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Post by Jimmy on Aug 4, 2023 17:47:05 GMT -5
If Garcia and Cespedes continue their ascent this is going to be a stellar farm
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Post by bosoxnation on Aug 4, 2023 19:24:49 GMT -5
If Garcia and Cespedes continue their ascent this is going to be a stellar farm I think were already stellar. They are icing on the cake.
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Post by wcsoxfan on Aug 4, 2023 23:06:28 GMT -5
I'll echo some others thoughts, a bit surprised Bleis is still above Rafaela. Guess I look at it as if a trade was on the table and the other team said we want Bleis or Rafaela I'd deal Bleis and not think twice. I'm also no scout and I know Bleis has all the tools in the world but he's so far away that he can still flame out and never make it whereas Rafaela seems about as safe a bet as anyone in the system to be a valuable ML player. Certainly agree with this. Given Bleis' struggles against breaking balls and high K-rates in both the FCL (26.9%; 28th percentile among qualified hitters) and the Carolina League (26.8%; 35th percentile) it seems there is a realistic (although unlikely) chance he doesn't make the high minors. In my mind he's still a 2-8 mound of clay waiting to be shaped. Although interestingly enough, his ceiling was dropped from an 8 to a 7 this month and he now sits at 3-7.
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Post by crossedsabres8 on Aug 4, 2023 23:08:52 GMT -5
What would happen in the last month to put Rafaela ahead of Bleis? Bleis is still out for the year, Rafaela is still hitting like he's twice his size and swinging at everything. If you think Rafaela should've been ahead of Bleis now you probably also thought that a month ago, and vice versa. I don't think anything has really changed on that front. I have to say, Rafaela's batting line of .343/.402/.696 in AAA over the last month has put a dent in my skepticism of his offensive potential. Not to say I'd move him ahead of Bleis necessarily, but I wouldn't exactly say nothing's changed either - he's dominating at the penultimate level of professional baseball. I think everyone already knew Rafaela was capable of this though, he did the same thing in AA last year. It's not like his discipline has dramatically improved over the last month which is what I think most "doubters" are looking for He has one significant deficiency in chasing too much and nothing happened over the last month to change that. The question is still "Can he be an impact hitter with his batting profile"
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 4, 2023 23:42:04 GMT -5
This is a wow strong system.
The two biggest general gains are at catcher (Teel, Garcia) and starting pitching (Perales, Gonzalez)
If Rafaela continues his torrid pace through August, it's going to difficult to justify not having him as our top prospect in the September rankings.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 5, 2023 0:21:23 GMT -5
It's interesting how suddenly the system that coukdnt develop a catcher for awhile suddenly has legit catching prospects.
They have their heir apparent in Teel who will probably be up by 2026 if not a little sooner.
They have an interesting catching prospect in Brannon who if drafted in the past 5 -7 years would have easily ranked as the top catching prospect but he's a distant 3rd.
Then there's Jonafran Garcia who might have the highest ceiling of them all. Could make for an interesting battle with Teel at some point down the road. Teel is about 3 - 4 years older I think? So maybe there will be a 2 to 3 year gap in the time Teel is the catcher before Garcia starts knocking down the door presenting an interesting scenario?
And this isnt even including Hickey who might well be a legit major league hitter but probably doesnt have major league catching credentials. In a way he is kind of a Lavarnway, although maybe he can be a backuo catcher who can spell Casas at 1b or get some DH ABs down the road?
And Cespedes' emergence potentially gives the Red Sox a promising future OF trio of Cespedes, Bleis, and Anthony on about 5 years although Anthony should be coming on sooner than that.
And I couldn't even tell you where Zanatello winds up defensively.
