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Updated scouting reports... #41 Jacob Wallace: https://soxprospects.com/players/wallace-jacob.htm Potential middle reliever. Ceiling of a late-inning reliever. True relief profile with the potential for a standout fastball/slider combination. Has potential for two plus pitches, and his unique delivery gives hitters a very different look on the mound. Command and control need refinement in order to reach his potential. Very intense on the mound, always competes. #42 Cameron Cannon: https://soxprospects.com/players/cannon-cameron.htm Potential minor league depth player. Ceiling of an emergency up-and-down player. Bat will have to carry him; does not project to add significant value defensively. Needs to improve defensively and refine plate approach. Has not shown the potential at the plate the Red Sox envisioned when they drafted him. If he can show the upside offensively he did coming out of college, projection could change. May add other positions as he moves up the ladder, but currently looks best suited for second base. #43 Niko Kavadas: https://soxprospects.com/players/kavadas-niko.htm Intriguing hitter with a power-over-hit profile right now. Value is solely tied up in bat. Will have to hit at all levels to overcome defense and speed deficiencies. #44 Eduardo Vaughn: https://soxprospects.com/players/vaughan-eduardo.htm High-ceiling, low-floor profile. Wide variance between what he is and what he could be. Shows loud tools already and has the size, athleticism and projection teams look for in a prospect. #45 Luis Perales: https://soxprospects.com/players/perales-luis.htm High-ceiling, low-floor arm. Wide-range of potential outcomes, but has shown among the best raw stuff of any teenage arm in the system. Needs to get on the mound after having lost 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic and 2021 to injury. If he gets healthy and shows the type of stuff he has in workouts, could fly up the system’s prospect rankings. #46 Fraymi de Leon: https://soxprospects.com/players/deleon-fraymi.htm High baseball IQ with solid athleticism. The organization loves his potential to stick at shortstop. Offensive upside will depend on ability to add strength. Wide range of possible outcomes.

Once a cry baby- always a crybaby.

It's not looking good for even a 5 month season, IMO. They are miles apart.

The best passage in the article.

Good read. This paragraph is pretty telling... Player pay has decreased for four consecutive years, even as industry revenues grew and franchise values soared and the would-be stewards of the game pleaded to anyone who would listen that owning a baseball team isn't a particularly profitable venture. Players' service time has been manipulated to keep them from free agency and salary arbitration. The luxury tax, instituted to discourage runaway spending, has morphed into a de facto salary cap, and too many teams are nowhere near it anyway, instead gutting their rosters and slashing their payrolls because the game's rules incentivize losing. The commissioner has called the World Series trophy a "piece of metal," and the league has awarded the team that did the best job curtailing arbitration salaries a replica championship belt. More... On Dec. 2, when the league instituted what commissioner Rob Manfred, in a letter to fans, called a "defensive lockout," MLB acted first -- ostensibly in the name of proactivity. "We hope that the lockout will jump-start the negotiations," Manfred wrote. The league then waited 43 days to present the union its next offer. ...the CBT threshold rose about 18% while industry revenues grew by at least 40%. They saw that in 2018, long before COVID existed, their average salaries went down -- as they did again in 2019 and 2020 and 2021, even as the biggest deals in the sport were growing and $300 million-plus guaranteed contracts were no longer outliers. They saw franchise values exploding to the point that in 2021, Forbes estimated, the 30 MLB teams were worth a combined $55.28 billion. Ten years ago, only two collective-bargaining agreements earlier, their combined valuations were $15.68 billion.

YES! I've been a Sox fan for 50 years! (Actually, starting 10/10/71)

That had to be one of the dumbest decisions ever made in MLB history.

I totally agree. He's up there on my next-to-be DFA'd list.

Marlins chairman and principal owner Bruce Sherman issued his own statement on the severing of the relationship: “The Miami Marlins and Derek Jeter announced today that they have agreed to officially end their relationship. The Marlins thank Derek for his many contributions and wish him luck in his future endeavors. We have a deep bench of talent that will oversee both the business and baseball decisions while we work to identify a new CEO to lead our franchise. The ownership group is committed to keep investing in the future of the franchise — and we are determined to build a team that will return to the postseason and excite Marlins fans and the local community.”

