Mid-Season Rankings (by other sites)
May 24, 2016 14:33:45 GMT -5
RedSoxStats and alnipper like this
Post by okin15 on May 24, 2016 14:33:45 GMT -5
This from Law at ESPN:
espn.go.com/blog/keith-law/insider/post?id=5202
Italics are mine. Love it!
espn.go.com/blog/keith-law/insider/post?id=5202
5. Rafael Devers, 3B
Boston Red Sox
Previous rank: 7
Current level: High-A
Devers is mired in an 0-for-16 stretch as I write this, and that has pulled his season line down to .180/.268/.293. But bear in mind, he's in high-A and is still younger than the first high school player taken in last year's draft, Brendan Rodgers. Devers won't turn 20 until October.
6. Andrew Benintendi, OF
Boston Red Sox
Previous rank: 18
Current level: Double-A
Benintendi destroyed high-A pitching this spring, hitting .341/.413/.563 with 13 unintentional walks and only nine strikeouts, before a promotion to Double-A last week. He has gone 2-for-15 with 5 K's there and is officially a bust.
12. Yoan Moncada, 2B
Boston Red Sox
Previous rank: 17
Current level: High-A
Moncada, who turns 22 later this week, has been hitting in high-A this year the way, I think, the Red Sox expected him to hit last year, after they gave him one of the highest bonuses ever for an international amateur free agent. But the big surprise this season has been his 30 steals in 40 games, a big uptick over his stolen base frequency last year. The same questions remain -- how much power will he develop? Can he improve his defense enough to stay on the dirt? -- but it looks like his bat will play at any position.
22. Anderson Espinoza, RHP
Boston Red Sox
Previous rank: 38
Current level: Low-A
Espinoza hasn't dominated low-A this year, besides an 11-strikeout, five-inning outing, but that's OK because he's 18 years old and the youngest pitcher in the Sally League. (Second-youngest? His teammate, Nicaraguan right-hander Roniel Raudes.) Espinoza will flash three above-average pitches, and his delivery works well, but the Venezuelan prodigy is still somewhat raw, as you would expect of a kid the age of a typical high school senior.
Boston Red Sox
Previous rank: 7
Current level: High-A
Devers is mired in an 0-for-16 stretch as I write this, and that has pulled his season line down to .180/.268/.293. But bear in mind, he's in high-A and is still younger than the first high school player taken in last year's draft, Brendan Rodgers. Devers won't turn 20 until October.
6. Andrew Benintendi, OF
Boston Red Sox
Previous rank: 18
Current level: Double-A
Benintendi destroyed high-A pitching this spring, hitting .341/.413/.563 with 13 unintentional walks and only nine strikeouts, before a promotion to Double-A last week. He has gone 2-for-15 with 5 K's there and is officially a bust.
12. Yoan Moncada, 2B
Boston Red Sox
Previous rank: 17
Current level: High-A
Moncada, who turns 22 later this week, has been hitting in high-A this year the way, I think, the Red Sox expected him to hit last year, after they gave him one of the highest bonuses ever for an international amateur free agent. But the big surprise this season has been his 30 steals in 40 games, a big uptick over his stolen base frequency last year. The same questions remain -- how much power will he develop? Can he improve his defense enough to stay on the dirt? -- but it looks like his bat will play at any position.
22. Anderson Espinoza, RHP
Boston Red Sox
Previous rank: 38
Current level: Low-A
Espinoza hasn't dominated low-A this year, besides an 11-strikeout, five-inning outing, but that's OK because he's 18 years old and the youngest pitcher in the Sally League. (Second-youngest? His teammate, Nicaraguan right-hander Roniel Raudes.) Espinoza will flash three above-average pitches, and his delivery works well, but the Venezuelan prodigy is still somewhat raw, as you would expect of a kid the age of a typical high school senior.