They have some seriously interesting long term prospects to follow. Sure there will a good deal of attrition but I dont remember where there are so many guys who can seriously pop. And I didnt even mention Antonio Anderson who is quite interesting too. At some point somebody is going to have to be the 3b that moves Devers over to DH where he belongs (once Yoshida is done with the DH role)
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 5, 2023 0:34:22 GMT -5
It's interesting how suddenly the system that coukdnt develop a catcher for awhile suddenly has legit catching prospects. They have their heir apparent in Teel who will probably be up by 2026 if not a little sooner. They have an interesting catching prospect in Brannon who if drafted in the past 5 -7 years would have easily ranked as the top catching prospect but he's a distant 3rd. Then there's Jonafran Garcia who might have the highest ceiling of them all. Could make for an interesting battle with Teel at some point down the road. Teel is about 3 - 4 years older I think? So maybe there will be a 2 to 3 year gap in the time Teel is the catcher before Garcia starts knocking down the door presenting an interesting scenario? And this isnt even including Hickey who might well be a legit major league hitter but probably doesnt have major league catching credentials. In a way he is kind of a Lavarnway, although maybe he can be a backuo catcher who can spell Casas at 1b or get some DH ABs down the road? And Cespedes' emergence potentially gives the Red Sox a promising future OF trio of Cespedes, Bleis, and Anthony on about 5 years although Anthony should be coming on sooner than that. And I couldn't even tell you where Zanatello winds up defensively. They have some seriously interesting long term prospects to follow. Sure there will a good deal of attrition but I dont remember where there are so many guys who can seriously pop. And I didnt even mention Antonio Anderson who is quite interesting too. At some point somebody is going to have to be the 3b that moves Devers over to DH where he belongs (once Yoshida is done with the DH role) I'm not sure why they would move Cespades off shortstop.
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Post by bosoxnation on Aug 5, 2023 3:22:53 GMT -5
Honest question. Is this the best our farm has ever been?
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 5, 2023 3:55:57 GMT -5
Honest question. Is this the best our farm has ever been? That's opinion but for me, it will be with a little time. I thought the best it's been was just prior to the Sale trade.
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Post by ematz1423 on Aug 5, 2023 5:35:08 GMT -5
Honest question. Is this the best our farm has ever been? Perusing through the historical rankings page on the site. May be easy to say with the power of hindsight but it's really hard to beat the 2015-2016 org. 2016 you had Moncada, rafi, Espinoza, beni and kopech in the top 5. Espinoza didn't pan out but the rest all have become at least solid ML players and at that time were all top 100 prospects if memory serves right. But the way the farm seems on the upswing right now it certainly could end up being about as strong as any sox farm system in recent memory. That's the hope anyway.
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Post by incandenza on Aug 5, 2023 6:12:23 GMT -5
I have to say, Rafaela's batting line of .343/.402/.696 in AAA over the last month has put a dent in my skepticism of his offensive potential. Not to say I'd move him ahead of Bleis necessarily, but I wouldn't exactly say nothing's changed either - he's dominating at the penultimate level of professional baseball. I think everyone already knew Rafaela was capable of this though, he did the same thing in AA last year. It's not like his discipline has dramatically improved over the last month which is what I think most "doubters" are looking for He has one significant deficiency in chasing too much and nothing happened over the last month to change that. The question is still "Can he be an impact hitter with his batting profile" I think you're thinking of how he did in Greenville last year? He had a 156 wRC+ there, but only 119 in Portland. He's at 152 in Worcester, and for me there's a pretty big difference between doing that at high-A and doing it at triple-A.
As a mild doubter myself, I've been looking for him to correct his deficiency - but also looking to see if he could overcome his deficiency. Even if he hasn't done the former, the evidence is mounting that he can do the latter.
Or at a minimum you could say this: if the plate approach were going to do him in, he might have hit that wall when he started facing AAA-caliber pitchers. So far that hasn't happened. That's one more hurdle cleared at least.
