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I think more than most think there is. Besides Casas, Mayer, Bello, Rafaela and Bleis? Maybe Yorke, Ward, EValdez, Abreu, Perales, Wikelman, Lugo, Kavadas and Hickey. I do think Wong, Mata, Walter and German give 3+ years.

Agreed, but he looked very impressive, this year, despite allowing 46 BBs in 83 IP. 7-3 2.49 .593 OPS Against 105Ks in 83 IP (11.4 per 9 IP) He will not be on the opening day roster, but there is a good chance he gets a call in 2023.

I did not add Rafaela, because he was already on the list.

I moved Perelas up, a lot. Jordan finished the season strongly.

Top Woo Batters (200+ ABs) (333+) .288 Wong .283 Duran .273 Casas .269 Castellenos .261 RHern .259 Sogard OBP .382 Casas .377 Sanchez .364 Stewart .356 Sogard .349 Duran .349 Wong SLG .491 Duran .489 Wong .481 Casas .451 RHern .450 Stewart OPS (.923 Mieses in 192 ABs) .863 Casas .840 Duran .838 Wong .814 Stewart .790 Sanchez .749 RHern Portland (125 ABs+) (280+) BA .304 Granberg .279 Castellenos .278 Rafaela .271 Cottam .263 Dearden .260 Koss .251 Hamilton OBP .427 Granberg .399 Abreu .371 Scott .367 Dearden .362 Sogard SLG .500 Rafaela .467 Granberg OPS .893 Granberg .824 Rafaela .774 Abreu .774 Scott Greenville BA .330 Rafaela, .308 Kavadas, .301 Jordan, .288 Lugo OBP .472 Kavadas, .397 Hickey, .387 Jordan, .378 Mayer SLG .594 Rafaela, .592 Kavadas, .539 Hickey, .530 Northcut, .500 LKugo OPS 1.064 Kavadas, .936 Hickey, .851 Binelas, .844 Lugo, .828 Jordan & Mayer

Here is my prediction for soxprospects.com's final rankings for 2022: 1. Mayer 2. Casas 3. Bello 4. Bleis (5) 5. Rafaela (6) 6. Yorke (4) 7. Mata 8. Romero (9) 9. Walter (8) 10. Paulino 11. Wong (13) 12. TWard (17) 13. Perales (19) 14. Jordan (16) 15. Wikelman 16. EValdez (14) 17. Lugo (18) 18. Anthony (11) 19. Hickey (20) 20. Kavadas (22) 21. Bonaci (24) 22. Abreu (26) 23. German (27) 24. Drohan (29) 25. Murphy (12) 26. Rodriguez-Cruz (28) 27. Coffey (21) 28. ZKelly (31) 29. Uberstine (37) 30. Brannon Out of top 30: Downs & Seabold

The bigger part of the Holt trade was supposed to be Joel Hanrahan. I was really down on those winter moves and felt like we were playing it "half way." I hated the Dempster signing and thought the Vic deal was 1-2 years, too long. The Iggy & Montas for peavy trade helped a lot in 2013, but longterm was a losing trade.

I'd add Mata and Romero- maybe Walter. What can we get for Paulino & Wikelman? Adding Lugo, Murphy or Ward won't up the return needle, too much, either. A long shot might be for Bloom to identify the one top prospect he thinks has the least chance to shine brightly and package him with Wikelman and others to get something low-cost and with 3+ years of team control. If we can fill one major slot via trade- most likely a solid SP'er or closer, I think the $60-65M can be used way more effectively to fill the other 3-4 slots remaining.

Yes, of course, it is. Occasionally, one of gets something right. Like blind squirrels climbing over broken clocks.

I don't think it's unusual for cheap teams to trade off big contracts. His $12M contract is 15% of their player payroll.

I think it was $27M. Add price's $16M and that was a huge budget relief trade.

2023 may be Jeter's last chance with the Sox.

