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  1. Hugh2
    BTV Accepts: Roman Anthony, Brayan Bello, Franklin Arias, and Payton Tolle for Skenes.
  2. Hugh2
    I want to know how his secondaries look. He has an elite fastball, that alone will get him to the majors, he can dominate minor leaguers like that but he will have a hard time fooling mlb hitters 2nd time through an order like that. If anything, it makes sense to bring him up in a bullpen role, as he may still need refinement as a starter in the minors. But his ceiling is so high....I'm not sure I want to mess with that right now.
  3. Hugh2
    well i mean, even organizations that draft pitchers well don't draft too many studs on day two but I get what you're saying. At the end of the day, we don't know what the team sees in these guys. I remember Payton Tolle was a very polarizing pick last year and now he's the 47th ranked prospect in all of baseball. Day two last year also looks good because of Brandon Clarke now. But for what it's worth Clarke was ranked 177th by BA last year. in rounds 4-10 Sox took pitchers ranked 258, 357, 157, 226, 304, 184. I think we just have to wait and see with those guys. Pitchers in general, I think a lot of these guys won't even pitch this year, and those who do may only be a few innings.
  4. Hugh2
    Let’s rank deadline needs. Some choices may negate other choices and aren’t necessary connected at all but my list of priority is: elite starter. relief pitcher catcher starter depth high end reliever 2nd baseman 1st baseman
  5. Hugh2
    lol, it’s not that big of a deal I think you mis interpreted me. I don’t refute what Houck was and that he’s been disappointing this year, nor did I say he wasn’t an ace last year (more like 1/2 a year). I just don’t think he put us is in a “really bad spot” like we had to rely on him to be an ace after a career of looking like a reliever putting together a half a really good season. Again, there were a lot of pitchers who have underperformed this year, I don’t think it’s partly any single one’s fault. you have 5 starters, and most teams end the season with 10 guys or more who have started games. Injury vs. non injury is superficial to my point.
  6. Hugh2
    I mean........I would like to see a homegrown ace, maybe we can hold off on our top end pitching talent for at least a year. I don't wanna see Tolle/Perales/Valera go. Of course, it all depends on the return.
  7. Hugh2
    Mayer definitely will, I thought it would be close for anthony but the Soxprospects definition is about 20 at bats lower than I thought. He will likely get 30 at bats by the end of the month.
  8. Hugh2
    I mean.....I suppose it depends on ones personal thoughts on cigar smoking. Some guys enjoy a stoogie and a scotch every week. Point is Breslow made some decisions that were questioned at the time and are starting to look much better.
  9. Hugh2
    Fair.........but I'm talking about a Craig Breslow cigar moment. ehh ehh? something different.
  10. Hugh2
    How much better does the Bello, and Rafaela extensions look now? Breslow needs his John Henry cigar moment.
  11. Hugh2
    It's really tough to say, beacuse the Soxprospects crew didn't specify if the projected rankings included Anthony and Mayer or if it figures them to graduate. Based on their definition of prospect eligibility it looks like Mayer might graduate and Anthony could just fall short, but assuming they both do I'd figure something like this. Maybe if both Marcelo and Anthony graduate then Phillips or Eyanson sneaks in at 10 but regardless that's 7 of your top 10 prospects being pitchers. The system is officially going to be pitcher heavy. Payton Tolle Franklin Arias Luis Perales Jhostynxon Garcia Kyson Witherspoon James Tibbs Brandon Clarke Juan Valera Connelly Early David Sandlin
  12. Hugh2
    I'm sure we will see 1-2 go in rounds 11-20. I think we see less HS players being drafted moving forward. I'm sure NIL is making a difference too. Kids can go to college, increase their stock and have a fallback education AND make money now.
  13. Hugh2
    https://www.mlb.com/draft/tracker/2025/all/team/redsox All pitchers and short stops lol
  14. Hugh2
    Very superficial compared to my overall point of plenty of pitchers going down this year. I didn't mean to imply that Dick Fitts had some high expectations.
  15. Hugh2
    I think they would net better than those two, but marginally better. We have to bid with about 20 teams here so if we want better talent this year it's going to have to sting a little.
  16. Hugh2
    Fangraphs has him at 1.8 FWar so far this year, and 2.8 for the previous two years combined. But yeah, he's distinctively been a different guy this year.
  17. Hugh2
    Soxprospects has said the following (not counting Mayer/Anthony Graduations) Witherspoon - between 4-7 Phillips - between 12-15 Godbout - between 25-30 Eyanson - 12-15
  18. Hugh2
    He was the best pitcher available by far, sometimes there's a difference between having a general organizational philosophy and recognizing there are more than one ways to skin a cat. If you get a chance to invest in a high end talent that might be a little outside your window of search parameters I think you still go for it and bet on the talent.
  19. Hugh2
    I suspect that any deal involving no top prospects is going to net you a return no better than what we've received the last few years. Lucas Sims and Luis Garcia weren't exactly difference makers last year. Could they make that kind of a move and it plays out better for them this time? it's certainly possible.
  20. Hugh2
    Also is it really Tanner Houcks fault? I'm not sure how he put us in a "bad spot" like he pitched bad and got hurt with malice. Also, what about Richard Fitts who hasn't quite lived up to expectations and got hurt, Crawford who got hurt, Now Dobbins got hurt, and Buehler who has not lived up to expectations. Maybe I missed interpreted the comment but I'm not really sure how Houck has put us in a bad spot. I also haven't 100% ruled out that Houck comes back and really helps us down the stretch, if not in the rotation then in the bullpen.
  21. Hugh2
    As good as Eovaldi is, a 35 year old pitcher with two TJS isn't exactly the type of risk I wanna bet on. He could easily be hurt this year or go down next. It would cost more, but I'd rather trade for a guy we would be interested in extended if it made sense. He's also on the rangers who are easily in the playoff hunt this year, he very well might not even be for sale.
  22. Hugh2
    I would be scanning the market for a good starting pitcher who has at least an extra year of control left. It's going to cost more and some people might be uncomfortable with that but it sets this team up nicely for the playoffs this year and for next year as well. Crochet/ Hypothetical Ace #2/ Giolito/ Bello/ put whoever you want here.
  23. Hugh2
    Not the first half MVP, but come back player of the year is definitely Story, and to think how bad he was for the first couple months (save the first two weeks). From June 1st he's had a .913 OPS. I do think he will have some regression in the second half, but as long as he's as good as he can be and not the black hole he was in May that's fine by me, especially if the defense still looks good. I knew Chapman was good, and I figured he was going to add value to this bullpen, but I never would have guessed he'd have this kind of resurgence and look like one of the top closers if not thee top in the league again.
  24. Hugh2
    I don’t see how Gio or Bello gets bumped Crochett hypothetical Ace Gio Bello I don’t care who you put here.
  25. Hugh2
    We literally just won 9 games in a row and we are still finding things to complain about. Sox looking like the best team in baseball lately.
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