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Post by nonothing on Aug 5, 2023 6:41:49 GMT -5
Here's the thing. Yorke HAS to hit. Arguably has to be a plus hitter. And while the slash line is solid, his in-zone whiff rate (among the highest in the system believe it or not) and the accompanying reports indicate some issues below the surface that I, at least, worry about moving up. Rafaela, OTOH, brings defense and speed to the table. How much does he need to hit to be, say, Harrison Bader? I think it's close and there's a big gap between them and Bleis. I wouldn't quibble with preferring Yorke (James does). Just saying the argument for Rafaela at 3. Honestly, if Anthony starts lifting the ball he probably passes both. So just looking at this and wondering why Yorke is so high given your quote above. I am happy people rank him highly because it improves his trade value, but I really don't understand. Yorke has solid, but unexceptional stats in AA. Like Meidroth, he is a 2B limited defender, who isn't a very good fielder. Is Yorke actually better than LHH Valdez? I haven't seen Yorke in person, but is the defensive value above Valdez, or is Valdez Yorke's ceiling (org depth offense-first 2B where a good number of teams won't be willing to tolerate the glove for the bat -- with inferior handedness at the plate to an LHH of this sort?) There are always inconsistencies in rankings to a certain extent because it is hard to decide how much of a ranking relates to floor vs ceiling and how much nearness to MLB should impact. But if Bleis is above Rafaela (who it seems should have to be 1 or 2 given combo of talent and proximity to MLB - with only Mayer one level behind making that call tough), why aren't Gonzalez, Perales and Zanetello all above Yorke? And just for 2B guys in general -- basically every guy who is a SS is of more value as a utility player than a 2B. So why is Bonaci behind Romero? Maybe Bonaci is a level behind Yorke, so maybe if you ranked Rafaela ahead of Bleis, I would understand Yorke ahead of Bonaci. But if Bleis (bottom of minors and injured, so not moving ahead this yr) is ahead of an uber athletic defensive wizard in AAA who is tearing up AAA pitching, why would upside limited players like Yorke and Romero rank so highly? Romero isn't doing anything to make himself look like a high end prospect. It seems like it's because Yorke and Romero were first round picks, they get a bit of a bye on tools/performance. Hickey might really be a better catching prospect than Yorke is 2B, given all the SS that can play 2B. I am not saying I am right here, but I am curious re: the thinking on defensively limited players. I would think they need to be Plus or better hit and power if the defense is neither strong nor versatile, especially where the arm is also not great. How do you guys consider these types vs the very high upside 5-tool position players and the exceptional "stuff," but still developing/unrefined pitchers? High ranking of offense first catchers like Garcia, especially in light of Hickey's placement well below Yorke at a tougher defensive position, though Hickey is hitting better in AA and could potentially play another position, also seems to fit here. It seems the front office has begun pivoting from high-end HS bat-to-ball without other loud tools toward much more 5 tool potential type guys, which I think is also informative re: their internal valuation of their number of defensively limited bat-to-ball guys in minors, and I think the excitement of many here over new ratings is highly related to the number of high multi-tool guys in the system, which looks quite a bit better year over year, in addition to the catching depth others have mentioned. Thanks for considering the question.
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Post by nonothing on Aug 5, 2023 7:22:01 GMT -5
Also interesting that Blalock slotted in at #15 for Milwaukee system, whereas for us, maybe he would have been around 30?
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 5, 2023 7:30:07 GMT -5
Here's the thing. Yorke HAS to hit. Arguably has to be a plus hitter. And while the slash line is solid, his in-zone whiff rate (among the highest in the system believe it or not) and the accompanying reports indicate some issues below the surface that I, at least, worry about moving up. Rafaela, OTOH, brings defense and speed to the table. How much does he need to hit to be, say, Harrison Bader? I think it's close and there's a big gap between them and Bleis. I wouldn't quibble with preferring Yorke (James does). Just saying the argument for Rafaela at 3. Honestly, if Anthony starts lifting the ball he probably passes both. So just looking at this and wondering why Yorke is so high given your quote above. I am