We are currently 18th in MLB winning % with 7 games to go. It's not likely we move to 17 or 19, but it's possible we move to 16th or 20th: 76-79 CWS 76-79 MN 74-81 BOS 72-84 AZ 69-86 CHC & LAA We are 10th in the AL (9 teams better and 5 worse) We could get to 8th or T8th by catching CWS and MN.

We won't, either way. I like to see our team win. I'd feel a little better knowing we only had 7 AL teams worse than us than 8 or 9. I don't think this team is as bad as its record indicates, so I'm hoping the record improves before the season ends. With all the injuries, and I know we are not the most injured team in MLB, I'd think finishing 8th in the AL would not be horrible. Just my opinion. If we do loe out the remainder of the year and move down one slot, and somehow a miracle gives us a top 6 pick, I'll be glad I was wrong.

Yes, I know. I posted something like, "We may get a .002 chance vs .001 by not moving down a slot."

I think we will sign someone large and long again, but maybe not Devers, and maybe not until after we re-set the tax in 2023 or 2024.

I think 2 people have mentioned it as a possible option, and even they are not "assuming" the Sox will do it.

That wasn't a choice, and if that is all we're doing, we might as well do nothing and just go for a top draft pick.

Yes, I know, whether we are the 16th worst team or the 17th.

Not bad for $5M, either. Bloom did much better on his pitching choices: 2020: Perez & too many scrubs to list 2021: Perez & Richards/ Sawamura & Andriese (Whitlock) 2022: Wacha & Hill/ Diekman & Strahm (Schreiber)

Casas now has his OPS at .813, despite being below the Mendoza line (.190.) Looks like he's winning the 2023 1B job.

Kinda my point.

I don't want to jinx Barnes, but...

The last Woo Sox game was cancelled. Here some interesting final minor league numbers: Niko Kavadas (515 PAs A-A+ AA) .280 26 86 .443/.547/.990 (58 XBHs and 102 BBs: 5th in minors) Enmanuel Valdez (573 PAs AA-AAA): .296 28 107 .376/.542/.918 (65 XBHs) Wilyer Abreu (579 PAs AA) .247 19 73 .399/.435 OBP/.834 (114 BB 2nd in minors/ 31 SB w just 3 CS) Ceddanne Rafaela (522 PAs A+ AA) .299 21 86 .342/.538/.880 (63 XBH/ 28 SB x 7 CS) Marcelo Mayer (350 PAs A-A+) .280 13 53 .399/.489/.888 (45 XBH/ 17 SB w 0 CS in about a half season) Tristan Casas (334 PAs AAA) .281 12 41 .389/.500/.889 (36 XBHs in about a half season) Nathan Hickey (328 PAs A-A+) .258 16 64 .413/.498/.911 (36 XBHs in less than a half season/ 72 BB -88 Ks) Miguel Bleis (167 PAs in FCL) .301 5 27 (pro-rated is about 20 HRs and 105 RBI) .353/.542/.895 Max Ferguson (527 PAs A-A+) .214 7 60 .366/.339/.705 (96 BB: 9th in minors/ 61 SB w just 5 CS- T9th in minors SBs) Matthew Lugo (524 PAs in A+ AA) .282 18 79 .338/.492/.830 (54 XBH w 20 SB and 7 CS) David Hamilton .740 OPS (70 SB w 8 CS- T3 in the minors) Eddinson Paulino .827 OPS (58 XBHs and 27 SB w 5 CS) Brainer Bonaci .782 OPS (89 BB- 89K and 28 SB w 6 CS) Blaze Jordan .808 OPS (45 XBHs in 463 ABs) Johan Mieses .923 OPS (12 HRs and 27 XBHs in just 192 ABs) Chase Meidroth .977 OPS (.438 OBP) Mikey Romero .874 OPS (79 ABs)

So, not moving down one more slot gives us a .002 chance vs .001?