Winter ball assigments

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The Venezuela's paralela or development league has been the first one to finisg its season and the Sox had its share of players in this league, lets see how they did.

Carlos Fernandez; showed why he its one of the Sox top hitting prospects by hitting for a 416 ave in 154 AB 36R 64 H 9 8 doubles and 6 HR) 10 BB, 13 strike outs a 584 SLG%, a 452 OBP the only thing he showed that he couldn't very well was stealing bases as he stole 4 out of 12 tries. The 20 Venezuelan wasn't challenged this Winter but people should remember that he has only played one year in the States, Fernandez should play in Greenville in 2007.

Manny Arrambaris; 327 Ave in 162 AB 23 R 54 H (6 doubles and 4 HR) 24 RBI a 438 SLG% a 366 OBP. Arrambaris like Fernandez wasn't challenged this Winter and should be in Greenville in 07.

Luis Sumoza; hit for a 298 Ave in 124 AB27 r 37 H (11 doubles and 2 HR) 21 RBI. a 435 SLG%, a 399 OBP. the Righr fielder should play in the GCL in 2007.

Argenis Diaz, hit for 360 Ave in 100 AB 20 R 36 H (7 doubles 1 triple 0 HR) 9 RBI a 450 SLG%, a 404 OBP. Diaz who may be the Sox top SS prospect will battle Kris Negron for the short stop position in Greenville in 2007.

Christian Lara; hit for a 266 Ave in 79 AB 21 R 21 H ( 4 doubles, 1 triple and 1 HR) 10 RBI a 380 SLG%, a 427 OBP. Lara should be the SS for the new Lancaster team in the California league in 2007.

Tony Granadillo; hit a 310 Ave in 71 AB 11 R 22 H (8 doubles and 4 HR) 18 RBI a 592 SLG%, a 444 OBP. Granadillo should be lancaster third baseman in 2007.

Ricardo Burgos, hit for a 308 Ave in 78 AB 16 R 24 H (6 doubles, 1 triple 2 Hr) 10 RBI a 487 SLG%, a 432 OBP, 7 stolen bases. Burgos a left handed hitting second baseman should his first year in the States in the GCL in 2007.

Ronald Bermudez; hit for 302 Ave in 126 Ab16 r 38 H (8 doubles and 4 HR)21 RBI a 460 SLG% a 333 OBP. Bermudez a 18 yrs Venezuelan CF may be the top hitting prospect for the Sox's DSL to follow in 2007.

Luis Segovia; hit for a 220 Ave in 41 AB 10 R 9 (no extra hits) 2 rbi. segovia continued having problem hitting and may have a fight in his hands for playing time in 2007.

Jackvid Avila; hit for a 202 Ave 103 AB 13 R 21 H (6 doubles and 4 HR) 21 RBI 379 SLG% a 299 OBP. Avila an infielder while he hit for some pop continus having problem making contact and should return to the DSL in 2007.

Alan Attacho and newly signed Pedro Chourio had very limeted playing time.

Miguel Scolovitch RHP; Pitched in 10 G (all in relief) 4-0 1.38 ERA 26 IP 12 H 4 ER 6 Bb 14 K 141 Ave. Socolovitch maybe Greenville closer in 2007.

Carlos Gonzalez RHP; pitched in 12 G ( all in relief) 2-1 2.25 ERA 20 Ip 20 H 5 ER 2 Bb 14 K, a 256 AVE. Gonzalez should go back to the CGL in 2007.

Yesper Castillo RHP;15 G (1GS) 1-0 2.82 ERA 22 .3 IP 24 H 7 ER10 Bb 11K 273 Ave. Castillo should be one of the better pitchers in the Sox DSL team in 2007

Victor Galve RHP; 12 G 2 SV 0-1 4.40 ERA 14 1/3 IP 13 H 7 ER 5 BB 7 K 245 AVE

Raul Mayorca LHP; 15 G (6 GS) 5.46 29 2?3 IP 31 H 18 ER31 Bb 17 K 270 Ave. The young converted Of continues to struggle as a pitcher, specially in throwing strikes and should return to the DSL in 2007.

[jacksonianmarch]

what are the entire winter leagues. I know there is a league in the dominican, in venezuela and in hawaii. Is this league you are talking about one with MLB players or is this a development league?

[CrespoBlows]

Are the parks in the winter leagues, primarily hitters parks?

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Let me try to answer this questions, In Venezuela there's the regular Winter league composed mainly of AA-AAA players and a sprinkle of ML players, the development league or Paralela is for young players and that is where the mentioned Sox farmhands played. There is also a Winter league in the Dominican, Puerto Rico and Mexico. The Hawaian league its very similar to the Paralela.

The stadiums in the Winter leagues are similar to those that you find in the minor leagues, which means there are hitters park and and pitchers park.

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The Venezuelan regular has ended its 2006 season and the Sox prospect who played the league are first base man Luis Jimenez who hit for an 307 Ave in 39 games with 137 AB 24 R 42 H (4 doubles, 0 triples 5 HR) 25 RBI 21 Bb 24 So 1 SB 1 CS 445 SLG, 410 OBP.

Edgar Martinez 20 G ( all in relief) 0-3 2.28 ERA 23 2/3 IP 18 H (0 HR) 1 HB6 ER 1 HB 12 BB 16K 209 Ave.

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Martinez has shown dramatic improvement, since last season he played in the exact same league and his ERA was 4.58, and he gave up many more walks.

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Edgar is a far better pitcher than he was in 2005, not a fished product, but he is getting closer.

