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Post by julyanmorley on Jan 23, 2024 16:57:05 GMT -5
There's a lot of margin for Teel to be a good major leaguer even with below average exit velo's
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jan 25, 2024 10:25:01 GMT -5
I'm interested in watching his defense progress. I was very surprised (shocked actually) at just how good he looked behind the plate. He also took charge from day 1.
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Post by bettsonmookie on Jan 25, 2024 21:00:16 GMT -5
The absolute floor feels like 'rich man's Reese McGuire' which if anything, is reason not to rush it unless his performance justifies the quick move.
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Post by ancientsoxfogey on Jan 25, 2024 22:14:20 GMT -5
Best outcome is he spends this year at AA and AAA. IF he continues to show that he's mastered those levels, he could conceivably get a September call-up, but only if the Sox are out of playoff contention. If they are in contention, they will probably have other needs to fill with only a couple of roster call-ups, unless McGuire is hurt.
But I'm concerned enough about Anderson/Exposito syndrome to be nervous about his offense at the beginning of the year, especially in the Portland icebox.
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Post by dirtdog on Feb 6, 2024 21:44:08 GMT -5
A little surprised Keith Law only has him as his 54th best prospect. Thought he would be a little higher.
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Post by nomar on Feb 6, 2024 23:32:14 GMT -5
A little surprised Keith Law only has him as his 54th best prospect. Thought he would be a little higher. I get that catchers are few and far between, but I still feel like it’s worth playing devils advocate in the sense that his hitting in college doesn’t spell any major confidence in him as a hitter in the MLB. We’ll see what he does this year, but being top 100 is good enough for him. No matter where you rank him, his performance this year will dictate where he goes from here.
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Post by chaimtime on Feb 7, 2024 0:39:04 GMT -5
A little surprised Keith Law only has him as his 54th best prospect. Thought he would be a little higher. I get that catchers are few and far between, but I still feel like it’s worth playing devils advocate in the sense that his hitting in college doesn’t spell any major confidence in him as a hitter in the MLB. We’ll see what he does this year, but being top 100 is good enough for him. No matter where you rank him, his performance this year will dictate where he goes from here. I don’t know, I feel like a .407 average and an 1.130 OPS as a junior in the ACC is pretty good
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Post by James Dunne on Feb 7, 2024 8:56:03 GMT -5
A little surprised Keith Law only has him as his 54th best prospect. Thought he would be a little higher. It's pretty well in line with other pubs - do you think the consensus is too low, or do you just think that Teel is someone that Law would be high on in general?
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 7, 2024 9:00:47 GMT -5
A little surprised Keith Law only has him as his 54th best prospect. Thought he would be a little higher. It's pretty well in line with other pubs - do you think the consensus is too low, or do you just think that Teel is someone that Law would be high on in general? I’m assuming the latter as Law was a big Teel guy going into the draft, IIRC.
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Post by James Dunne on Feb 7, 2024 9:16:49 GMT -5
I guess that's fair - he was sixth on Law's pre-draft rankings and is seventh among the 2023 draftees. Makes some sense that Matt Shaw would've gotten a big boost though. MLB was equally high on him into the draft, and while they've got him a few spots higher at 40, that's not really a big gap. I dunno, that feels right in range for me.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Feb 7, 2024 11:28:41 GMT -5
I attribute the ranking to the very small minor league sample to date. The 114 PAs isn't really enough to gage how a college draftee will progress at higher levels. He shot through the system to AA but that is what you'd expect from a player with his resume at his age. Pitchers have barely had time to figure him out and he's not had to adjust to potential changes in the way they approach him. This season will be the key to how the Laws of the world view him I think.
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Post by wcsoxfan on Feb 15, 2024 20:41:00 GMT -5
Fangraphs (Longerhagen and Taruken) seem to be very low on Teel's Fielding (40/50) and arm (50) compared to other publications. I've seen the strange throwing motion, but as it hasn't really hindered him so far and he's shown plus-level pop-times, I figure that's more of an aesthetic grade. I haven't heard of the issues they describe with his mechanics behind the plate and receiving - does anyone who has seen him in person have further insight? blogs.fangraphs.com/2024-top-100-prospects/
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Post by cdj on Feb 15, 2024 20:45:24 GMT -5
Oh yeah Eric well I throw a 35 on your fielding evaluation skills, check mate
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Feb 15, 2024 23:42:32 GMT -5
Fangraphs (Longerhagen and Taruken) seem to be very low on Teel's Fielding (40/50) and arm (50) compared to other publications. I've seen the strange throwing motion, but as it hasn't really hindered him so far and he's shown plus-level pop-times, I figure that's more of an aesthetic grade. I haven't heard of the issues they describe with his mechanics behind the plate and receiving - does anyone who has seen him in person have further insight? blogs.fangraphs.com/2024-top-100-prospects/ I saw him at UVA and it did look a little funky but it was effective. It was weird but kind of fun, if Longenhagen has a reason to think that’s all a hindrance I can’t say definitively that he’s wrong but it didn’t seem to hurt him at all in the few games I watched of him. Thinking a bit more on it, this is probably more psychology scouting than I feel great about doing with any sort of conviction, but as far as the behind the plate movement goes, he might just be kind of a fidgety guy? He does the Juan Soto shuffling around when he hits too, or at least did when I saw him, so maybe he just feels comfortable when he's moving around a little more. Not a bad thing to me, just an observation.
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Post by wcsoxfan on Feb 20, 2024 11:21:11 GMT -5
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Post by bishop on Feb 20, 2024 19:34:57 GMT -5
Great interview, love hearing from kids like him, Grissom, Casas etc that are thinking the game. Thought this was an interesting nugget Thinking about his strengths as a catcher (athleticism, pop times, accuracy from a non traditional slot) and how I've seen QB's develop the last decade or two (think Mahomes or Stafford normalising throwing from different angles) I fully get why national scouts like Longenhagen would question if the mechanics are repeatable on a first watch, but also really excited because pop times will be lower if you don't need to raise the pitch to your preferred arm angle, just takes a rare athlete to have the balance and arm talent he looks to have. (Tried to check out his HS football tape to see anything, but unfortunately he wasn't kidding they were run first (is that a Single Wing?) www.hudl.com/v/2McneV Can confirm the athleticism!)
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Post by bishop on Feb 20, 2024 19:39:15 GMT -5
Chris Clegg and GrandSalami were already on this stuff, and this is such a perfect angle. I do not want to hear about extraneous movement pre pitch, there is nothing wasted here LoL
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