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Seattle fell from No. 2 to No. 24 on MLB.com's preseason farm system rankings after in the past two years graduating four prospects who last season posted 5.3, 4.2, 3.2 and 3.0 fWAR. The Mariners retain at least five years of team control over Julio Rodriguez, Cal Raleigh, Logan Gilbert and George Kirby. The current ranking includes the Mariner signing of Felnin Celestin, the second-ranked prospect in the January international class. The Seattle farm, which was also drained by trades for Luis Castillo and Eugenio Suarez, should be bolstered by three picks among the top 30 in this year's June draft.
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It may depend on whether teams ranked immediately ahead of the Red Sox could include their players who barely lost prospect status.
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MLB Pipeline has released its Top 30 prospect list for each team, including the Red Sox: Red Sox Top Prospects | MLB.com WWW.MLB.COM The Official Site of Major League Baseball
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James Paxton may have exercised his modest player option knowing his overall health better than anyone (except perhaps his physician). The hamstring is but a minor issue. But thank you for the feedback.
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When James Paxton signed with Boston in December 2021 the Red Sox were coming off a season that fell only two games shy of the World Series. Then again, the previous offseason Paxton signed with a Seattle club coming off a third-place finish with a 27-33 record. Point gratefully accepted.
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There are good reasons why a Scott Boras client would exercise a player option for only $4 million to stay with a team coming off a last-place finish.
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What pitcher would be a Luis Castillo-type acquisition at this year’s trade deadline? Are the Red Sox likely to be buyers, sellers or both at the trade deadline?
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We had a Jay Groome sighting on Friday (with new teammate Xander Bogaerts): MLB Gameday: Mariners 3, Padres 2 Final Score (02/24/2023) | MLB.com WWW.MLB.COM Follow MLB results with FREE box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for Mariners vs. Padres at Peoria Stadium
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https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/phillies-noah-song-navy-roster-spring-training-20230223.html
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The Red Sox fared well on the FanGraphs’ Top 100+ prospect list released Wednesday: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2023-top-100-prospects/
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How the 2023 Red Sox can defy their postseason odds: How these MLB teams can defy low 2023 playoff odds WWW.MLB.COM As Spring Training gets under way, some teams have more reasons to be optimistic than others about their postseason chances in the year ahead. But with every team starting from square one, there’s room for some surprises. The odds are against the nine clubs below making the playoffs in 2023,
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Here is the John Henry interview from Sean McAdam at the Boston Sports Journal: https://www.bostonsportsjournal.com/2023/02/19/john-henry-weighs-in-on-teams-approach-to-spending-free-agency-xander-bogaerts-and-chaim-bloom Behind a paywall, the interview of Henry by Jen McCaffrey at The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/4229567/2023/02/19/red-sox-owner-john-henry-qa/?source=emp_shared_article
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Count this poster among the fans who prefer optimism to pessimism.
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Pom poms are in order. 😀
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Nick Pivetta has never slotted as the No. 5 starter for the Red Sox and is unlikely to slot as their No. 5 starter this year. In terms of durability and dependability, Marco Gonzales and Chris Flexen, who will battle for the No. 5 slot in the Seattle rotation, last year posted 18 and nine quality starts in 32 and 22 starts (with ERA of 4.13 and 4.02). Last year Pivetta posted 12 quality starts in 33 starts with an ERA of 4.56.
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Trivia notes and questions (some of which may not be answerable)
harmony replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Other Baseball
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By another measure, MLB.com ranks the Red Sox in a tie for fifth among the most improved teams this offseason: Teams that improved most in 2022 2023 offseason WWW.MLB.COM Who improved the most this offseason? It's a very different question than "who won the winter," which is largely, for lack of a better term, about vibes. We’re not saying improved since the last time you saw them on the field. We’re saying improved since the 2022-23 offseason officially began,
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Columnist Jayson Stark at The Athletic surveyed "29 [anonymous] executives, former executives, coaches and scouts" about teams to watch as the offseason winds down: https://theathletic.com/4213072/2023/02/17/2023-spring-training-mlb-insiders-predictions/ Subscription required. The Red Sox received mention in the voting (voters could vote for more than one): Chaim Bloom topped the voting on managers/executives "feeling the heat" on job security this year.
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Will the Houston Astros win 16 fewer games than last year (and the Seattle Mariners six fewer games)? That falls within the realm of possibilities as the vastly improved Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Angels may make the AL West baseball's toughest division. Or not.
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FanGraphs has posted its playoff odds: https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds
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A more accurate example is needed: https://usctrojans.com/sports/football/opponent-history/university-of-nebraska/124
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The chances of the Red Sox winning at least 85 games are less than the chances of the Athletics winning at least 62 games. IMHO ZiPS projects the Red Sox to win only seven games more than the Athletics: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-2023-start-of-spring-zips-projected-standings-american-league/ More projections: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/standings/
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Another account, this time from NESN: https://nesn.com/2021/03/red-sox-prospects-jay-groome-scouting-report-outlook-2021/
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Kenley Jansen reportedly is off to a slow start at Spring Training:
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mvp 78 remains a valued contributor.