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Then you're going to have to carry him on the 40 man and burn all his option years before he's MLB ready. Or what? carry a defensive SS who his OPS .400 Also, just because he has the makings of an above average defender DOESN'T mean he doesn't have anything to work on defensively, he's certainly not a finished product by any means. And it's also still not 100% out of the question that he has to move to 2nd, thought he he can probably stick at short. He has a 60 grade on his defense, so he's good but not elite there. Has anyone ever jumped to the majors from low A after only spending 20 games out of the complex league???
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He's literally only 70 at bats out of a complex league playing with a bunch of teenagers. This is literally the perfect plan to absolutely destroy someones development.
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I want Rafaela in CF, but he was much better at SS after his first few weeks there. I also don't mind postional versatility, but yes I'd much rather have Story/Mayer there in 2025.
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That's a great way to absolutey destroy someones development. If things are so bad, you're considering calling up an 18 year old prospect in A ball, then that's probably more reason why you SHOULDN'T call up the 18 year old in A ball.
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Rafaela gets harshly penalized at SS because he wasn’t very good when he first started playing there for about two weeks. But after he shook the rust off he’s been solid there, not elite like he is in CF but he’s been fine. Certainly better than Dham
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Good add, although I'm happy the Sox have owned them in the playoffs recently. Still, they're an example of sustained success. Sox are well on their way their, but teams like NY and LAD don't reset, sell everyone off and make themselves suck for 1/2 a decade to get good again. That's not "sustainable" success.
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SD doesn't have anything to show for it, Yes they're good, but in their division it will be hard to not be a wild card team and their window might be closing in a few years as well. Farm system is going downward and they literally had to take out a loan to make payroll last year. That isn't sustainable. I'm not trying to kick them, they're obviously a good team, but unlike Houston they have nothing to show for it it. If teams want to advocate spending and sustainable success, the Los Angeles Dodgers are a better model.
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Luis Perales was well on his way to being a top 100 prospect before he went down with an injury.
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But it's not just the 1st pick, Houston was notorious for signing guys underslot and spreading the money around. When the Astros drafted and signed Lance MCcullers Jr in the supplemental round they gave him double slot value. They did this because Correa took 1.5 million less than Bryon Buxton at #1. Some of their "busts" if you want to call it that were also parts of trades for guys like Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole, and Ken Giles. They also used their farm to trade for guys like Gatis, Maldonado, as well as drafting guys like Carlos Correa, Lance McCullers Jr, Alex Bregman and Kyle Tucker.
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The seperation in the top 10 is so small, as evidence by Campbells addition rising the Sox to the top 5. Makes you wonder if someone like Perales didn't go down how much higher they could have been, maybe even top 3. But I suppose every organization has fast risers who go down and lose guys during the year.
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Houston also hasn't had a last place farm system for very long, up until recently they've had one of the best farm systems for years. That's because they had almost an entire decade of good higher draft picks with the height being between 2012-2015 when they had the first overall pick THREE years in a row and then the 2nd pick in 2015. Those were the farm systems yielding those reinforcements, things might look very different for the Astros going forward as their window may be closing. Sox have a 5th-7th best farm according to people, and this is a new development as up until recently they've sucked. Henry can certainly find a way to pinch his pennies out of a competitive team but the Sox are better positioned over the next 5 years than the Astros are.
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Never realized Betts was so superstitious like that. Hey no one is perfect, we all got character flaws and I’m the last one to throw rocks…….and I can’t hit a 90 mph fastball
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If Judge did it I'd have the same exact opinion.
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Yeah, just gave it. Can literally read it 3 posts ago.
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Sounds more like caution than anything else, he has a minor hip thing but he will probably start tomorrow.
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What you outline isn't hypocrisy, it's hypothetical hypocrisy. I find it ironic.
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Like with everything in life, context matters. If Duran was a very hateful person, who openly advocated for gay people to be second class citizens and posted hateful things and said that word I'd be bothered. That's not the case, that word is said a lot, even gay people use it all the time. I don't think he meant it in a hateful way at all. That doesn't make it right, and he's suspension was warranted, but I think the small 2 game suspension reflects this. The punishment should fit the crime. I believe he is sincere, and won't make that mistake again. I accept his apology. And to be frank, I think this whole thing is being blown out of proportion.
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All teams use analytics, and have models that they use to evaluate players both within and outside their organization. The Sox are not special in this.
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Well that's what happens with a lot of these IFA guys who start playing at 17. A lot of the guys from that era also lost a year of development due to covid, I'm sure a lot of other teams are feeling a pinch. We seem to have traded some of the guys clogging up that 40 man decision to be made this offseason.
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Feels long, but he's 21 in Portland now.
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They're not, hence exception. You'll always find an exception if you go digging, but that's the general rule of thumb. I don't know, it's not my rule, I've just heard the guys at Soxprospects say multiple times that that's the gold standard with the Sox player development on promoting guys. There's also certain things they look for as well, and I'm sure that number is fungible. If a guy is a little over 200, checks all the boxes of what they're looking for, and there's a spot in a level above them, they move.
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What I meant by that is more about......you can't really find too many guys who get promoted before 250 PA's. There are exceptions, like when Roman Anthony gets 10 games in the FCL. Campbell isn't quiet at that threshold, but he's close, but for reasons you stated he's probably staying in AA this year. Likely starts next year in AAA, or is quickly promoted.
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Sox typically like a guy to have at least 250 PA's at a level doing well before they promote a guy, Mayer is over 500 and has looked great this season. It was time, no bones. Anthony over 400 and becomes the youngest player in AAA for the Sox in almost 50 years. Teel also had over 400 PAs It was time for these guys.
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I can’t believe we are still talking about who traded Betts. Some people still argue the world is flat. Here it is. Bloom traded Betts. I think it’s been LONG established that Bloom did so at the directive of Henry. Anyone was going to trade him or get fired. Bloom traded Betts. Ownership is to blame. Case closed, again again.
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Which if Paulino, Coffey, or Batista was too much? Or really hurting our future? Also, that’s the price for a rental but who cares if resigns here or elsewhere. BUT, if the Sox believe both Teel and Wong are starters they could resign Jansen as a back up and trade one of those guys. Reese McGuire was one of the worse hitters in all of baseball, and their defense behind the plate was atrocious.