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Post by Chris Hatfield on Sept 20, 2024 11:34:29 GMT -5
Not sure if this was mentioned anywhere else, but Speier said on 310 to Left with Pontes that he’s talked to a few people that think Campbell is a better prospect than Anthony As have we. There are some in the org who think he's their top prospect. But they all say it's very close. |
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Post by ematz1423 on Sept 20, 2024 11:37:57 GMT -5
Well if that's not maybe the best problem a farm system could have. Is the number 1 ranked prospect on BA their number 1 or actually do they have another guy better? Love it.
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Post by incandenza on Sept 20, 2024 11:38:31 GMT -5
Interestingly, the Red Sox have the top prospect in baseball and he might not even be the top prospect in the Red Sox system.
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Post by bellhorndingers21 on Sept 20, 2024 11:43:23 GMT -5
Interestingly, the Red Sox have the top prospect in baseball and he might not even be the top prospect in the Red Sox system. Jumping the gun here, but has a team ever had the #1 and #2 prospect in a top 100 ranking? |
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Post by bettsonmookie on Sept 20, 2024 11:59:28 GMT -5
Interestingly, the Red Sox have the top prospect in baseball and he might not even be the top prospect in the Red Sox system. Jumping the gun here, but has a team ever had the #1 and #2 prospect in a top 100 ranking? Blanking on who it was (Keith Law?), but someone in the industry commented that they would have had Mayer ahead of Roman Anthony if not for his last injury. Which creates a hypothetical 'opinion cherry-picking' situation in which you could theoretically rationalize Campbell, Mayer, and Anthony as the T3 prospects in all of MiLB. |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Sept 20, 2024 12:02:32 GMT -5
Interestingly, the Red Sox have the top prospect in baseball and he might not even be the top prospect in the Red Sox system. Jumping the gun here, but has a team ever had the #1 and #2 prospect in a top 100 ranking? Benintendi and Moncada were 1-2 entering 2017, so the Red Sox would have if not for the Sale trade. |
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Post by benogliviesbrother on Sept 20, 2024 13:25:59 GMT -5
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Post by keninten on Sept 20, 2024 14:39:29 GMT -5
That would leave Rafaela as the super utility. He could play pretty much every day giving the regulars rest. Which might help solve the end of year collapses. If there are injuries, he would be a very nice fill in. A bench of Rafaela, Ref, Hamilton, and a catcher would work. |
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Sept 21, 2024 7:01:57 GMT -5
Jumping the gun here, but has a team ever had the #1 and #2 prospect in a top 100 ranking? Benintendi and Moncada were 1-2 entering 2017, so the Red Sox would have if not for the Sale trade. Well before that, the gold dust twins, Fred Lynn and Jim Rice.  |
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Post by iakovos11 on Sept 21, 2024 7:07:31 GMT -5
Benintendi and Moncada were 1-2 entering 2017, so the Red Sox would have if not for the Sale trade. Well before that, the gold dust twins, Fred Lynn and Jim Rice. Were they really the #1 and #2 prospects in baseball in 1974/75 offseason? They were the the 2 best rookies in 1975, though. |
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Post by jimoh on Sept 21, 2024 7:09:55 GMT -5
Well before that, the gold dust twins, Fred Lynn and Jim Rice. Were they really the #1 and #2 prospects in baseball in 1974/75 offseason? They were the the 2 best rookies in 1975, though. Lynn was not as highly rated. Great prospect, but not obviously a superstar. |
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Sept 21, 2024 7:17:17 GMT -5
Were they really the #1 and #2 prospects in baseball in 1974/75 offseason? They were the the 2 best rookies in 1975, though. Lynn was not as highly rated. Great prospect, but not obviously a superstar. You're right. He wasnt expected to do what he did, but he sure left them an appetizer in Sept of 1974. |
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Post by trotnixon7 on Sept 21, 2024 7:34:05 GMT -5
Interestingly, the Red Sox have the top prospect in baseball and he might not even be the top prospect in the Red Sox system. Jumping the gun here, but has a team ever had the #1 and #2 prospect in a top 100 ranking? I'm sure theirs been a few others but 1 I remember is buxton/Sano were 1/2. |
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Post by jimoh on Sept 21, 2024 7:37:59 GMT -5
Were they really the #1 and #2 prospects in baseball in 1974/75 offseason? They were the the 2 best rookies in 1975, though. Lynn was not as highly rated. Great prospect, but not obviously a superstar. Some other 1975 rookies who might have been very highly rated going into the season if someone had been making a list: Gary Carter (20 yo catcher, .268 .354 .488 .841 with 23 hrs in AAA), Keith Hernandez (.351 .425 .555 .980 in 1974 AAA), Phi Garner (.330 .410 .541 .951 in AAA), Roy Smalley (SS, .340 .425 .438 .863 in AAA), Doug DeCinces (.267 .388 .468 .856 in AAA), Lyman Bostock (CF, .333 .409 .421 .830 in AAA, .391 .434 .446 .880 in Sept callup) On the pitching side John Candelaria, Dennis Eckersley, John Montefusco, Dennis Leonard. |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Sept 21, 2024 7:42:31 GMT -5
