3 up - 3 down - 3 just right

Dalbec is older than Chavis, and generally had higher K rates in the minors than Chavis, and I have never quite understood what there is to be excited about there. What is the reason to think he has more offensive upside than Chavis?

I’ll play

Up
1) Aldo Ramirez. Except for Groome, he was the prospect I most wanted to follow in 2020. Not that I’ve seen him, but read his write up here. He’s got a chance to be the best pitcher that is currently in the system. Anybody wants on his bandwagon, come onboard with me.  
2) Groome. Like Philsbosoxfan, I think he’s going to be healthy and eventually very good.
3) Connor Wong. It feels like he should be ranked higher, but again, I haven’t seen him play. Love that he’s versatile enough to catch and play infield.


Down
1) Casas. I don’t know, I guess I’m scared that he’ll be Middlebooks so I refuse to get too excited.
2) Nick Yorke. I was critical of drafting him. I will be thrilled to be wrong.
3) Don’t have a third. Would be making stuff up just to post.

Right

1) Noah Song. I believe he will be as good as we’d hoped. He will be the definition of a low mileage arm.
2) Houck. I think he’ll provide some decent value to the big club. I’d like to see him pitch as soon as possible in Boston.
3) Jarred Duran. You can’t coach speed. Fast guys are fun to watch.


Final thought...I hadn’t realized Feltman has fallen to 28. I hope he finds himself on the mound. It seemed like the upside was so high for a guy who is barely top 30 in the system now.

Roughly similarish hit tool, better power, much better defense, much better arm, much better injury history.

Dalbec brought his strikeout percentage down last year to about where Chavis had been, around 20-25%. Presuming that's real and not a one-year statistical blip, there really wouldn't be anything that Chavis does better than Dalbec, and the latter is a far superior defender (although I'm not sure he'll be the above-average 3B he looked like he might be in 2018). He walks more, has true plus power compared to Chavis's above-average, maybe 65 power. Doesn't have Chavis' injury history.

This is to say that these are pluses to Dalbec, not necessarily negatives to Chavis. But yeah, Dalbec bringing his K rate down from like 35% to 25% last year was absolutely huge.

That depend on how you look at it. Chavis was from high school, Dalbec college. Chavis came into the system two years before Dalbec so in terms of service time and level, Dalbec is a year ahead of Chavis.

Both ways are generally what you would expect college vs high school. Nothing to look at here.

One other factor not mentioned by Chris, neither is likely to be the Sox third baseman, first base is the key and Dalbec has a huge height advantage there. Otherwise, Chris' post is my thought to a tee.

May be a moot point.  To me Chavis is one of the most likely pieces Bloom will trade.  His skills are easily replaceable within the existing roster (i.e. Dalbec and/or Casas) and has more years of service time making him the more expensive option.

Presumably, teams would be trading for a second baseman.