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Post by Chris Hatfield on Dec 12, 2019 13:13:14 GMT -5
Adderall probably.
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Post by hanleybeingmanny on Dec 12, 2019 13:18:06 GMT -5
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Post by soxin8 on Dec 12, 2019 13:20:13 GMT -5
m.mlb.com/prospects/2019?list=houSorry I couldn't figure out how to only post his scouting report. He was number 25 for Houston. The scouting report noted he has been young for his league at each level and could possibly play all three infield positions. It looks like an interesting pick. I wonder if this closes the door on Brock Holt.
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Post by jimed14 on Dec 12, 2019 13:31:59 GMT -5
From 2017, just thought it was of note. Meth??? That’s not good lol More than likely Adderall. edit- what Chris said.
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Post by jimed14 on Dec 12, 2019 13:38:06 GMT -5
m.mlb.com/prospects/2019?list=houSorry I couldn't figure out how to only post his scouting report. He was number 25 for Houston. The scouting report noted he has been young for his age at each level and could possibly play all three infield positions. It looks like an interesting pick. I wonder if this closes the door on Brock Holt. He's more of a 26th man on the roster than Holt. He may make it hard for Lin to stick around and for Hernandez to make it back to the majors.
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Post by James Dunne on Dec 12, 2019 13:43:17 GMT -5
The other thing with Arauz is that he just turned 21 in August. If you can keep him and give him enough ABs to not let his skills deteriorate, you get three option years on a guy who has some upside.
They should move the July 2 signing date back to September 2 so that the DSL season is over so that those players can get another year before R5 eligibility. Especially since none of those guys are playing in year one anyway. Because he has an August birthday, Arauz's clock started in his age-15 season, which is just kinda icky in general.
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EDIT, to address the other thing: "Meth" colloquially usually refers to crystal methamphetamine, but methamphetamines are a broader, less potent presciption stimulant that have been in baseball a long time. Neither is an opioid.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Dec 12, 2019 14:03:43 GMT -5
Let me try this less subtly.
It was Adderall. He is not buying from Heisenberg.
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Post by jimed14 on Dec 12, 2019 14:07:27 GMT -5
Let me try this less subtly. It was Adderall. He is not buying from Heisenberg. It's pretty much the same thing. One is legal with a prescription.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Dec 12, 2019 14:38:28 GMT -5
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Post by soxin8 on Dec 12, 2019 15:14:23 GMT -5
m.mlb.com/prospects/2019?list=houSorry I couldn't figure out how to only post his scouting report. He was number 25 for Houston. The scouting report noted he has been young for his age at each level and could possibly play all three infield positions. It looks like an interesting pick. I wonder if this closes the door on Brock Holt. He's more of a 26th man on the roster than Holt. He may make it hard for Lin to stick around and for Hernandez to make it back to the majors. I don't know if this is being discussed anywhere but I was wondering if the Sox would use the 26th man to add yet another reliever.
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Post by ericmvan on Dec 12, 2019 15:30:06 GMT -5
m.mlb.com/prospects/2019?list=houSorry I couldn't figure out how to only post his scouting report. He was number 25 for Houston. The scouting report noted he has been young for his age at each level and could possibly play all three infield positions. It looks like an interesting pick. I wonder if this closes the door on Brock Holt. He's more of a 26th man on the roster than Holt. He may make it hard for Lin to stick around and for Hernandez to make it back to the majors. Holt would be re-signed as the big half of a 2B platoon with Chavis. With that roster, if Bogaerts needs a day off, you start Holt at SS and Chavis at 2B and keep Arauz on the bench.
Which is to say that your backup MI roster spot, which is now a battle between Lin, Marco Hernandez, and Arauz is much less important if you re-sign Holt.
James Dunne pointed out the upside to keeping Arauz ... I think it only makes sense if they upgrade 2B with a guy who can play SS. Re-signing Holt makes Chavis the virtual backup MI even though he can't play SS. Arauz then becomes the guy who plays if two guys are unavailable.
The other thing that would help make this work is completing the bench with a very good OF/1B type instead of Travis.
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Post by dirtywater43 on Dec 12, 2019 15:37:36 GMT -5
He's more of a 26th man on the roster than Holt. He may make it hard for Lin to stick around and for Hernandez to make it back to the majors. I don't know if this is being discussed anywhere but I was wondering if the Sox would use the 26th man to add yet another reliever. I believe you can only carry 12 pitchers, even with a 26 man roster.
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Post by James Dunne on Dec 12, 2019 15:44:47 GMT -5
The limit hasn't been announced, but I'd be shocked if it was fewer than 13. Several teams, including the Red Sox, frequently carried 13 even when there was a 25-man roster.
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Dec 12, 2019 16:11:03 GMT -5
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Post by ramireja on Dec 12, 2019 16:49:10 GMT -5
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Post by Addam603 on Dec 12, 2019 18:28:57 GMT -5
Some info about Espinal. Could be a good pickup for depth purposes. “In terms of stuff, Espinal has the classic reliever profile with his low-to-mid 90s fastball and big-breaking mid-80s slider. Both pitches have big-time movement, and his 14.5% swinging strike rate was among the best at Triple-A last year. There are reports out there indicating that Espinal’s pure stuff is legitimately above-average, which would suggest that his ceiling may be a bit higher than the other arms on this list. However, his delivery is somewhat open, which removes any semblance of deception … which makes him the opposite of the aforementioned Diehl, in a way. Espinal is probably the most MLB-ready reliever that the Yankees have and, as he was invited to Spring Training last year, he might just have an inside track to the show in 2019.“ riveraveblues.com/2018/12/four-minor-league-relievers-help-2019-182226/
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Dec 12, 2019 18:57:26 GMT -5
There is a big difference from Adderall which is an Amphetamine compared to Methamphetamine. Methamphetamines are just like in Breaking Bad, though there is a legal medical use that is rarely used because it's still meth.
