Larry Cook
-
Posts
2,211 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Boston Red Sox Videos
2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking
Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
Guides & Resources
2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker
News
2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker
Forums
Blogs
Events
Store
Downloads
Gallery
Everything posted by Larry Cook
-
he makes a lot of sense as a secondary piece in a major trade. as a stand alone trade piece, maybe we get an average middle innings bullpen arm
-
I absolutely love this plan!!! I am a huge miller fan! This is the kind of bold move that would get us to the playoffs in 2025! I think yoshida with that swing has a fantastic season at the plate in Seattle
-
1.) minimal payment may not get it done, but a west coast team is perfect for yoshida! 2.) should be plenty of glove first veteran catchers available on a one year deal. 3.) fried would be an excellent free agent addition, if the medicals check out. 4.) I think we have to sign two relievers, a lefty and a righty. 5.) we have the assets to trade for miller in Seattle. It will be painful but cassas, plus plus plus should make for a blockbuster trade!
-
I think next season, Montgomery flies through our minor league system. I am a little concerned about the strike out rate, but the power, defense and arm are legit!! after the big 4, to have Montgomery, arias, cespedes and Garcia! That is an amazing second wave!
-
Is I Campbell the biggest miss of bres-slow’s first off season
-
Talk Sox Prospect voting is complete!
Larry Cook replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Red Sox Minor League Talk
I think you nailed the top 7 on your list! I think if cespedes had stayed healthy, he is also a top 100 prospect. I would put this list up against anybody’s top 7 prospects! -
Campbell has definitely hit the rookie wall this past week. He is getting out in front of stuff and losing balance because of the funky swing! Needs to stay back on the ball and not open up so early! I would take Campbell over Mayer, but I would take Anthony over anybody including the prospects that graduated this year regardless of team.
-
Romero looks to have a great first step and gets to balls that most of our SS’s cannot get to. But the throw from deep in the hole, he seems to either make it very nicely or bounce it and I do not know if that is by choice
-
Campbell is the right handed bat we need in the lineup. He starts 2025 in Boston at 2B and stays there! This kid has a funky swing, but he can flat out hit!
-
Someone said that 6 out of Romero’s 13 hits at Greenville are taters !!!!! Wow!!!!
-
We have to figure a way to move yoshida! That DH is so valuable, and yoshida is a dumpster fire defensively in the outfield. 2025 catcher - Wong and gaspar (teel is not ready yet, but will be very close.) 2025 1st base - cassas 2025 2nd base - Campbell (the kid can flat out hit) 2025 SS - story (sadly story makes Chris frail look durable. And Mayer is not ready yet, or much more durable. ) 2025 3rd base - devers (painful to watch defensively, but DH is an option if meidroth can hit) 2025 infield bench- meidroth and Hamilton. (willing to dump Hamilton if someone out performs him. Call to action for sogard, Romy or Valdez.) 2025 outfield - Duran, rafeala, abreau and Anthony (again DH is open for at bats)
-
And if we were talking about prospects I would agree. but you realize both these guys are successful major leaguers????
-
When you look at pure stuff, miller is clearly better. But if you want to swap houck and miller with in the rotation, I have no problem with that!
-
Fair enough. But miller is the guy we are missing in our rotation.
-
I almost included abreau instead of yoshida. But I assume we are paying all of yoshida for the duration of the contract.
-
Unfortunately, we cannot change the past. I think we need to move forward assuming the past is written in stone
-
A lot of people see the 99 mph fastball, but it has little movement on it or it gets too much white part of the plate. You look at winkleman’s fastball and it has tons of movement, but ends up outside the strike zone or hitting the guy on deck!! (Haha) the question Bailey needs to answer is if they can get penrod’s spin rate right, can the ball should get some life. Also can penrod learn to live on the black part of the plate
-
I consider Crawford and priester and fitts as depth pieces only. We have to get 2 top of the rotation arms to be a playoff team next year
-
I know I am in the minority here, but I see houck as a 3 at best in a rotation! in 2024 offseason, I want to see us sign fried. I know he has durability issue's, but his stuff is amazing. Fried would be #1 in our rotation. then comes the big trade. Seattle needs bats badly. I propose we trade cassas, yoshida, Hamilton and hagenman to Seattle for Miller. Miller slides in as #2 in our rotation. 2025 rotation 1.) fried 2.) miller 3.) houck 4.) bello 5.) Gioletta depth - Crawford. Fitts, Criswell
-
99 mph fastball is my guess. 6 years of control as a middle reliever with a chance to excel if the command and control improve
-
Guerrero called up today. I think Anthony and Campbell should break training camp 25 with Boston. I do not think any Worcester pitcher except Hendricks is capable of starting 2025 in Boston.
-
For the pitching, it’s like almost everybody is over slotted. 1.) Our 3-4-5 rotation pitchers are pitching 1-2-3 in the rotation. 2.) our depth pieces are now 4-5 in the rotation. 3.) except for Martin and Jansen , everybody in the bullpen is over slotted. Many should be depth pieces at Worcester instead of Boston. this is all the result of injuries, lack of depth and hang’em Chaim’s inability to draft pitching this offseason, we need 2 top of the rotation arms and 2 quality relievers, preferably a lefty and righty we get that and our pitching staff gets reslotted properly and we are a payoff team
-
When fitts velocity is up, he does fine. When fitts velocity dips, he gets crushed
-
Thank you! Appreciate it
-
we need to have open competition for the 2nd base position! And the best guy needs to play, we cannot let service years dictate,