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The Dominican Winter league regular season has ended and the following Sox prospects played in it.

Catcher Alberto Castillo 42 G 288 AVE 139 AB 18 R 40 H (6 doubles 0 tripples 4 HR) 15 RBI 22 BB 21 SO 1 SB 417 SLG and 385 OBP.

Outfielder Brandon Moss 29 G 228 AVE 114 AB 15 R 26 H (5 doubles 1 tripple 5 HR) 16 RBI 12 BB 28 SO 1 SB 421 SLG and 302 OBP.

Short stop Ed Rogers 44 G 158 AB 23 R 43 H ( 9 doubles 0 triples 1 HR) 4 RBI 14 BB 24 SO 9 SB 0 CS 348 SLG and 331 OBP.

Outfielder Luis Soto 2 G 200 AVE 5 AB 0 R 1 H 1RBI 0 BB 2 SO.

Catcher Junior Moreno 2 G 1000 AVE 2 AB 0 R 2 H 0 BB 0 SO


The Mexican Winter league regular season ended, there where ex Red Sox farm hand playing in this league, but not actual Sox prospect.

[Bosoxwest]

Scaff, you have to be a little disappointed in Moss's performance in the DWL, as he proved again that he is prone to long stretches in the bucket after a hot start. Granted, this was a long year for him, but still. How does this impact his standing as a prospect?

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Bosox, Yes Moss was disappointing in the Dominican Winter league, specially after a hot start, however I still like him over David Murphy and i guess i am not alone on this, i read the other day BA's Jim Callis and he shares the same opinion. The 2007 at Pawtucket will be very important for Moss.

[jacksonianmarch]

Bosox, Yes Moss was disappointing in the Dominican Winter league, specially after a hot start, however I still like him over David Murphy and i guess i am not alone on this, i read the other day BA's Jim Callis and he shares the same opinion. The 2007 at Pawtucket will be very important for Moss.

Here is what diehard said about both Moss and Murphy.


7.) David Murphy, OF: His star seemed to dim when he opened the year at Double-A Portland for the second straight season, but Murphy earned a promotion to Triple-A Pawtucket May 26 and enjoyed a scorching two-month stretch for the PawSox (31 extra-base hits in his first 237 at-bats, a rate of one extra-base hit every 7.65 at-bats). He slowed down in August (.210 with five extra-base hits in 81 at-bats) but still earned a September promotion to the Sox and not only delivered a hit in his first big league at-bat Sept. 2 but also hit a leadoff homer at Yankee Stadium 15 days later. Questions still remain about his defense and power, so he may never be the full-timer the Sox envisioned when they selected Murphy in the first round of the 2003 draft. But he could be a reliable reserve outfielder as soon as this season, Stock: Rising

6.) Brandon Moss, OF: Surprisingly spent a second straight season at Portland, but the Sea Dogs profited from the caution when Moss hit five homers in the postseason and was named the Most Valuable Player of the Eastern League Championship Series. While he hit for a higher average (.285) than in 2005, racked up 22 more RBI (83) and finished second in the EL in RBI and first in doubles (36), Moss finished with the same number of extra-base hits (51) and incrementally improved his walk-to-strikeout ratio. At 23, he’s still got youth on his side, but he needs a big year at Pawtucket this season in order to establish himself as anything more than a potential fourth outfielder. Stock: Holding

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Puero Rican Winter regular season ended Soxwho played on the league where;

Second baseman Alex Cora 31 AB 3 R 9 h (3 doubles) 3 RBI 1 BB 1 So 0 SB 1 CS 384 SLG 294 OBP.

RHP Ismael Casillas 10 G 3.38 ERA 0-0 1 SV 13 1/3 IP 7 H (0 HR) 5 ER 1 HB 11 BB 7 K 1 WP 149 Ave.

Sox ex farm hands Victor Ramos and Raul Nieves who where released by the Sox in 2006 hada very good Winter league.

[Bosoxwest]

Bosox, Yes Moss was disappointing in the Dominican Winter league, specially after a hot start, however I still like him over David Murphy and i guess i am not alone on this, i read the other day BA's Jim Callis and he shares the same opinion. The 2007 at Pawtucket will be very important for Moss.

My perspective right now is that Moss has more talent (or upside, maybe, depending on your definition) than Murphy, but his streakiness is just prohibitive right now. I assumed that the stint in winter ball was intended to put him up against some weaker pitching, allow him to continue with the hot bat and gain some confidence in the hopes that it would help him perform more consistently.

Instead he tanked, and that is what concerns me about Moss. We saw this with Millar - you love those 1.000 OPS months (not that we'd expect that from Moss with his IsoD), but it's pretty tough to know when those are coming as a manager, and if they stop coming, well, it's ugly. Let's hope he learns from this and puts it together in Pawtucket this year.

[jacksonianmarch]

based solely on the strength of the sox draft and the betterment of David Murphy, Moss, may drop out of the top 10.

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based solely on the strength of the sox draft and the betterment of David Murphy, Moss, may drop out of the top 10.

Neither is a top 10 prospect, but Moss should be ranked higher and a higher ceiling, there's to many question about Murphy's bat.

[jacksonianmarch]

Murphy getting the callup to the majors last yr was enough to bring him up. Moss still hasnt developed the way they wanted him to and he is running out of time.

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Murphy is older and his AAA season was over or very close to been over, on the other hand Moss's team was in the middle of playoff not reason to promote him, but just because Murphy made to Boston for a cup of coffee first it doesn't make him a better prospect.