2022 Prospects

At Portland, Northcut with a golden sombrero. Zero for 4 with 4 strike outs!

At Greenville, lugo with his 12th tater of the season.

Kavadas is zero for two with two strike outs and zero walks.

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Originally Posted by Larry Cook

With pitchers, I prefer prospects with what I term “electric” stuff.

We have 3 guys that I have put my eyes on that have “electric” stuff! And one guy that has temporary inclusion in the electric stuff group, but I need to see more innings before making a final decision.
If these guys master command and control, they will become really good major league starters

- Bello
- mata
- winkleman
- d. De la Rosa

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You make a good point, but plenty of very good pitchers do it without "electric stuff." Sure, the electric guys have a better chance, but if we can get a serviceable #3 or 4 SP'er or two from the other group, that would be extremely helpful, as we would have more money to spend on other high need areas.

What encourages me is the quantity of "second tier" pitchers we have and some of the recent numbers they have put up. We don't need all or even half to succeed- only 1-2 out of the 5 or 6 listed below:

Winckowski: doing well in the bigs
Crawford: doing very well, lately
Murphy: lead Sox minors in IP (104). Has a .595 OPS Against/3.12 ERA & 110K:45 BB
Walter: .585 OPSA/3.59 ERA and a great 75:7 K:BB ratio (58 IP)
Seabold: struggled in MLB, but .538 OPSA/2.26 ERA in AAA (55:14 K:BB in 56 IP)
Ward: Looking okay since coming off surgery
Drohan: .711 OPSA/4.33 ERA but 123 K:37BB in 95 IP
Uberstine: .677 OPSA/4.27 ERA but 90K:29BB in 78 IP

When's the last time we had 8 or more pretty good looking second tier pitching prospects doing this well?

Then, there is German for the pen (.497 OPSA and 49K:17BB in 35 IP.)

I, too, am I high on Bello & Mata. Wikelman struggled this year at A+, but he still looks hopeful. Did you mean Luis de la Rosa? The guy we got for Beni?

Is Murphy going to get a look in the bigs, this summer/fall?

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Originally Posted by moonslav59

Is Murphy going to get a look in the bigs, this summer/fall?

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I do not think he is major league starter material, but I think he could be a much better lefty reliever than D hernandez.

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Originally Posted by moonslav59

You make a good point, but plenty of very good pitchers do it without "electric stuff." Sure, the electric guys have a better chance, but if we can get a serviceable #3 or 4 SP'er or two from the other group, that would be extremely helpful, as we would have more money to spend on other high need areas.

What encourages me is the quantity of "second tier" pitchers we have and some of the recent numbers they have put up. We don't need all or even half to succeed- only 1-2 out of the 5 or 6 listed below:

Winckowski: doing well in the bigs
Crawford: doing very well, lately
Murphy: lead Sox minors in IP (104). Has a .595 OPS Against/3.12 ERA & 110K:45 BB
Walter: .585 OPSA/3.59 ERA and a great 75:7 K:BB ratio (58 IP)
Seabold: struggled in MLB, but .538 OPSA/2.26 ERA in AAA (55:14 K:BB in 56 IP)
Ward: Looking okay since coming off surgery
Drohan: .711 OPSA/4.33 ERA but 123 K:37BB in 95 IP
Uberstine: .677 OPSA/4.27 ERA but 90K:29BB in 78 IP

When's the last time we had 8 or more pretty good looking second tier pitching prospects doing this well?

Then, there is German for the pen (.497 OPSA and 49K:17BB in 35 IP.)

I, too, am I high on Bello & Mata. Wikelman struggled this year at A+, but he still looks hopeful. Did you mean Luis de la Rosa? The guy we got for Beni?

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Yes, I like Luis stuff, but need to see more of him.

At Worcester, granberg with two taters for a total of three Worcester taters on the season!

Yorke with his 7th tater of the season.

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Originally Posted by Larry Cook

Yes, I like Luis stuff, but need to see more of him.

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soxprospects.com makes no hint of electric anything.

https://www.soxprospects.com/players/delarosa-luis.htm

New Soxprospects rankings out.

While ranked #5 in the system, Miguel Bleis has been ranked with the highest ceiling in the Sox system. This guy might be the next great international signing. Wish he was three years older, could use a good CFer right about now.

Kavadas with another walk!

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Originally Posted by A Red Sox fan named Hugh

New Soxprospects rankings out.

While ranked #5 in the system, Miguel Bleis has been ranked with the highest ceiling in the Sox system. This guy might be the next great international signing. Wish he was three years older, could use a good CFer right about now.

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Besides Bleis moving from 8 to 5, we can see...

Rafaela 19>8
Wink 12>9
Murphy 15>11
Paulino 23>13
Ward 20>15
Wong 27>17
Lugo 29>21
Hickey 30>22
Perales NR>24
Kavadas- 46>25
German 35>30
Drohan 52>32
Paez 60>37
Uberstine 51>41

Romero (1st rd draft) starting at 10
Anthony (2nd rd) starts at 14
Enmanuel Valdez (Vaz trade) is placed 16th
Coffey (2nd rd) starts at 20
Abreu (Vaz trade) is placed 26th

Biggest falls:
10>18 Jordan
11>19 Wikelman
13>23 Downs
21>28 Binelas
18>29 Jimenez
17>31 McDonough
28>39 RHern
22>40 Koss
26>50 Hamilton
24>54 Fitzy
36>59 Wallace
38>60 Liu

Updated after latest moves and draftee ranking placements:

Beyond drafting, minor league FA additions and IFA signings, Bloom had traded for the following prospects. While the list seems more quantity vs quality orientated, I do feel like we have some promising prospects and some long shots with various degrees of upside potential.

New soxprospects ranking

9 Winckowski (w Cordero & others for Beni)
12 Seabold (w Pivetta for Workman & Hembree)
14 E Valdez (Vaz)
17 Wong (w Verdugo & Downs for Betts and Price)
23 Downs (w Verdugo & Wong for Betts and Price)
26 Abreu (Vaz)
28 Binelas (w JBJ for Renfroe)
30 German (w Ottavino as salary dump trade by Yanks)
39 R Hernandez (Mazza & Springs)
40 Koss (Y Aybar)
50 Hamilton (w JBJ & Binelas for Renfroe)
59 Wallace (Moreland)
NR
Luis de la Rosa (w Wink, Cordero & others for Beni)
Freddy Valdez (w Wink, Cordero & others for Beni)
Grant Gambrell (w Wink, Cordero & others for Beni)
H Potts (w JRosario for Moreland)

Binelas with his 8th Portland tater of the season.

Kavadas ended the night 1 for 2 with two more walks.