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Soxprospects.com's top prospects by GM acquisition- not: one would expect more and more of DD's prospects to be graduated or get closer to it as the years go by. Red= Bloom 1.Mayer 2. Bleis 3. Rafaela 4. Yorke 5. Drohan 6. Anthony 7. Romero 8. Perales 9. Mata 10. E Valdez (Vaz trade) 11. Paulino 12. Wikelman 13. Walter 14. Abreu (Vaz Trade) 15. E R-C 16. Jordan 17. Bonaci 18. Hickey 19. D Hamilton (Renfroe-JBJ trade) 20. Murphy 21. Alcantara 22. Castro 23. Meidroth 24. Lugo 25. Guerrero 26. Ravela 27. Fernandez 28. Kavadas 29. C Coffey 30. Rogers
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Are they no longer "suspects?"
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Well, most of the trades under Bloom have involved us getting a prospect or more, even deals like Pivetta and Ottavino and Hosmer. We have not gotten great results this way, and only Wink and Wong have given us meaningful MLB production that way. It’s mostly been just adding fluff to the minor league teams, but some additions are still pending, like EValdez, Abreu, Rosier, Gambrell, and other longer shots. The Whitlock addition was nice. Adding younger,cost controlled players like Dugo, Pivetta, Refsnyder, Schreiber, McGuire, Arroyo, and others has helped us keep near .500. The overwhelming higher draft picks being from HS has delayed the Bloom farm infusion results, and added to the roar from the impatient fans, but it is what it is. We won’t know just how well Bloom built up the farm for a few more years.
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Are you saying it’s a brilliant job we got up to mediocrity so quickly after 2019-20? Lol!
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Totally agree. I do still think a healthy Sale would have been worth $145M/4 not 5, but in hindsight, it’s looking like $145/2 at best and not even vintage Sale.
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Slash and burn because you are unsure. Sounds like a well thought out plan!
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I’m not living in New England anymore, but I just don’t recall all this hype talk. Nobody should have expected this to be quick and painless. Wasn’t the Betts/Price trade followed by further budget cuts enough to lower everyone’s expectation? To be fair, I did expect more gems found in the roughs- via trades, waivers and slight of hand, like Whitlock, Schreiber, Ref and Wink,but anyone who thinks any GM can come close to winning every trade is kidding themselves. I was hoping more farm players would be nearing ML readiness by now, but I did not expect so many HS top draftees. That’s not a knock, but it pushes back the time expectations on that front. I did expect better than Kluber and Richards, but it’s not easy finding guys like Wacha, Hill, and Paxtonfor peanuts.
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The next 5 weeks will decide the buy or sell question.
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Something about 1B defense with this team. Everyone ends up worse than expected.
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I said 5-10 teams those seasons. It might be 5 not10.
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It’s too speculative, at this point,especially since he drafted almost all HS kids. I gave him the same grade for MLB and overall. He did add young talent Whitlock, Wink, Wong and young vets like Dugo, Ref and Schreiber.
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I think a lot comes down to where one felt the Sox were after 2019 and then the Betts/Price trade, and then what was expected and how quickly.
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This team is all teases and let downs. I’m still hopeful we can find a long enough groove to ride to the playoffs, but my optimism is lessening. I still feel better about this team than 22’s, but even that is slipping.
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We are no longer spending like a “small market team.”
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No, I said since the Stiry signing and counting the Devers extension, we are showing signs is repeating what JH has done several times, already. We spent a ton from Story to Devers but lost a lot of salary and prior production, too.
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Finally, you said it. Lol! Look, I have agreed his percentage spent on starters was too low, he should have blown Eflin away with a multi year offer. In hindsight, it does look like the O and pen did need spending, too, as well as the D. You think he had enough to fill all our needs? The first 2.5 years of his time here, the answer should be obvious. The last year, not so much, but still….
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He’s got a hundred to spend and needs 200 in groceries.
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Just do t say he “hates” anyone.
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As many as the budget set by JH allows, IMO. If you need to add a ton of depth, there is not many other options on a fixed budget.
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6/25 sox @ cws 2:10pm et
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Take away 2021 and the growth is steady. We had a lot of depth- just not 5 SSs and 10 SPers. -
Drafting by positional need is insane.
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Did I say that?
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Actually, 4.51 in 31 starts in 2021 and 4.56 in 33 starts in2022 is better than over 20 teams 4th starter, 15 teams 3rd starter and maybe 5-10 teams number 2’s those seasons.
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Nice memory, dude! How about last year? 3.23 ERA after first 15 games. 3.68 after 17. 3.98 after 25. That’s #2 or #3 numbers. Pretty close in 2021: 3.78 after 12 4.00 after 15 4.20 after 23 That’s #3 to solid#4 numbers. Short memory!
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If he’s the best player, he better do it!
