moonslav59

I agree with this, but my point was about "high floor" pitchers.

Hard to know, when he never drafts one in the top rounds. 2020 4th round: Wu-Yelland 5th Drohan 2021 4th Rodrigues-Cruz 7th W Olds 8th Hunter Dobbins 2022 3rd Dalton Rogers 5th Noah Dean 6th Alex Hoppe 7th Caleb Bolden

I hope we draft 4 more SSs.

OPS Leaders DSL Red .959 F Arias .949 Y Asencio .888 A Musett .823 J Liriano DSL Blue .892 Y Cespedes .842 K Salazar .833 S Nunez FCL 1.020 J Salazar 1.013 Joh Garcia .906 N Yuten .893 A Asigen (.759 in Salem in 14 ABs) .852 K Diaz .841 K Ayubi .836 B Brannon (1.095 in Salem in 21 ABs) Salem .817 R Rosario .792 Y Mejicano .773 Alexis Hern .754 A Castro .694 A Feliz .693 R Anthony (1.331 in GRE in 58 ABs) GRE .991 Hickey (.873 in POR in 132 ABs) .954 Meidroth (.830 in POR in 139 ABs) .918 Jordan .916 Bonaci .890 Mayer (.667 in AA in 112 ABs) POR .853 C Rosier .817 S Scott (.841 in AAA in 50 ABs) .816 Kavadas .814 Yorke .773 Rafaela (.893 in AAA in 46 ABs) .755 Binelas Woo 1.055 Dalbec .935 EValdez .922 Fitzy .835 Abreu .820 D Ham .814 R Hern

Maybe one gets traded.

Apparently, the problem was that after 2 times failing, he should not have been given a third chance. Talk about small sample sizes. LOL. Our pen sucked, last year. Barnes was one of the few pitchers with some sort of hope he could regain some of his first half '21 magic.

I sure wish we had stayed under the tax line and gotten better picks.

How long until Bonaci gets the AA call? Anthony? Who is the next AA call up to AAA?

For some reason, it seems like a lot of managers go with questionable pitchers in the 10th.

Top SP Catching Prospects History (Highest Rankings and year) 16 Joh Garcia '23 18 Hickey '22 14 RHern '21 12 Wong '20 1 Swihart '15 13 Vazquez '14 5 Lavarnway '12 9 Exposito '10 7 Kottaras '07 3 Shoppach '04 I might have missed some.

I agree that SPs has done a fine job, over the year. They miss on some, like everyone does, but they do seem to do a better job than the national services. Some pretty big misses in the past (top 3 only): Michael Bowden #3 Lars Anderson #1 Casey Kelly #1 Ryan Kalish #1 (It's not like we had great prospects in this era) Wil Middlebrooks #1 (same as Kalish) Anthony Ranaudo #2 (same as Middy & Kalish) Allen Webster #3 Blake Swihart #1 Henry Owens #2 Jay Groome #1 Michael Chavis #1 DHern #2 Dalbec #2 Downs #2

How much value do GMs place on a one month sample size? It does matter, but how much? I guess one could go back to the start of 2022 and see a bigger sample size: .726 in 443 PAs. I do think, if Duvall is still slumping by Aug 1st, his value will be pretty low, even if we pay his full remaining contract.

I'm talking opening day 2024. I'm all for Story at 2B, but Yorke will not be the back up 2Bman April '24. Mayer will not be the opening day SS in '24. Right now, our 2024 middle IF looks like this (with no outside additions:) Story Chang EValdez D Hamilton I'm not all ga-ga over Arroyo, but it makes sense keeping him over Kike. If we traded him or even DFA'd him, I would not shed a single tear.

It's weird they had Anthony 9th last December, then felt the need to jump Perales and Paulino in front of him by spring.

I was going by what MVP said about the SP podcast on Teel.

He'd be gone, already, if we didn't care. Our middle infield is injury prone and lacks depth, now and next year. Kike and Mondesi will be gone. EValdez is not a good defender. It looks like DHam isn't either. I'd keep Arroyo, at least until Yorke or Mayer are in the mix. Of course, signing a cheap 2Bman next winter is an option, too.

The idea would be to trade him for a player at a position of higher need, but that might be hard to do. Usually, Duvall would be traded for a prospect. Maybe a 3 way trade? Duvall to team A Prospect to team B (We could even add prospects like Dalbec and Murphy.) SP to Red Sox

I think we trade Duvall. He'll bring back more than Kike, and we still need ML middle infield depth. The other option could be to trade Arroyo, but he's got longer team control. That being said, if we pay all of Kike's contract, someone might give us a promising low level prospect.

Ahhh, I forgot about Garcia. I guess I'm higher on Hickey than some. I do realize he may not stick as a catcher. I know he's 23 and turns 24, later this year, but he has handled his promotions very well. He's just below .400 in OBP in the minors, has 29 HRs in 483 ABs and walks, a lot.

Duran's defense and speed on the bases ups his value, even against LHPs. He should play, everyday, at least until he proves he can't hit lefties well enough. The problem is that Duvall is a pretty good fielder and had a longer track record of hitting LHPs very well. I'm not one to think a recent one month sample size after recovering from a wrist injury should weigh as heavily as some seem to think it should. Kike is a very good defensive CF'er and has a career .804 OPS vs LHPs, but his lack of hitting since the end of 2021 carries more weight than Duvall's one month slump. I'm fine with Duran > Kike. The real choice, to me, is not Duran v Duvall v LHPs, it's Duran v Casas v LHPs. (Turner to 1B, Yoshida to DH and Duvall in LF- not CF) The last time I suggested platooning Casas as a way to get other playing more, my head was nearly ripped off. There is good reason to keep Casas FT, too. 1. He needs playing time to further develop, especially on D. 2. He has hit LHPs (.735) slightly better than RHPs (.725), this year. Career is .695 v L. Casas may be a slightly better hitter than Duran v LHPs, but it's pretty close, and Duran is a way better defender. Plus, platooning Casas improves our 1B D (Turner>Casas), LF D (Duvall> Yoshida) and CF D (Duran>Duvall.) Another idea might be to spread the days off vs LHPs between Duran, Casas and Dugo. Also, make sure when Devers gets his scheduled day off, it's vs a lefty (Turner at 3B, Yoshi at DH and Duvall, Duran and Dugo in the OF.) Like I said before, trading Duvall might end up solving the logjam with the short split side.

Where might Zanetello place? I'm thinking Teel should be 7th, and since the next guys will be pushed back, Z might be placed just in front of Paulino at #18.

Where would Ward be ranked in our system, right now? He's had a good season with just over 50 IP and has done better in AA than A+, this year.

I assumed this statement was about Brannon: Sox now have two good catching prospects in their system. Tell, being closer to the bigs despite not being signed yet.

Ref has been a top 10 hitter vs LHPs since 2022. Duvall has shown he is capable of leading the league in rbi. All three have capabilities, but Duran has yet to show his vs LHPs.

Is Hickey not considered a catching prospect, anymore?