happy people rank him highly because it improves his trade value, but I really don't understand. Yorke has solid, but unexceptional stats in AA. Like Meidroth, he is a 2B limited defender, who isn't a very good fielder. Is Yorke actually better than LHH Valdez? I haven't seen Yorke in person, but is the defensive value above Valdez, or is Valdez Yorke's ceiling (org depth offense-first 2B where a good number of teams won't be willing to tolerate the glove for the bat -- with inferior handedness at the plate to an LHH of this sort?) There are always inconsistencies in rankings to a certain extent because it is hard to decide how much of a ranking relates to floor vs ceiling and how much nearness to MLB should impact. But if Bleis is above Rafaela (who it seems should have to be 1 or 2 given combo of talent and proximity to MLB - with only Mayer one level behind making that call tough), why aren't Gonzalez, Perales and Zanetello all above Yorke? And just for 2B guys in general -- basically every guy who is a SS is of more value as a utility player than a 2B. So why is Bonaci behind Romero? Maybe Bonaci is a level behind Yorke, so maybe if you ranked Rafaela ahead of Bleis, I would understand Yorke ahead of Bonaci. But if Bleis (bottom of minors and injured, so not moving ahead this yr) is ahead of an uber athletic defensive wizard in AAA who is tearing up AAA pitching, why would upside limited players like Yorke and Romero rank so highly? Romero isn't doing anything to make himself look like a high end prospect. It seems like it's because Yorke and Romero were first round picks, they get a bit of a bye on tools/performance. Hickey might really be a better catching prospect than Yorke is 2B, given all the SS that can play 2B. I am not saying I am right here, but I am curious re: the thinking on defensively limited players. I would think they need to be Plus or better hit and power if the defense is neither strong nor versatile, especially where the arm is also not great. How do you guys consider these types vs the very high upside 5-tool position players and the exceptional "stuff," but still developing/unrefined pitchers? High ranking of offense first catchers like Garcia, especially in light of Hickey's placement well below Yorke at a tougher defensive position, though Hickey is hitting better in AA and could potentially play another position, also seems to fit here. It seems the front office has begun pivoting from high-end HS bat-to-ball without other loud tools toward much more 5 tool potential type guys, which I think is also informative re: their internal valuation of their number of defensively limited bat-to-ball guys in minors, and I think the excitement of many here over new ratings is highly related to the number of high multi-tool guys in the system, which looks quite a bit better year over year, in addition to the catching depth others have mentioned. Thanks for considering the question. The question wasn't to me and I don't know the answers to your questions but I wanted to make one comment. Valdez' defensive ceiling is lower than Yorke's present defense. I doubt if Yorke will ever be a plus defender but average defender seems highly likely. Valdez pretty much has no shot at that. You want a comp. ? Think Ian Kinsler. Yorke is likely going to be a major league regular but, 2B only, I doubt if that will be with the Red Sox.
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Post by incandenza on Aug 5, 2023 7:40:00 GMT -5
I keep thinking Dan Uggla as a Yorke comp: only a 109 wRC+ (.241/.336/.447) and bad second base defense (-64 DRS in his career), but that was still good enough for a 23 WAR career. The offensive bar just isn't that high at second base.
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Post by cdj on Aug 5, 2023 7:50:22 GMT -5
Yeah and honestly every report of Yorke’s defense I’ve seen leads me to believe he’s not as big of a butcher as ppl like Keith law claimed when he was drafted. Seems like he’s an ok defender at present.
Mayer Anthony Cedanne Yorke Bleis
Is I think how i would go for the top 5, at least until I see Teel do it. I got Bleis at 5 due to the serious shoulder injury and hit tool questions
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Aug 5, 2023 8:10:03 GMT -5
Honest question. Is this the best our farm has ever been? Not even close to the 2015 system. It was the best in baseball at that point.
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Post by incandenza on Aug 5, 2023 8:13:10 GMT -5
Honest question. Is this the best our farm has ever been? Not even close to the 2015 system. It was the best in baseball at that point. It's pretty wild that that was after they graduated Bettts, Bogaerts, and JBJ. Guess that's how you build a 108-game winner...
