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Post by fernburger7 on Feb 14, 2024 16:03:59 GMT -5
Really fantastic piece and a ton of work I am sure. Huge thanks to Ian. I wonder how this compares to international signing resources, where, I think the team has been a little more aggressive, but not significantly so. On the one hand this could be attributed to extreme TNSTAAPP but it could also be attributed to taking the Best Player Available™️ (the great thing with baseball this may not literally be the best player, but may be the most signable player to save for overslot later). It would also be easy to compare this to the Patriots move away from drafting offensive skill players, but I think it is more a strategy to have cost-controlled players in as many spots as possible, then splurging on two or three pitchers and two superstars. We haven’t seen it yet, but I truly believe this is where we are headed in the next three years. Build the core from within, then add shiny pieces to put them over the top. Pulling the last 5 years of international FA's from Soxprospects, the Sox have put less than a quarter of their money towards pitching with the highest bonus being Chih-Jung Lui (750K). Total signings has them signing roughly 48% pitchers so nothing that seems significant on the volume side.
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Post by nomar on Feb 14, 2024 17:15:37 GMT -5
Really fantastic piece and a ton of work I am sure. Huge thanks to Ian. I wonder how this compares to international signing resources, where, I think the team has been a little more aggressive, but not significantly so. On the one hand this could be attributed to extreme TNSTAAPP but it could also be attributed to taking the Best Player Available™️ (the great thing with baseball this may not literally be the best player, but may be the most signable player to save for overslot later). It would also be easy to compare this to the Patriots move away from drafting offensive skill players, but I think it is more a strategy to have cost-controlled players in as many spots as possible, then splurging on two or three pitchers and two superstars. We haven’t seen it yet, but I truly believe this is where we are headed in the next three years. Build the core from within, then add shiny pieces to put them over the top. Pulling the last 5 years of international FA's from Soxprospects, the Sox have put less than a quarter of their money towards pitching with the highest bonus being Chih-Jung Lui (750K). Total signings has them signing roughly 48% pitchers so nothing that seems significant on the volume side. Per MLB.com, 2 of this years Top 50 IFA are pitchers. Last year 6 were. It’s so hard to project pitchers when they’re that young. I don’t think the Red Sox have allotted their money disproportionately if you were to compare to other orgs.
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