There’s been a seismic shift in Marlins leadership, as Derek Jeter announced today that he is leaving the organization and will no longer serve as an executive or a shareholder with the club. Jeter’s statement reads as follows: “Today I am announcing that the Miami Marlins and I are officially ending our relationship and I will no longer serve as CEO nor as a shareholder in the Club. We had a vision five years ago to turn the Marlins franchise around, and as CEO, I have been proud to put my name and reputation on the line to make our plan a reality. Through hard work, trust and accountability, we transformed every aspect of the franchise, reshaping the workforce, and developing a long-term strategic plan for success. That said, the vision for the future of the franchise is different than the one I signed up to lead. Now is the right time for me to step aside as a new season begins. My family and I would like to thank our incredible staff, Marlins fans, Marlins players and the greater Miami community for welcoming us with open arms and making us feel at home. The organization is stronger today than it was five years ago, and I am thankful and grateful to have been a part of this team.” -MLBTR

I don't really mind a shortened season, but all teams must play the same amount of games. No more losing the playoffs to the Tigers by a half game, ever again!

SS. My finger slipped.

It's even worse for his career! -20.5 in 187 innings at 2B He is a plus, elsewhere: +18.4 at 3B (35 innings) +17.2 at SS (112 innings), which is where he may be most needed.

The owners are barely meeting inflationary raises- essentially asking the players to be worse off than before.

The owners have proposed a significant raise to the min salary- I think $725K flat across every season, then I think they offered $10K raises per yr. That's still not enough, but it seems like that salary will rise, this time.

According to fangraphs, he has 16 assists and 6 throwing errors. He had an ARM rating of +1.9. He had 6 fielding errors for a -3.0 error rate. His range was -1.4, giving him an overall score of -2.1 UZR/150. He had a -1 DRS. He wasn't the worst defender on the team. 50+ innings by positions: -28.8 Duran CF -22.8 Dalbec 3B -18.8 Arauz 2B -14.1 Santana 1B -13.2 Verdugo CF -10.9 Shaw 1B -10.7 JD RF -7.6 Schwarber 1B -5.8 Marwin 1B -4.3 Devers 3B -4.0 Marwin SS -3.9 Dalbec 1B -2.1 Renfroe RF -1.3 Kike 2B -1.1 Schwarber LF

I don't recall an excessive amount of missed cutoff men on Renfroe throws, but he did have some. He had 12 errors. I think some were with the glove, and some were just wild throws to the base he was throwing to. As for his streaky hitting, he did suck in April, but he hit .892 from May 1st to Sept 8th. The team did go 17-10 in April, while he sucked at the plate, and they went 63-52 during his hot streak.

I'm still not optimistic... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/02/owners-players-meet-for-extended-negotiating-session-more-talks-planned-for-monday.html

Yes, and the "floor" would be a way to force lower spending teams to pay players or lose out on revenue sharing or pay fines.

I would think the players would be okay with heavy taxes on teams going over the luxury tax limit and a lower limit than they are asking for now, if a decent floor level was established that would add a lot of player salary spending from the bottom end. The problem is, the lower spending teams seem to be running the owner's side of the negotiations.

...all the way to the early 70's.

While the players seem to be backing off their original asks- some by more than 50%, the owners dick around with a $1M increase to one year of the lux tax limit. The owners are digging in to a point where the players will be walking away from the table, very soon. Not looking good! https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/02/despite-report-no-deal-close-between-mlb-mlbpa.html

If the smaller market teams used the lux tax money to spend on increasing their player salary budget, I might have some sympathy, but they just pocket it as increased profits. Time to initiate a floor limit.

Seems like someone Yawkey would have wanted.

My guess is Houck wants to start, too. That's where the money and glory are. Here is soxprospects.com 2023 projections (no moves made): Sale, Paxton, Whitlock, Pivetta, Bello/Seabold/Groome Houck, Barnes, Brasier, Taylor, DHern, Valdez, Winckowski/Feltman/Bazardo/Davis Wong & R Hernandez Casas Downs Bogey Devers Verdugo Duran JBJ Dalbec Bench: Arroyo, Arauz, Cannon, Cordero, Rosario If Bogey is gone, I assume Arroyo at 2B & Downs at SS. This is the foundation. Certainly additions would be made.