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 5, 2023 8:23:58 GMT -5
It's interesting how suddenly the system that coukdnt develop a catcher for awhile suddenly has legit catching prospects. They have their heir apparent in Teel who will probably be up by 2026 if not a little sooner. They have an interesting catching prospect in Brannon who if drafted in the past 5 -7 years would have easily ranked as the top catching prospect but he's a distant 3rd. Then there's Jonafran Garcia who might have the highest ceiling of them all. Could make for an interesting battle with Teel at some point down the road. Teel is about 3 - 4 years older I think? So maybe there will be a 2 to 3 year gap in the time Teel is the catcher before Garcia starts knocking down the door presenting an interesting scenario? And this isnt even including Hickey who might well be a legit major league hitter but probably doesnt have major league catching credentials. In a way he is kind of a Lavarnway, although maybe he can be a backuo catcher who can spell Casas at 1b or get some DH ABs down the road? And Cespedes' emergence potentially gives the Red Sox a promising future OF trio of Cespedes, Bleis, and Anthony on about 5 years although Anthony should be coming on sooner than that. And I couldn't even tell you where Zanatello winds up defensively. They have some seriously interesting long term prospects to follow. Sure there will a good deal of attrition but I dont remember where there are so many guys who can seriously pop. And I didnt even mention Antonio Anderson who is quite interesting too. At some point somebody is going to have to be the 3b that moves Devers over to DH where he belongs (once Yoshida is done with the DH role) I'm not sure why they would move Cespades off shortstop. I thought Cespedes was an outfielder. My bad. Maybe Nazzan winds up the outfielder instead. They all can't play SS.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 5, 2023 8:49:31 GMT -5
Honest question. Is this the best our farm has ever been? Probably not as far as we know. The late 1930s had Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr. Dom DMaggio, and Johnny Pesky. Doubt any of the hitters coming up are Ted Williams. Look up the 1967 Red Sox team. Mostly homegrown, a core that featured Jim Lonborg. Rico Petrocelli, George Scott, Reggie Smith, Mike Andrews, Joe Foy, and Tony Conigliaro to name most of the core, lead by a guy who graduated a little sooner. Carl Yastrzemski. They even had a very young Ken Brett and a young Sparky Lyle. The 1975 core was homegrown and featured a memorable outfield trio of Jim Rice, Fred Lynn, and Dwight Evan's. This doesnt even include guys not good enough for their OF that excelled elsewhere like the Juan Beniquez, Rick Miller and the traded away Ben Oglivie. They had also graduated Cecil Cooper, Rick Burleson, and before that Carlton Fisk and before that Bill Lee. Eventually Bob Stanley, Don Aase and Butch Hobson were added. The Sox by the early to mid 80s graduated John Tudor. Bruce Hurst, Bob Ojeda, Rich Gedman, Oil Can Boyd, Marty Barrett, and a couple of all-timers in Wade Boggs and Roger Clemens. The Sox eventually added Mike Greenwell and Ellis Burks. The system was kind of shallow for awhile after although it did produce Mo Vaughn, John Valentin and Nomar, and Trot Nixon during the 90s. I think the next time the system was pretty damn good was about 18 years ago when it had Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Hanley Ramirez, Anibal Sanchez, Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, Justin Masterson, and had graduated Kevin Youkilis a little earlier. A lot of those guys were part of the 2007 and 2013 core. Then about 5 - 10 years later or so the system had Mookie Betts. Xander Bogaerts, Christian Vazquez, JBJ, Matt Barnes, Moncada, Kopech, Andrew Benitendi, and Raffy Devers on it, which helped form the core of the 2018 Red Sox. I'm encouraged by what they have in the system, but best of all time? Against a system that has developed Ted Williams or Roger Clemens or many other all stars and award winners and league leaders? Way to early to say. Not too early to be excited or encouraged.
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Post by maxwellsdemon on Aug 5, 2023 9:11:00 GMT -5
In 5 years Ceddanne Rafaela will be 27/28 and yet some already have him bumped out of the outfield even though he has accomplished more than anyone else in the system at this moment. You all realize that he is just improving his chase rate away from being as close to Mookie as we are likely to see anytime soon? He has the the glove (maybe even better and can legit play SS), he has the arm, his speed is equal to or better and his base running instinct appear to be on par. Powere is arguably in the neighborhood so it comes down to bat to ball (somewhat) and selectivity where Betts has a major advantage. Yes I have been on Ceddanne's bandwagon forever and I'm not saying he is Mookie Betts but in the 3 non hitting tools he is *at least* equal to him, in power he is close and in hit tool he has seemed to be able to largely overcome his weakness if not correct it. Not expecting everyone to be the fanboy I am, but the discounting of his talent by willingness, nay eagerness, to trade him or ignore him is very surprising.
