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Boston Red Sox signing Dominican outfielder Vladimir Asencio for $1 million
@BenBadler
Boston Red Sox signing Dominican outfielder Vladimir Asencio for $1 million
Originally Posted by Old Red
Here is what BA has reported so far for IFA signings:
Boston Red Sox ($5,925,000)
Vladimir Asencio, OF, Dominican Republic
Carlos Carrasquel, 3B, Venezuela (Potential breakout prospect)
Edwin Brito, OF, Dominican Republic
Dalvinson Reyes, RHP, Dominican Republic
Anderson Fermin, SS/CF, Dominican Republic
Justin Gonzalez, OF, Dominican Republic
Tavano Baker, OF, Bahamas
Juan Medina, RHP, Venezuela
Edwin Darvile, SS, Bahamas
Avinson Pinto, SS, Venezuela
Tejahari Wilson, RHP, Bahamas
Justim Sojo, SS, Venezuela
Fermin - 400K
Reyes - 450K
@tylermilliken_
Vladimir Asencio is viewed as one of the toughest hitters to strikeout from the DR in this class.
5’10, 170 pounds. There’s a belief from evaluators he’ll grow into more power as he matures. Puts the ball in play.
Still profiles in CF at the moment.
Where the top 5 IFA Sox signings are on BA's top 100 for this year's class:
37. Vladimir Asencio, OF, Dominican Republic
54. Carlos Carrasquel, 3B, Venezuela
85. Edwin Brito, OF, Dominican Republic
89. Dalvinson Reyes, RHP, Dominican Republic
99. Anderson Fermin, SS/CF, Dominican Republic
Now I’m wondering if Carlos Carrasquel is related to former White Sox shortstop Chico Carrasquel, who was the first Venezuelan star player in MLB.
Could be a grandson or possible great grandson? (Chico was born in 1926 and played from 1950 to 1959…
Hey! We got a top 100 pitcher!
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
BA dropped our system ranking from 5th to 13th.
Not sure why.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
BA noted, “Boston’s system is a little hitter-heavy at this point.”
They have four positional prospects ranked on Baseball America’s Top 100 list. Shortstop Marcelo Mayer is No. 14, center fielder Roman Anthony is No. 21, catcher Kyle Teel is No. 62 and center fielder/shortstop Ceddanne Rafaela is No. 94.
It has just four pitchers ranked among its system’s top 20 prospects: righties Wikelman Gonzalez (No. 7), Luis Perales (No. 9), Richard Fitts (No. 11) and Yordanny Monegro (No. 18).
That's dumb as fuck. Prospect quality it's what's important, not positions.
WAR is good for something.
http://research.sabr.org/journals/is...75-of-baseball
I can see their point. If the Sox have a top 3 offensive group, but bottom 3 pitching group their rating should drop. They probably shouldn't have been 5th or whatever.
Each of the big evaluators are going to have their own areas of emphasis vis a vis floor and ceiling. If you assume a fairly straightforward tiering of guys ... star-starter-bench ... the top orgs probably have the starter section pretty well stocked. The Sox being lower in the number of guys who project as everyday guys being upper middle of the back seems plausible. What holds Boston back is not so much the lack of balance per se - but that the pitching crop (as of now) is providing almost no top/mid rotation pitching which I think would be the equivalent of a "everyday regular" for a position player.
How many pitscher are ranked in their top 50 and 100, all teams?
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
More than the Sox have, that's for sure.
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