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Post by templeusox on Sept 25, 2015 13:34:18 GMT -5
He'll be the #1 prospect in every league he ever plays in.
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Post by nomar on Sept 25, 2015 13:50:46 GMT -5
He'll be the #1 prospect in every league he ever plays in. So will I
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Post by telson13 on Sept 26, 2015 21:12:18 GMT -5
Not to be lost in there is Basabe's excellent season, including some pretty solid HR/SLG numbers for an 18-y/o. I'm very excited to see how he handles low-A next year. If I recall correctly, at one point he had 6HR, more than all of the other 18 y/o hitters combined
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Post by brianthetaoist on Sept 27, 2015 7:49:36 GMT -5
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Post by jrffam05 on Oct 20, 2015 12:06:32 GMT -5
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Post by gerry on Oct 20, 2015 12:19:13 GMT -5
Benintendi gets best pure hitter, best pro debut (college/JC), and closest to the majors (college/JC) in BA's 2015 draft report card. He is also second for best power hitter and fourth for best athlete. This doesn't happen too often. Three former highly rated CF prospects (Rusney, Mookie, JBJ) have, this season, taken over the Sox OF. At the exact same time, two highly rated CF prospects are moving quickly through the system, the under-aged Margot and the almost fully baked Benitendi. Talk about a smorgasboard. The question is, which ones are DD thinking about when he talks about moving redundancies?
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Oct 20, 2015 13:17:44 GMT -5
Nick Hamilton should probably have been in the running (initially unintended) for fastest runner. True 80 speed. Problem is he doesn't do anything else yet.
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Post by steveofbradenton on Oct 20, 2015 13:39:08 GMT -5
Nick Hamilton should probably have been in the running (initially unintended) for fastest runner. True 80 speed. Problem is he doesn't do anything else yet. I was pleasantly surprised by his build as a 17 year old. He will be one I will be watching closely next season.
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Post by thelavarnwayguy on Oct 20, 2015 18:44:53 GMT -5
Yet he's still our #5 prospect. Just saying! And it was based on this: "Baseball America polled scouting directors and other scouting and player-development personnel from all 30 clubs to find the best players from the 2015 draft." I think scouts kind of like this guy. Are we late to the party?
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Post by jimoh on Oct 20, 2015 18:56:03 GMT -5
Yet he's still our #5 prospect. Just saying! And it was based on this: "Baseball America polled scouting directors and other scouting and player-development personnel from all 30 clubs to find the best players from the 2015 draft." I think scouts kind of like this guy. Are we late to the party? Nope. We all like him. Just like other people more.
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Post by bentossaurus on Oct 20, 2015 20:07:07 GMT -5
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Post by pedroelgrande on Dec 16, 2015 12:38:56 GMT -5
Benintendi is presented with BA's College Player of the Year at their Gala during the winter meetings: Link
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Post by voiceofreason on Dec 29, 2015 11:05:14 GMT -5
Not sure if I am late to the party with this but Benny is not someone who came out of no where and had 1 great season. Yes his freshmen year was not that impressive but he was the Rawlings National High School Player of the year. 564 ba, 12 hr. 57 rbi and 38 sb's as a senior. Seems many just overlooked him based on size. www.abca.org/awards/players_of_year/high_school That's a pretty impressive group of names, including Porcello. So that's 2 national player of the yr awards out of 3 years. And he is the Sox #4 based on this site, the future is looking bright.
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Post by mobaz on Dec 29, 2015 12:44:17 GMT -5
Not sure if I am late to the party with this but Benny is not someone who came out of no where and had 1 great season. Yes his freshmen year was not that impressive but he was the Rawlings National High School Player of the year. 564 ba, 12 hr. 57 rbi and 38 sb's as a senior. Seems many just overlooked him based on size. www.abca.org/awards/players_of_year/high_school That's a pretty impressive group of names, including Porcello. So that's 2 national player of the yr awards out of 3 years. And he is the Sox #4 based on this site, the future is looking bright. Good point, thanks for bringing this up. I was wondering this myself since he was not highly drafted out of HS but might have been intent on College and unsignable. Also, shockingly how many of those guys went on to be valuable major leaguers so far.
