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Post by rjp313jr on Oct 11, 2013 11:55:03 GMT -5
Didn't know where to post this and didn't want to start a new thread. However, there has been a lot of talk about how many top 100 guys Boston will have this offseason on the various lists. My question is can guys who finish the year on the Boston roster be considered for the list even if they haven't reached the official number of games played yet?
this would technically affect:
Bogaerts
Bradley
Workman
Britton
Webster
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Post by brianthetaoist on Oct 11, 2013 12:43:14 GMT -5
Yeah, absolutely. Lots of guys get called up in September when rosters expand, for instance ... all of those guys will qualify, afaik, although I haven't looked at Workman's final IP totals. And, of course, not all of them will be on there.
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Post by larrycook on Oct 12, 2013 8:57:25 GMT -5
So who is the better prospect, Bogey or Buxton?
If you could only have 1 of them, which would you pick?
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Post by burythehammer on Oct 12, 2013 16:06:39 GMT -5
If you look up echo chamber in the dictionary there is a picture of Byron Buxton. He may very well be a better prospect than Bogaerts but it's ridiculous that he's a unanimous #1.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Oct 12, 2013 16:50:29 GMT -5
If you look up echo chamber in the dictionary there is a picture of Byron Buxton. He may very well be a better prospect than Bogaerts but it's ridiculous that he's a unanimous #1. I think the difference is that he's a true potential true five-tool player, which you can't really say about any of the top prospects in the game right now, at least the ones eligible for lists. He puts on as much of a show on defense as he does at the plate and he's going to steal bags. When scouts see Buxton, he can show them something amazing in one of those areas if he's not lighting it up at the plate. If scouts go see Xander and it's an 0-for-4, he's not going to make some Iglesias-level defensive play to make up for it. Doesn't necessarily make him a better player in itself, but his ceiling is much higher than anyone in the minors probably. I don't necessarily disagree with you though. It seems like a lot of the love has come from him being more advanced than anybody thought he was going to be, rather than from being advanced in itself, if that makes sense. |
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Post by CMF on Oct 14, 2013 10:26:22 GMT -5
Eastern League Top 20
1) Xander Bogaerts
14) Garin Cecchini
16) Anthony Ranuado
19) Brandon Workman
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Post by pedroelgrande on Oct 14, 2013 16:42:22 GMT -5
Also in the chat Josh Norris said that EL observers were impressed with Owens - liked his stuff needs to tighten his command.
From the top of my head I believe in every league the Red Sox had a team they had multiple guys on the lists and usually high on the list. The weakest team was probably Greenville and they had Mookie. Very impressive depth right now. Hopefully the right ones get to stay.
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Post by njsox on Oct 14, 2013 23:26:25 GMT -5
Really weak report on Matt Barnes, "Matt Barnes did not draw rave reviews. His ceiling seems to be somewhere in the neighborhood of a No. 5 guy, but his heater, while hard, is straight. His curveball comes and goes, which is a problem."
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Post by jrffam05 on Oct 23, 2013 10:48:20 GMT -5
I didn't want to start a new thread just for this question, but what is the schedule for BA top prospect list (All minor league)? Don't they release a preliminary one soon and another one in Jan/Feb? While I am asking what about Minorleagueball? Any other reputable lists to look out for?
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Post by borisman on Oct 23, 2013 15:02:59 GMT -5
I think BA starts their organizational top 10's around this time so look for the top 100 list in February. It'll be a while.
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Post by jmei on Oct 27, 2013 22:45:17 GMT -5
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Post by okin15 on Oct 28, 2013 11:34:19 GMT -5
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Post by ericmvan on Oct 31, 2013 11:06:48 GMT -5
Does anyone have a link to (or understand) the "star ratings" mentioned for each minor league? Pretty simple; every league gets rated from 1 to 5 stars in terms of how much premium talent was in the league. It varies a lot from year to year, just like depth in the amateur draft does. This year the Southern League, Midwest, and FSL got 5 stars, while the Texas, California and Pioneer got 1. Contrast the Southern top 5 (Puig, Archie Bradley, Javier Baez, Taijuan Walker, Christian Yelich) with the Texas (George Springer, Mike Foltynewicz, Yordano Ventura, Rougned Odor, and Matt Wisler). The IL, EL, and GCL got 4 stars, the Carolina and NYPL 3, and the SAL 2. So Greenville was not alone there. (We dead-tree diehards had half of these lists before they appeared online, but I didn't want to spoil the news for anyone looking forward to the online appearances!) BTW, it was only 35 BFP, but you have to think that Workman's outstanding post-season (2.82 FIP) has a good chance of boosting him into the top 100. A guy who has proven he can get the best MLB hitters out and still has a chance to start has to be there. I think we grab 9 spots. |
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