Rafaela or Ref in some short RF stadiums) DH: Yoshida (Devers/Casas)

A lot depends on Dugo's return or replacement, presumably by a RHB who can play CF and or RF. If Dugo returns and Yoshi is the FT DH: LF: Duran (Refsnyder?Yoshida) CF: Rafaela OR Abreu (Duran) RF: Dugo (Rafaela and Ref, if the RF is a smaller one.) Abreu or Rafaela in AAA Or, we could play Rafaela mostly in CF with some RF, with Abreu playing CF and maybe some LF and RF. I'm not sure enough ABs are there, especially if Ref gets 180+ vs mostly LHPs. If we trade Dugo and sign Duvall for RF: the same situation arises. Duvall has pretty even spits, but maybe Abreu plays RF, when he sits vs some RHPs.

Indeed. It might be hard for both Rafaela and Abreu to make the 26, but if Yoshida moves to FT DH and we don't bring back Duvall or some other RHB for the OF, there should be room for both. The idea would be that both should play enough for them to grow and progress, but that might be hard. The board has spoken, and Duran is the FT LF'er, unless and until he shows he should be platooned or benched/demoted. Hopefully, that never happens. Dugo is the FT RF'er, who could probably use a platoon or partial platoon partner, but Ref sucks in RF, and Duran is not much better. Abreu bats lefty, so playing him there or in CF vs LHPs seems counterproductive. We could see ref in LF, Duran in CF and rafaela in RF in some games by LHPs, but how do we get Rafaela and Abreu playing nearly everyday? 650 PAs in CF maybe 100-150 in RF Is 750-800 enough for the two to split?

I guess I should have use italics not CAPS.