ETA: Mods feel free to move this post to the Ceddanne Rafaela thread.
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Post by steveofbradenton on Aug 5, 2023 10:26:33 GMT -5
Honest question. Is this the best our farm has ever been? Not even close to the 2015 system. It was the best in baseball at that point. Agree. I immediately thought of Moncada, etc. We all though Moncada was destined for stardom.
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Post by steveofbradenton on Aug 5, 2023 10:28:45 GMT -5
I like the new rankings but I would like to see Gonzalez perform like this for another 6-weeks before I'm sold on him. Great stuff, but too inconsistent (until now?).
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Aug 5, 2023 10:40:31 GMT -5
Yeah, 2013-16 is kind of the gold standard for the system during this site's existence. In the 2015-16 offseason they had the top two prospects in the game in Benintendi and Moncada. Next would probably put the system post-2005 draft so like 2005-2007 or 2008. Maybe this system is after it.
It's a good system but I don't think it's quite approaching either of those points yet.
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Post by nonothing on Aug 5, 2023 11:12:26 GMT -5
So just looking at this and wondering why Yorke is so high given your quote above. I am happy people rank him highly because it improves his trade value, but I really don't understand. Yorke has solid, but unexceptional stats in AA. Like Meidroth, he is a 2B limited defender, who isn't a very good fielder. Is Yorke actually better than LHH Valdez? I haven't seen Yorke in person, but is the defensive value above Valdez, or is Valdez Yorke's ceiling (org depth offense-first 2B where a good number of teams won't be willing to tolerate the glove for the bat -- with inferior handedness at the plate to an LHH of this sort?) There are always inconsistencies in rankings to a certain extent because it is hard to decide how much of a ranking relates to floor vs ceiling and how much nearness to MLB should impact. But if Bleis is above Rafaela (who it seems should have to be 1 or 2 given combo of talent and proximity to MLB - with only Mayer one level behind making that call tough), why aren't Gonzalez, Perales and Zanetello all above Yorke? And just for 2B guys in general -- basically every guy who is a SS is of more value as a utility player than a 2B. So why is Bonaci behind Romero? Maybe Bonaci is a level behind Yorke, so maybe if you ranked Rafaela ahead of Bleis, I would understand Yorke ahead of Bonaci. But if Bleis (bottom of minors and injured, so not moving ahead this yr) is ahead of an uber athletic defensive wizard in AAA who is tearing up AAA pitching, why would upside limited players like Yorke and Romero rank so highly? Romero isn't doing anything to make himself look like a high end prospect. It seems like it's because Yorke and Romero were first round picks, they get a bit of a bye on tools/performance. Hickey might really be a better catching prospect than Yorke is 2B, given all the SS that can play 2B. I am not saying I am right here, but I am curious re: the thinking on defensively limited players. I would think they need to be Plus or better hit and power if the defense is neither strong nor versatile, especially where the arm is also not great. How do you guys consider these types vs the very high upside 5-tool position players and the exceptional "stuff," but still developing/unrefined pitchers? High ranking of offense first catchers like Garcia, especially in light of Hickey's placement well below Yorke at a tougher defensive position, though Hickey is hitting better in AA and could potentially play another position, also seems to fit here. It seems the front office has begun pivoting from high-end HS bat-to-ball without other loud tools toward much more 5 tool potential type guys, which I think is also informative re: their internal valuation of their number of defensively limited bat-to-ball guys in minors, and I think the excitement of many here over new ratings is highly related to the number of high multi-tool guys in the system, which looks quite a bit better year over year, in addition to the catching depth others have mentioned. Thanks for considering the question. The question wasn't to me and I don't know the answers to your questions but I wanted to make one comment. Valdez' defensive ceiling is lower than Yorke's present defense. I doubt if Yorke will ever be a plus defender but average defender seems highly likely. Valdez pretty much has no shot at that. You want a comp. ? Think Ian Kinsler. Yorke is likely going to be a major league regular but, 2B only, I doubt if that will be with the Red Sox. Ian Kinsler won 2x gold gloves. Doesn't seem like the right comp.
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