moonslav59

Early sure looks like the real deal.

Maybe do a poll with several choices, like... 96+ 93-95 90-92 87-89 84-86

Wow- just one week to go.

I think this has to be part of a rise in our rankings, but we also have a lot of potential in guys like Phillips, Gonzalez, Godbout, Valera, Eyanson and some others. Another help could come from our big four moving up further, but if they end up graduating, it won't help the farm rankings. Maybe someone from Bennett, Romero, Holobetz or the like figure something out and move up sharply.

True. We have 3 prospects in the top 10 that have yet to play an inning in the minors. That's just one element of the potential volatility of the rankings. There are several others that just played a few games or are at the DSL and FCL levels who have enormous ranges of outcomes. Many may not show signs of greatness, this season, but may still end up rising high in the rankings, and many will never amount to a top 30 placement. I'm no expert on prospects, but I think we have a lot of talent, and many prospects are likely to show it, this summer. I'm very excited about our farm and think we will see a pretty good system ranking by the end of 2026, despite just graduating Anthony, Mayer, KC and Narvaez.

Never hurts to have minor league depth added.

I almost mentioned Mullins. I was never very high on Uberstine, but watching him pitch in ST'ing has made me think he might have a shot. I don't know enough about Taylor to make a projection. I've always been higher on Jh Garcia than most, so I guess I just feel better about his chances than most. You made good points about the others I see dropping, and saying "below 30" might have been too harsh. We have a lot of prospects with talent and some have not even played much, or at all, so there is room for a lot of movement.

I was 14 and fully enjoyed watching Cha-Cha hit line shots all over Fenway. That was a joyful time.

Hey we once had Orlando Cepeda as our DH!

Very true. Here are few career splits of some Red Sox greats: .891/.692 Yaz .898/.761 Boggs .981/.817 Papi RHBs .974/1.060 Manny .875/.898 Betts .836/.903 Rice

He's close.

We still have over 2 X the amount of players that will make the opening day 26 man roster in ST'ing, right now. Many are just biding time and trying to make an impression for a possible later call-up or to catch on with another team. I think almost all the 26 slots are known. The biggest bubble guys are Rule 5 man Watson and Matt Thaiss, who has an upward mobility clause that kicks in 5 days before opening day. Injuries may shift some things around, of course.

Here's my list on Sox prospects I think will rise the most in the rankings during the 2026 season: Jo Garcia 23> top 10 Delzine 20> 11 Azocar 18> 12 Silverio 43>25

Here is my list of Sox propsects I project will drop the farthest in the rankings over the 2026 season: (soxprospects,com's rankings) 16 Bleis to below 30 17 Cespedes to below 30 19 Castro to below 30 12 Romero to 20th Just my gut feelings.

We've really had a carousel of crud at 2B for way too long. There is no sugar coating this. They knew it: we knew it. They didn't even try to pretend Enmanuel Valdez was the second coming. I'f finding it hard to believe people actually think the higher ups had faith in KC's defense at 2B. They may have had hopes and prayers, but no way did they have confidence in his defense. IMO, they hoped he could hit well enough to stick. They hoped the same with E Valdez. Others they tried at 2B had little hope on O or D. I hope they find a suitable landing spot for him, but I'm still betting on DH as his best fit, but that brings us to the bigger issue: right now Duran, Masa and Casas are lined up to be the primary DH. If he proves he can play LF, he's got Anthony & Duran ahead of him. If somehow he miraculously learns how to play 2B, we'd have room for him, due to the Romy and Mayer injuries, but even at 2B, he might be looking at a platoon role, at best, and in his stage of development, that's the last thing he needs- riding the bench 7 of 10 games.

ST'ing OPS 1.807 Duran 1.563 Contreras 1.262 Delay 1.189 Gasper 1.168 Story 1.106 Durbin 1.027 Rafaela .982 Eaton .955 IKF .910 Ward .872 Monasterio .840 Narvaez .819 McDonough .792 Castro .775 Mayer

Others listed for the shorter-term IL: AAA: Anthony Seigler AA: Noah Dean, Matt McShane, Erik Rivera, Brooks Brannon, Fraymi de Leon A+: Adam Bates, Maximus Martin A-: Wuilliams Rodriguez, Yohander Linarez FCL: Conrad Cason, Fabian Bonilla, Edwin Brito

You really think they thought he was good at 2B defense and were surprised? Let me spell it out for you: They knew he was bad, but they've gone with bad before. They hoped his offense would overshadow the bad D, and maybe (just maybe) he was actually worse on D than they thought. We all know the offense never made up for jack. IMO, his best spot might be DH, but he may become passable in LF, but we have 4 OF'ers plus Masa, so he's squeezed. Of course, there is no squeeze, unless he starts hitting and puts pressure on deserving another look-see. That may or may not ever happen. My point was they knew he was bad and that was precisely why the shuffled him around so much, which is why I said "huh?" to this statement: If they knew he'd be that bad, they wouldn't have shuffled him around as much as they did.

Impressive- for sure.

Total eclipse of my brain.

Huh? Once they found out he was worse than they knew, the shuffled him around- yes.

There's got to be a t least 50 shades of Gray.

Night game, so we're going with Moonie Gray.

You've really gone to the SSS a lot, in recent months.

Key word "can." He's an "athletic guy," we kept hearing. Nobody thought KC was already a good defender at 2B on opening day 2025, and no that's not praising managements for being geniuses. Now, maybe they didn't expect him to look that bad, but they knew. Ohhhhh, they knew!