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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 16, 2015 10:18:10 GMT -5
Any news on Andrew Benintendi? I hope he signs in the next few days so he can get started. Based on past years, it's going to be a couple weeks before he's playing. They wait for drug tests, physical results, etc. to come back before starting the higher picks. If a guy is on the Lowell roster on opening day the year he's drafted, it's usually not a great sign for the org's opinion of that player. GCL too, although in that case it's less "on the roster" than "playing in games" given how fungible the GCL roster is. There are exceptions though. Sam Travis, iirc, started really soon after opening day last year. |
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Post by nmacny on Jun 16, 2015 11:17:17 GMT -5
Any news on Andrew Benintendi? I hope he signs in the next few days so he can get started. Based on past years, it's going to be a couple weeks before he's playing. They wait for drug tests, physical results, etc. to come back before starting the higher picks. If a guy is on the Lowell roster on opening day the year he's drafted, it's usually not a great sign for the org's opinion of that player. GCL too, although in that case it's less "on the roster" than "playing in games" given how fungible the GCL roster is. There are exceptions though. Sam Travis, iirc, started really soon after opening day last year. I'm going to see Lowell play Hudson Valley (my local team) next Wednesday ... do you think I can realistically expect to see any of these 2015 draftees Chris? |
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Jun 16, 2015 11:18:02 GMT -5
Kyri did it for the love of the game. I wonder what kind of game plan they have because BA sounded like after the tenth round if they are able to grab one of tough ones they would be impressed. It struck me as curious remark. They were referring ( Valentin, Washington,Jenco,Brackman) group. If I heard them correctly , I should listen again if they got Allen done they may not be able to get those guys. Personally I think BA is. Overpricing those guys. We will see. That's one thing I feel they been aggressive trying to get the tough ones done. Tony Mazz questioned the drafting but they are rated top notch plus the ones they don't sign are top picks. I don't think Tony realizes except the last two years we don't draft high at all and it's hard as hell to hit at those picks. Plus he didn't even mention the international prospects. I think Theo's last years plus Mcloud's last couple of drafts were not at high quality. Also let's not forget the change in bonus money now. When this happened the Cubs were bottoming out so they got the top pick with the most bonus money. It is still not easy but it helps. These are things Tony Mazz never brings up and it pisses me off . I have issue with the FO but you have to be fair too when criticizing them. Tony Mazz just throws stuff out there without any factual basis and he has little to no credability. Last week he was "just saying" that it seems kinda fishy that Benintendi went from 1 Hr in 2014 to 20 Hrs in 2015. I would not consider him to be a credible source or qualified to comment on quality of the Red Sox draft. He is another reason to avoid turning the dial to 98.5 FM. |
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Post by Mike Andrews on Jun 16, 2015 11:45:24 GMT -5
Any news on Andrew Benintendi? I hope he signs in the next few days so he can get started. Based on past years, it's going to be a couple weeks before he's playing. They wait for drug tests, physical results, etc. to come back before starting the higher picks. If a guy is on the Lowell roster on opening day the year he's drafted, it's usually not a great sign for the org's opinion of that player. GCL too, although in that case it's less "on the roster" than "playing in games" given how fungible the GCL roster is. There are exceptions though. Sam Travis, iirc, started really soon after opening day last year. The top 200 prospects get pre-draft medical and drug testing. |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 16, 2015 11:56:40 GMT -5
Based on past years, it's going to be a couple weeks before he's playing. They wait for drug tests, physical results, etc. to come back before starting the higher picks. If a guy is on the Lowell roster on opening day the year he's drafted, it's usually not a great sign for the org's opinion of that player. GCL too, although in that case it's less "on the roster" than "playing in games" given how fungible the GCL roster is. There are exceptions though. Sam Travis, iirc, started really soon after opening day last year. The top 200 prospects get pre-draft medical and drug testing. Forgot about that. And I guess, now that I think about it, that they haven't really had many highly rated college position players recently. Last time before Travis would've been Marrero in 2012, and he played pretty quickly too. So yeah, scratch that on college position players. Point stands on pitchers and high school position players. |
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Post by sammo420 on Jun 16, 2015 12:05:25 GMT -5
Based on past years, it's going to be a couple weeks before he's playing. They wait for drug tests, physical results, etc. to come back before starting the higher picks. If a guy is on the Lowell roster on opening day the year he's drafted, it's usually not a great sign for the org's opinion of that player. GCL too, although in that case it's less "on the roster" than "playing in games" given how fungible the GCL roster is. There are exceptions though. Sam Travis, iirc, started really soon after opening day last year. The top 200 prospects get pre-draft medical and drug testing. Yeah, but don't teams do their own, too? I thought all this Aiken stuff with Houston was posturing of some sort because he had a pre-draft physical and the stuff still hit the fan on that one. |
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Post by bluechip on Jun 16, 2015 12:41:51 GMT -5
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Post by alnipper on Jun 16, 2015 13:46:09 GMT -5
Any news on Andrew Benintendi? I hope he signs in the next few days so he can get started. Based on past years, it's going to be a couple weeks before he's playing. They wait for drug tests, physical results, etc. to come back before starting the higher picks. If a guy is on the Lowell roster on opening day the year he's drafted, it's usually not a great sign for the org's opinion of that player. GCL too, although in that case it's less "on the roster" than "playing in games" given how fungible the GCL roster is. There are exceptions though. Sam Travis, iirc, started really soon after opening day last year. Some of these players will come out of camp late, because of the transition to wood bats. Benintendi might get a later start to a minor league club, and assigned to lower level than expected at first. |
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Post by iakovos11 on Jun 16, 2015 14:03:51 GMT -5
Lower than what Al? He's certainly not going to be assigned to the GCL. I don't think people are really expecting an initial assignment to Greenville.