Jumping the gun here, but has a team ever had the #1 and #2 prospect in a top 100 ranking? I'm sure theirs been a few others but 1 I remember is buxton/Sano were 1/2. Close but not quite I think. Sano was #6 in 2014 when Buxton was #1. Xander, Oscar Taveras (RIP), Masahiro Tanaka, and Baez were between them. Damn good list year. www.thebaseballcube.com/content/prospects_mlb/2014~BA/ |
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Post by benogliviesbrother on Sept 21, 2024 11:52:20 GMT -5
Lynn was not as highly rated. Great prospect, but not obviously a superstar. You're right. He wasnt expected to do what he did, but he sure left them an appetizer in Sept of 1974. I was living in Yankee country at the time & so Yankee baseball was always on a tv or radio. The late great Phil Rizzuto was impressed the first time he saw him, "That kid just walks like a ballplayer." |
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Post by Oregon Norm on Sept 21, 2024 12:38:21 GMT -5
The only thing that kept Lynn out of the HoF, I believe, were the nagging injuries. In a 16 year career (excluding his spectacular 15-game break-in at age 22) he only averaged 122 games/season. Assume something more like 145-150 and he gets into Dwight Evans territory. Of course Evans hasn't been selected for the Hall though he deserves to be. Scan across the 1975 lineup of WAR leaders to get a clear picture of why they took the WS to seven games. |
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Post by steveofbradenton on Sept 21, 2024 12:49:28 GMT -5
The only thing that kept Lynn out of the HoF, I believe, were the nagging injuries. In a 16 year career (excluding his spectacular 15-game break-in at age 22) he only averaged 122 games/season. Assume something more like 145-150 and he gets into Dwight Evans territory. Of course Evans hasn't been selected for the Hall though he deserves to be. Scan across the 1975 lineup of WAR leaders to get a clear picture of why they took the WS to seven games. Norm, I've always believed if he had STAYED as a member of the Boston Red Sox, he would have been a HOF. Fenway played really well for him and he always had good protection in the line-up. Going to the Angels was a huge mistake. Fred is actually my favorite player of all time. When a player with the Red Sox (like Nomar) doesn't understand how good he has it, it drives me nuts! |
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Post by Darwin's Curve on Sept 21, 2024 15:06:48 GMT -5
That would leave Rafaela as the super utility. He could play pretty much every day giving the regulars rest. Which might help solve the end of year collapses. If there are injuries, he would be a very nice fill in. A bench of Rafaela, Ref, Hamilton, and a catcher would work. Can we please stop with the "super utility" fantasies? This has been a thing in Sox nation ever since everyone wanted to trade for Tony Phillips, then trade for Zobrist, and then thought BrockHolt! would string together a run of multiple years with a positive OPS+. But very few players have the offensive/defensive combo to actually be super utility payers. Rafaela is a very good defensive CF. He is not a good MI at this point. He's also not a good hitter, and there's pretty much zero reason to monkey with the lineup to get him in it, unless he really revamps his approach at the plate. He's a 4th OF at this point, not a super-sub. I would play David Hamilton over him at 2B, no question. |
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Post by trotnixon7 on Sept 22, 2024 8:44:09 GMT -5
I'm sure theirs been a few others but 1 I remember is buxton/Sano were 1/2. Close but not quite I think. Sano was #6 in 2014 when Buxton was #1. Xander, Oscar Taveras (RIP), Masahiro Tanaka, and Baez were between them. Damn good list year. www.thebaseballcube.com/content/prospects_mlb/2014~BA/Mlb.com had sano peak at 3....so maybe it was a lesser known publication I read, idk. I just remember them going on about how sanos contact made a "different sound". He had a couple of solid years but just couldn't put it together with that huge k% |
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Post by vermontsox1 on Sept 24, 2024 12:32:25 GMT -5
Campbell was named Eastern League MVP - Mayer, Anthony, and Teel were named Eastern League All-Stars.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Sept 24, 2024 14:03:27 GMT -5
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Post by jimoh on Sept 24, 2024 14:30:52 GMT -5
With interview on YouTube: MiLB Player & Pitcher of the Year Announced | Hot Sheet |
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Post by Oregon Norm on Sept 24, 2024 17:32:18 GMT -5
Nice kid, very shy it seems but thoughtful in his answers. Amazing season, someone who completely bought into the program and the work it called for according to Abraham. Toughest thing for the FO will be picking through all the talent and making intelligent decisions about who to trade, who to keep. A "problem" many teams would love to have no doubt.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 30, 2024 22:59:04 GMT -5
And MLB Network..
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