2022 Prospects

[moonslav59]

Soxprospects.com discussed why maybe Hamilton was protected, as some team might have taken him due to the new baserunning-improvement rules.

They think Wikelman and Bonaci might be too far away, but with so many tanking teams, maybe they get taken.

They discussed Ward and Politi as most likely to be taken. Wallace is too inconsistent, in their opinion.

They had Abreu as 50-50.

Basically, they said they would n ot have been surprised with Hamilton & Abreu being protected, if Ward had been, too.


http://news.soxprospects.com/2022/11...rotection.html

There is more discussion around who should have been protected a few pages back from page 1.

[moonslav59]

Paulino and Bonaci are far away. Wikelman is far away, but it's risky to leave him unprotected. I believe Ward was left unprotected due to health concerns, but I would have protected him for sure. I believe Fernandez ended the season with an injury, but he's close to providing an MLB team with bullpen help. I don't think Koss, Jimenez or Bastardo would be selected. Politi or Wallace could be selected, but there are probably better options available on other rosters.

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[moonslav59]

Highest Ranked Sox Prospects Left Unprotected on Rule 5:

9. Paulino
13. Wikelman
18. T Ward
19. Bonaci
37. R Fernandez
38. C Koss
39. Jimenez
43. Angel Bastardo
49. Politi
50. Wallace

Updated rankings come out next week.

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[moonslav59]

Soxprospects.com discussed why maybe Hamilton was protected, as some team might have taken him due to the new baserunning-improvement rules.

They think Wikelman and Bonaci might be too far away, but with so many tanking teams, maybe they get taken.

They discussed Ward and Politi as most likely to be taken. Wallace is too inconsistent, in their opinion.

They had Abreu as 50-50.

Basically, they said they would n ot have been surprised with Hamilton & Abreu being protected, if Ward had been, too.


http://news.soxprospects.com/2022/11...rotection.html

Good discussion on link...

[moonslav59]

They probably only protect 5 or 6 guys at most.

My guess:
Valdez
Paulino
Rafaela
Walter
Ward
Wikelman (maybe)

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[moonslav59]

This winter's Rule 5 eligible players:

Enmanuel Valdez (Minor League FA- if signed to a minor league deal, he'd be Rule 5.)

Wilyer Abreu
Dan Altavilla
Angel Bastardo
Brock Bell
Royman Blanco
Brainer Bonaci
Zach Bryant
Cameron Cannon
Brendan Cellucci
Felix Cepeda
Kole Cottam
Wil Dalton
Joe Davis
Osvaldo De La Rosa
Luis De La Rosa
Tyler Dearden
Nick Decker
Jonathan Diaz
Alex Erro
Tyler Esplin
Albert Feliz
Durbin Feltman
Ryan Fernandez
Ryan Fitzgerald
Feleipe Franks
Grant Gambrell
Rio Gomez
Wikelman Gonzalez
Bryan Gonzalez
Devlin Granberg
David Hamilton
Gabriel Jackson
Axel James
Gilberto Jimenez
Christian Koss
Austin Lambright
Dominic LoBrutto
Eduardo Lopez
Bryan Lucas
Naysbel Marcano
Elih Marrero
Chris Murphy
Brendan Nail
Andres Ortuno
Yusniel Padron-Artiles
Eddinson Paulino
Aaron Perry
AJ Politi
Ceddanne Rafaela
Jose Ramirez
Oscar Rangel
Tyreque Reed
Carlos Reyes
Jorge Rodriguez
Giancarlos Santana
Victor Santos
Stephen Scott
Cody Scroggins
Chase Shugart
Nick Sogard
Noah Song
Dylan Spacke
Luis Talavera
Jake Thompson
Freddy Valdez
Michael Valera
Eduardo Vaughan
Jacob Wallace
Brandon Walter
Thaddeus Ward
Alex Zapete
Ryan Zeferjahn

My post

[mvp 78]

My post

You didn't have Hamilton OR Song highlighted! Swing and a miss!

[moonslav59]

You didn't have Hamilton OR Song highlighted! Swing and a miss!

...and proud of that!

[mvp 78]

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