Rate Your Top 10 Sox Prospects

[Zenny]

Mine:

1. Hanley Ramirez
2. Brandon Moss
3. Jon Papelbon
4. Abe Alvarez
5. Kelly Shoppach
6. Dustin Pedroia
7. Manny Delcarmen
8. Jon Lester
9. Juan Cedeno
10. Jeremy West

[CrespoBlows]

Mine

1. Hanley Ramirez
2. Brandon Moss
3. Abe Alvarez
4. Kelly Shoppach
5. Jon Papelpon
6. Dustin Pedreria
7. Jeremy West
8. Anibel Sanchez
9. Jon Lester
10. Manny Declarman

[yeszir]

I dont think I know enough about the system, so I'll avoid embarassing myself and trying to rank them thank you very much.

[YanksHater213]

Mine are...

1. Hanley Ramirez
2. Brandon Moss
3. Jon Papelbon
4. Abe Alvarez
5. Kelly Shoppach
6. Dustin Pedroia
7. Manny Delcarmen
8. Jon Lester
9. Juan Cedeno
10. Jeremy West

thanks Zenny

[schillingouttheks]

lol, i agree with yeszir and yankshater on this one...

[empirestrikesback26]

I guess the jeremy west sucks.

[Zenny]

Originally posted by empirestrikesback26@Sep 11 2004, 03:15 PM
I guess the jeremy west sucks.

What makes you say that? By the way, he's better than both Navarro and Cano.

Crespo, I was thinking of putting Sanchez on there, but I want to see more consistent off-speed from him. 90% of what he threw was his mid-90's heat. Granted, he has a fantastic fastball with outstanding control, but that's really all it takes to be good in the low minors. He's going to need more, but I'm confident he can get there.

[CrespoBlows]

What do you think about Hottvoy? He seems to be a good young lefty, who throws a pretty good curveball.

[Zenny]

Originally posted by CrespoBlows@Sep 11 2004, 03:26 PM
What do you think about Hottvoy? He seems to be a good young lefty, who throws a pretty good curveball.

See Alvarez, Abe. They are damn near identical pitchers, but Hottovy has less mileage on his arm, being that he was a reliever at Witchita State. Although, the current Sox ownership does an oustanding job at keeping their pitcher healthy (much of Manny D.'s arm issues come from prior ownership and high school, same deal with Lester), so Abe's arm should never become a problem.

[empirestrikesback26]

Originally posted by Zenny+Sep 11 2004, 03:19 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Zenny @ Sep 11 2004, 03:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-empirestrikesback26@Sep 11 2004, 03:15 PM
I guess the jeremy west sucks.

What makes you say that? By the way, he's better than both Navarro and Cano.

Crespo, I was thinking of putting Sanchez on there, but I want to see more consistent off-speed from him. 90% of what he threw was his mid-90's heat. Granted, he has a fantastic fastball with outstanding control, but that's really all it takes to be good in the low minors. He's going to need more, but I'm confident he can get there. [/b][/quote]
he was lower on the list on most peoples, by the way maybe navvaro, not cano. Cano beat everyone there except the first 3.

[CrespoBlows]

R.Cano .259 .403 61 216 22 56 87 9 2 6 30 18 27 0 1 4

[Zenny]

Every player listed is ahead of Cano and far ahead of Navarro.

[CrespoBlows]

Boston had 7 players on All minor league teams!

1. Shoppach
2. Hyzdu
3. Snyder
4. Papelbon
5. West
6. Moss
7. Sanchez

[Zenny]

Snyder and Hyzdu are no longer prospects (and have a good chance at not being in the organization next season), but the rest are very good prospects.

In addition to that, Moss was the SAL MVP and hit well over .400 in his time in the FSL.

Papelbon was also the FSL's best pitcher and was #1 or #2 in every statistical pitching category except for IP and that is an organziational influence to keep him healthy.

Shoppach was the IL's best catcher and was one of the top 10 or so power hitters as well.

Sanchez lead the NY/Penn League in ERA, WHIP and K's.

West showed good power, but was streaky and left something to be desired in the OBP and defense.

[CrespoBlows]

The Yankees had 2