Post by brendan98 on Aug 2, 2013 15:37:48 GMT -5
So the Rays have been a very competitive team over the past several seasons, due mainly to the pipeline of talented starting pitchers that they have developed. It has been an extraordinarily successful recipe for John Maddon's ballclub.
I am not saying that the Sox are trying to copy that strategy, however I think that the Sox are starting to stockpile arms similiar to what the Rays have been so successful doing. I do not know if the group of arms that is progressing through our farm system has as high a ceiling as some of the starters the Rays have developed recently, but the number of quality arms up and down the system seems to be at an all time high, as far back as my memory goes anyhow (til at least the early 80's).
Just listing off the top of my head, the guys that have me excited or at least have piqued my interest:
Higher Levels
Workman, Barnes, Webster, De LaRosa, Ranaudo, Owens
Lower Levels
Callahan, Kukuk, Buttrey, Ball, McGrath, Stankiewicz
There are probably a few more high upside arms as well, again this is just rattling names off the top of my head, but if 50% of the upper level guys pan out, and 25% of the lower level guys develop, the Sox will have a pretty impressive pipeline of pitching on it's way.
I am not saying that the Sox are trying to copy that strategy, however I think that the Sox are starting to stockpile arms similiar to what the Rays have been so successful doing. I do not know if the group of arms that is progressing through our farm system has as high a ceiling as some of the starters the Rays have developed recently, but the number of quality arms up and down the system seems to be at an all time high, as far back as my memory goes anyhow (til at least the early 80's).
Just listing off the top of my head, the guys that have me excited or at least have piqued my interest:
Higher Levels
Workman, Barnes, Webster, De LaRosa, Ranaudo, Owens
Lower Levels
Callahan, Kukuk, Buttrey, Ball, McGrath, Stankiewicz
There are probably a few more high upside arms as well, again this is just rattling names off the top of my head, but if 50% of the upper level guys pan out, and 25% of the lower level guys develop, the Sox will have a pretty impressive pipeline of pitching on it's way.
