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I think there are a TON of guys with talent, youth and ceiling that are very much worth talking about. Dorian Soto, Marcus Phillips, Harold Rivas, Jack Winnay, Gerardo Rodriguez, Hector Ramos, Garielvin Silverio All within the top 30 and very intriguing names.

BA just released their mid season rankings parking Boston at #14. The system isn't weak but it is weaker; that will happen when you graduate the #17 and #52 ranked prospect. I don't think that says much about what happens past the top 10. I actually like the Sox depth, the system might have taken a hit because top heavy guys have graduated but I'm not sure how much that speaks about the depth of a system.

I forgot that the trade deadline is August 3rd this year, for some reason I thought it was July 31st. Either way, they don't have to be buyers right now. They have more time to prove themselves.

There's a lot of moving parts that even I don't understand yet. We had the 8th lowest amount of pool money and I thought I read that there were more top 250 ranked guys left undrafted in this draft ever. A lot of top ranked guys pulled their names or told teams not to draft them. There's a lot going on right now, college has new eligibility rules so college players have more leverage now, seniors don't have to sign if they've played 4 years and players can also go back and get NIL money so there's very little incentive for guys to sign way underslot like we've seen in years past to take that money and shift it elsewhere. Strategies shift, and in the end almost all these names we know nothing about and we judge the merits of them based off of MLB.coms list when every team has their own board. Pure conjecture here, and just a theory, but I wonder if the Sox identifed some transfer guys that weren't ranked but they identified as having the talent they like to work with and they thought they would sign. Maybe even a few highshcool guys that fit that profile. It might make sense for some of them to just play pro ball if they risk going to a program where they might not get any playing time. Makes sense to just start your pro career. But this is what happens when you sign multiple free agents, you lose draft picks and you lose bonus pool money.

If I'm the Sox brass I'm looking at this homestand vs. the A.L. East coming out of the all star break. If they go 5-4 or better in that stretch then with few caveats I'd be buying.

I don't think it means much, they're pretty much just putting the players on team control there. Crochet/Bello/Suarez/Early/Tolle/Bennett/Crawford/Houck/Oviedo + are all under team control for next year. I think they're more projecting them to be on the roster. Who may actually be in the pen is much much more fluid.

Yup, they get an A+ with the pitching. Transfering young rookies into the big leagues at the plate however I highly question. Pure hyperbole here but I wonder if thats why they are scared to promote Franklin Arias.

.5 games out of the playoffa

Texas took Brody so that dream is dead

James Clark is another name I’d love to see the Sox pick

Two position players….its like the good ol days. Wonder if they go SS next? Bomilla is still on the board. I wonder how much the NIL changes things. Teams will need enough money to sign these guys away from NIL money, can college teams take it away? because I’d imagine a college program doesn’t want to pay to rehab a guy. Meanwhile I’d love for Boston to get an elite talent here. I’d rehab a first round talent with a third round pick 18. Left handed. Throws 100 MPH. Local kid. Sign me up

I’d love some Brody Bumilla with our next pick

Brewers just took a guy ranked 107th with the 25th pick. remember these rankings don’t mean much in the end. It’s just on groups list that is just a snapshot of time. There are 30 teams out there with their own lists that all vary vastly.

Kind of reminds me of the time the reached to draft Mickey Romero and toon Roman Anthony later

This dude has elite elite contact skills. Sox probably think they can add power to his swing, if they can he’ll be a stud. sox also had the 8th smallest bonus pool, they will go underslot here to go overslot in the later rounds.

Jack Schaffner is what the internets is reporting. Big reach, probably looking to spread money

I agree. Those are the top candidates to sell but I'm listening in on anyone not named Crochet and Anthony.

I'm still in camp sell. But if the Red Sox can get to over .500 before the trade deadline I might be compelled otherwise.

Well conversely someone has to lose games, which is what the Red Sox WERE doing then. But here and now.....here and now they're winning games.

I can get on board with that. If I can come over to the "dark side" and join you for a moment: My concern is, they're going to play well enough to be in it but still clearly not a top contender. They might be hovering right around .500 at the deadline with all the questions you have. Then theyr'e stuck in that position of do we sell or do we buy, and they just HUG the line like they've done in years past. Losing sucks, but it almost made things easier before they went on this recent run. At least you knew what they should do. It's kind of hard to justify selling a whole team off who is playing their asses off right now. I certainly don't envy Breslow, and at least we have a few more weeks to figure it out.

I mean there's always something going on somewhere....if beating those teams without those players is less impressive then doesn't not having our players negate that? Or is it just cup half empty all the time? This team isnt' worth investing in yet, but they're playing really good......and at some point you're going to have to jump on the hype train. Eventually you're just going to be a debbie downer, unless of course the Sox start sucking again and we all jump off the hype train.....I suppose then you can tell us all "see I told you so Mwahahahahaha" honestly, I'm not convinced this recent upswing is sustainable, but at some point we have to come around. I'm not yet convinced...I'm just hopeful.

Sox are still below .500 but with last nights win they did reach .500 vs. teams above .500

It's a hard sell to say so, but we've seen the garbage that has changed hands over the years. I wouldn't be surprised if someone thinks they can do something with him.....probably for peanuts though.

The Yankees and the White Sox didn't do it for you?

We swept both the Yankees and White Sox during our current hot streak. Both teams where division leaders. well not NY anymore, thanks to us.