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Post by brendan98 on Jan 28, 2016 12:03:57 GMT -5
I don’t use comps very often, but when I do I go big or I go home. Andrew Beninitendi reminds me of Red Sox legend and Hall of Famer Carl Yazstremski. Their stature is nearly identical, the body type of a young Yaz being very similar to that of Benintendi present. I think Benintendi may be a tad more athletic than Yaz was, but I also am a little too young to remember Yaz in his early career (1960’s), with my earliest remembrance being in the early to mid 70’s (halfway into his career). Even their swings are strikingly similar, Benintendi’s swing is a little more compact than Yaz’s was, but both of them get atypical power from their relatively slight frames by using their core to generate excellent bat speed. I am by no means implying that Benintendi is on the verge of a Hall of Fame career, I realize that every players career path is unique, I can’t even say that I think Benintendi and Yaz will be the same type of player, what Yaz did in his prime (and for many years after) was impossible to project, and to predict that for Benintendi or anyone else would be foolish, and completely unfair to Benintendi. My comparison is completely based upon the size, body type, and swing similarities that I see, and while I thought the Mookie Betts comp was the best that I had seen, I also thought it was inaccurate as I see Mookie being far more of a quick twitch athlete, and having a more unique skill set.
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Post by soxfanatic on Jan 28, 2016 16:39:05 GMT -5
Ranked 5th on the OF list by MLB behind Buxton, Brinson, Mazzara and Meadows.
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Post by nomar on Jan 28, 2016 16:45:35 GMT -5
I like him more than Meadows undoubtedly.
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Post by humanbeingbean on Jan 28, 2016 16:57:10 GMT -5
I want him in Boston just to be able to buy the first "Benny Baseball" shirt the Sox produce.
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Post by James Dunne on Jan 28, 2016 17:14:47 GMT -5
Ranked 5th on the OF list by MLB behind Buxton, Brinson, Mazzara and Meadows. Would guess that puts him around #25 when the Top 100 comes out tomorrow. Next five OF: Zimmer, Frazier, Judge, Phillips, and Winker.
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Post by wcsoxfan on Jan 28, 2016 19:17:50 GMT -5
No Margot? That's surprising
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Post by ray88h66 on Jan 28, 2016 19:25:54 GMT -5
I don’t use comps very often, but when I do I go big or I go home. Andrew Beninitendi reminds me of Red Sox legend and Hall of Famer Carl Yazstremski. Their stature is nearly identical, the body type of a young Yaz being very similar to that of Benintendi present. I think Benintendi may be a tad more athletic than Yaz was, but I also am a little too young to remember Yaz in his early career (1960’s), with my earliest remembrance being in the early to mid 70’s (halfway into his career). Even their swings are strikingly similar, Benintendi’s swing is a little more compact than Yaz’s was, but both of them get atypical power from their relatively slight frames by using their core to generate excellent bat speed. I am by no means implying that Benintendi is on the verge of a Hall of Fame career, I realize that every players career path is unique, I can’t even say that I think Benintendi and Yaz will be the same type of player, what Yaz did in his prime (and for many years after) was impossible to project, and to predict that for Benintendi or anyone else would be foolish, and completely unfair to Benintendi. My comparison is completely based upon the size, body type, and swing similarities that I see, and while I thought the Mookie Betts comp was the best that I had seen, I also thought it was inaccurate as I see Mookie being far more of a quick twitch athlete, and having a more unique skill set. I see it to. The quick swing and the wrist strength are there. I wouldn't dismiss the Mookie comp stuff as quick though. I saw Yaz in his younger years and he reminds me of what a lefty Mookie might be.
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Post by James Dunne on Jan 28, 2016 19:36:08 GMT -5
No Margot? That's surprising Slightly, but he's obviously a player people have widely varying opinions of. Victor Robles is probably the most surprising omission to me there.
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Post by soxfan06 on Jan 28, 2016 19:38:51 GMT -5
No Margot? That's surprising Meanwhile BP just ranked Margot as their 14th best prospect overall.....
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Post by proudtoserve on Jan 29, 2016 5:48:43 GMT -5
I like him more than Meadows undoubtedly.
I had precisely the same flashback when in the midst of an otherwise great video clip on Benintendi (MLB attribution) we are made to understand that Benintendi was ranked second on Sox draft board behind only Dansby Swanson.....having said that, Benintendi clearly has had a fantastic start post-draft, seemingly much better than that other left handed batting/throwing outfielder we picked last year......
Nice video though....hope we nailed it with this draftpick.....
m.mlb.com/video/v539915383/top-prospects-andrew-benintendi-of-red-sox
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Post by jimed14 on Jan 29, 2016 7:50:03 GMT -5
No Margot? That's surprising Meanwhile BP just ranked Margot as their 14th best prospect overall..... Yeah, the typical prospect consensus doesn't exist here. I wouldn't be surprised if Margot drops a lot on some lists simply because the Red Sox traded him.
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