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Post by orion09 on Dec 12, 2019 19:37:04 GMT -5
There is a big difference from Adderall which is an Amphetamine compared to Methamphetamine. Methamphetamines are just like in Breaking Bad, though there is a legal medical use that is rarely used because it's still meth. Yeah. The metabolites are similar, so in less sophisticated assays Adderall can show up as Methamphetamine. Usually if you test positive, they send it to a lab where they can further differentiate, so this does seem a little strange. Though presumably use of either is banned by MiLB, so maybe it doesn’t matter for their purposes.
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Post by telson13 on Dec 12, 2019 19:42:35 GMT -5
Not to be too nit picky, but Adderall is the brand name for mixed amphetamine salts (not to get too into it, but “mixed” is same chemical makeup, but because of the nature of carbon’s ability to make 4 bonds, you can have the same formula but mirror images...the R and S (rectus and sinestro) versions). Amphetamine is legal and widely prescribed obviously. Methamphetamine is amphetamine with an extra carbon on the “amine” nitrogen. It’s substantially more functionally potent because it diffuses more readily through cell membranes (especially into the brain via blood, which is highly regulated) because of the extra carbon (methyl group). Methamphetamine is problematic for this and doesn’t really have the same cognitive and functional benefits. It’s definitely more concerning than Adderall or Dexedrine (pure R amphetamine) would be because of the essential illegality (exceptionally rarely prescribed) and related issues. That said, I love this pick. I hope the draft-n-stash works. Edit: oops, Dexedrine is pure S, not R. Again, not to get too into the weeds but dextro- and levo- (D- and L-) are terms originally from naming *sugars* first based on how they’re configured relative to a standard; old school but still used widely as a sticky remnant (including for amino acids and lots of other biomolecules), like the English system is in the US vs metric everywhere else. R and S refer to specific carbons which have four distinct groups bound to them, anywhere they are, sometimes multiple ones in a single molecule, in the internationally agreed-upon naming convention. Anyway, point is because a lot of biological systems depend on interlocking shapes for binding, and because mirror images don’t necessarily fit those specific shapes, even tiny structural differences can have huge influence on effects.
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Post by mckeonam on Dec 12, 2019 19:57:46 GMT -5
Some info about Espinal. Could be a good pickup for depth purposes. “In terms of stuff, Espinal has the classic reliever profile with his low-to-mid 90s fastball and big-breaking mid-80s slider. Both pitches have big-time movement, and his 14.5% swinging strike rate was among the best at Triple-A last year. There are reports out there indicating that Espinal’s pure stuff is legitimately above-average, which would suggest that his ceiling may be a bit higher than the other arms on this list. However, his delivery is somewhat open, which removes any semblance of deception … which makes him the opposite of the aforementioned Diehl, in a way. Espinal is probably the most MLB-ready reliever that the Yankees have and, as he was invited to Spring Training last year, he might just have an inside track to the show in 2019.“ riveraveblues.com/2018/12/four-minor-league-relievers-help-2019-182226/I worked with the Durham Bulls and saw Espinal pitch for Scranton in house. They mostly used him as a starter, but in doing research on him throughout the year, they had his innings count all over the place. Struck out Mike Brosseau and Nate Lowe a couple of times. I would imagine if we shorten him up it could help the stuff play up. Sat mostly low 90's on his fastball when I saw him as a starter.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Dec 12, 2019 22:57:22 GMT -5
Arauz is exactly the type of player situation I had hoped the Sox would use the 26th man on.
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Post by ericmvan on Dec 13, 2019 0:28:22 GMT -5
Arauz is exactly the type of player situation I had hoped the Sox would use the 26th man on. The 26th man will be a 13th pitcher. The 25th man has usually been a 4th bench guy and occasionally been a 13th pitcher / 8th reliever, so an expansion to 26 means you can carry both.
There may be an instance or two of going with 5 bench guys and a 12-man staff, driven by need, but I think that across baseball you're going to see more consistency in roster breakdown both within teams day-to-day, and across teams: 13 position players, 13 pitchers.
Draft-and-stash works for the 13th position player if you have sufficient versatility in the roster, and if the first two guys on the bench (excluding backup C) are good enough to warrant getting a lot of playing time.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Dec 13, 2019 1:13:53 GMT -5
Espinal looks like a steal, maybe this year's righthanded version of Josh Taylor.
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Post by James Dunne on Dec 13, 2019 9:09:14 GMT -5
Espinal looks like a steal, maybe this year's righthanded version of Josh Taylor. It seems he's injured and out for awhile, which is why he wasn't on the Triple-A reserve list. He hurt his elbow last year, but Google is strangely quiet on what exactly his timetable is. But hell, even if he's out until late July and looks okay when he comes back, they can consider adding him to the 40-man or whatever.
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Post by bosox on Dec 14, 2019 0:00:51 GMT -5
Espinal looks like a steal, maybe this year's righthanded version of Josh Taylor. It seems he's injured and out for awhile, which is why he wasn't on the Triple-A reserve list. He hurt his elbow last year, but Google is strangely quiet on what exactly his timetable is. But hell, even if he's out until late July and looks okay when he comes back, they can consider adding him to the 40-man or whatever. Per the Scranton beat writer Conor Foley, it looks like he had Tommy John in July.
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