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Post by amfox1 on Jun 16, 2015 14:23:28 GMT -5
Logan Boyd will be assigned to Lowell, according to a family member.
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Post by homerdante on Jun 16, 2015 14:30:53 GMT -5
Is there a reason why we don't have a signings thread this year? Too hard to police or something? We've got many credible seeming posts in this thread about signings, I'd love to see a front page with a list compiled with highlighted signs, etc.
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Post by iakovos11 on Jun 16, 2015 14:58:29 GMT -5
Logan Boyd will be assigned to Lowell, according to a family member. This is interesting if true. Typically the HS guys go to the GCL, right? |
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jun 16, 2015 15:00:16 GMT -5
Logan Boyd will be assigned to Lowell, according to a family member. This is interesting if true. Typically the HS guys go to the GCL, right? Think you are confusing Boyd (Sam Houston State LHP) with Logan Allen (HS LHP). |
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Post by iakovos11 on Jun 16, 2015 15:02:10 GMT -5
DOH!! My bad. Too many Logans
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Post by soxfanatic on Jun 16, 2015 15:06:41 GMT -5
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Post by jimed14 on Jun 16, 2015 15:09:31 GMT -5
offtopic, but what can't Fenway make that darn cable holding the net up a little less obtrusive? Last time I was at Fenway, I thought I had awesome seats behind home plate and then I saw that thing that was basically blocking my view of the pitcher.
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Post by James Dunne on Jun 16, 2015 15:11:51 GMT -5
DOH!! My bad. Too many Logans And think of the confusion when they fly into Logan. |
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Post by texs31 on Jun 16, 2015 15:35:45 GMT -5
Is it me or does it look like Allen could be related to Farrell??
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Post by juanpena on Jun 16, 2015 15:46:06 GMT -5
Is it me or does it look like Allen could be related to Farrell?? Yes, he does have the same square jaw. Of course he's smiling, and Farrell hasn't had reason to smile since 2013. |
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Post by johnsilver52 on Jun 16, 2015 16:19:22 GMT -5
Kyri did it for the love of the game. I wonder what kind of game plan they have because BA sounded like after the tenth round if they are able to grab one of tough ones they would be impressed. It struck me as curious remark. They were referring ( Valentin, Washington,Jenco,Brackman) group. If I heard them correctly , I should listen again if they got Allen done they may not be able to get those guys. Personally I think BA is. Overpricing those guys. We will see. That's one thing I feel they been aggressive trying to get the tough ones done. Tony Mazz questioned the drafting but they are rated top notch plus the ones they don't sign are top picks. I don't think Tony realizes except the last two years we don't draft high at all and it's hard as hell to hit at those picks. Plus he didn't even mention the international prospects. I think Theo's last years plus Mcloud's last couple of drafts were not at high quality. Also let's not forget the change in bonus money now. When this happened the Cubs were bottoming out so they got the top pick with the most bonus money. It is still not easy but it helps. These are things Tony Mazz never brings up and it pisses me off . I have issue with the FO but you have to be fair too when criticizing them. Tony Mazz just throws stuff out there without any factual basis and he has little to no credability. Last week he was "just saying" that it seems kinda fishy that Benintendi went from 1 Hr in 2014 to 20 Hrs in 2015. I would not consider him to be a credible source or qualified to comment on quality of the Red Sox draft. He is another reason to avoid turning the dial to 98.5 FM. Shaughnessy without the curls, only difference is he doesn't write columns insulting everyone and making a nuisance of himself. |
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Post by kman22 on Jun 16, 2015 16:30:36 GMT -5
Tony Mazz just throws stuff out there without any factual basis and he has little to no credability. Last week he was "just saying" that it seems kinda fishy that Benintendi went from 1 Hr in 2014 to 20 Hrs in 2015. I would not consider him to be a credible source or qualified to comment on quality of the Red Sox draft. He is another reason to avoid turning the dial to 98.5 FM. Shaughnessy without the curls, only difference is he doesn't write columns insulting everyone and making a nuisance of himself. Instead he has Felger and a TV show for that. |
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Post by grandsalami on Jun 16, 2015 20:18:39 GMT -5
So do the sox usually announce their signings in bunches? MLB draft tracker shows no "official" signings
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Jun 16, 2015 20:30:24 GMT -5
Alex Young looking really solid for TCU. 11Ks in 5 innings. Hoping we hold onto more picks next year. Lots of great players still available at the beginning of that second round.
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Post by rpiguy on Jun 16, 2015 21:20:06 GMT -5
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Post by rpiguy on Jun 16, 2015 21:34:24 GMT -5
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