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Post by Addam603 on Mar 23, 2020 9:03:48 GMT -5
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Post by James Dunne on Mar 23, 2020 9:29:42 GMT -5
Pereda won the MiLB Gold Glove for catching last year and will take a walk. 23, very good arm (threw out over 50% last year). No power to speak of, but does enough else well that he is a prospect, probably a higher-ranked one than Lakins.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 23, 2020 9:57:28 GMT -5
Disagree that he gets ranked higher than Lakins was. Might be in the 41-60 range for me.
Not sure I am reading about an average tool other than his arm. We'll see
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Post by jimoh on Mar 23, 2020 10:07:01 GMT -5
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Post by James Dunne on Mar 23, 2020 10:17:01 GMT -5
Disagree that he gets ranked higher than Lakins was. Might be in the 41-60 range for me. Not sure I am reading about an average tool other than his arm. We'll see It is highly possible that I am overrating him based on the fact he's the system's 2nd best catcher vs. the 12th-highest ranked right-handed reliever, combined with an existential need to be excited for baseball things right now. |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 23, 2020 10:20:49 GMT -5
Should also account for the fact we might've had Lakins too high, fwiw. He's probably going to wind up in the 51-60 range. Agree he's the second-best catcher, so figure he'll be ahead of Cottam at 57 at least.
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Post by cdj on Mar 23, 2020 11:00:44 GMT -5
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Post by Edward Hand on Mar 23, 2020 11:01:55 GMT -5
Pereda sounds like the poor man's Sandy Leon which isn't great but there's a niche for that somewhere. Not to mention the lack of catching depth the Sox are currently possessing, this seems pretty on brand for Bloom.
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Post by Canseco on Mar 23, 2020 12:22:53 GMT -5
It isn’t sexy, but building catching depth is probably a smart move.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 24, 2020 8:40:00 GMT -5
My guess is this was the old "list of guys to scout in spring training as the PTBNL," and they just picked a guy when all this went down.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Mar 24, 2020 10:10:54 GMT -5
Here's some footage (anyone remember that term ?)
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