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Post by ramireja on Jul 24, 2023 13:13:00 GMT -5
Ian in attendance for the no-hitter:
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Post by ramireja on Jul 22, 2023 12:07:16 GMT -5
Luis Cohen pitched pretty well for the FCL squad: 5IP, 4H, 2ER, 1BB, 6K. He had been perfect through the first three innings with all six of those Ks.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 22, 2023 10:47:07 GMT -5
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Post by ramireja on Jul 21, 2023 21:22:05 GMT -5
What is “svg stuff”? Typo for avg or do I not know something? SAVAGE
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Post by ramireja on Jul 21, 2023 20:47:04 GMT -5
Hey uhhh Bastardo…we were hoping to leave you unprotected for the Rule 5 draft…could you not?
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Post by ramireja on Jul 21, 2023 17:51:20 GMT -5
In the end, Nazzan Zanetello matches Arjun Nimmala's bonus exactly and I'll have a hard time not comparing them as they progress through their careers. They actually seem like fairly similar players in terms of being toolsheds at least.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 21, 2023 17:49:42 GMT -5
What I have been told - Sox have been upfront with Call and told him he is a backup plan if someone does not sign. His request came in at $1M - Sox simply do not have that amount to sign him If he was an insurance pick all along, then I tend to doubt there is any $ left over for a Day 3 pick with the exception of Nelly Taylor if he gets a little more than the $150K.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 21, 2023 16:47:39 GMT -5
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Post by ramireja on Jul 21, 2023 16:35:58 GMT -5
So if Teel hadn't dropped to #14....was Zanetello the underslot plan there for the Sox? Remember, he got invited to the draft itself so it sure seems like the Sox had him circled on their draft board far in advance.
Adding one more thought. That's a big bonus for Zanetello....bigger than most of us thought on draft day although Mike was on to this figure recently. That said, it signals that the Red Sox love the player which in turn makes me excited based on their track record with HS players recently. Its a bigger bonus than any of our recent HS signees like Yorke, Romero, Anthony, and even Casas, with the only exception being of course Mayer.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 21, 2023 14:42:13 GMT -5
Drohan, Wikelman, Perales, Blalock, Bastardo, Liu, Fernandez and even Juan Daniel Encarnacion is a pretty silly number of pitchers with a non-zero chance of getting picked in the draft. Bastardo and Liu might seem like stretches but they're both in the top 1-2 percentile of swinging strike % this year and a team could be enticed to throw them in their bullpen. My guess is they maybe protect three (with Drohan, Wikelman, and Perales being the most likely) of those guys and leave us to sweat out the others.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 21, 2023 14:38:26 GMT -5
Plugging that into Mike's projection would leave 500k to offer a day 3 guy Perhaps although I think there's a distinct possibility that Riemer gets slot or something close to slot. All that said, if the report is that Call got an overslot offer (I actually didn't read that myself but others did?), then my guess is that the Red Sox had the bonuses entirely mapped out for everyone at the conclusion of Day 2 and that the overslot offer remains. We're basically just waiting to see how it all gets divvied up.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 21, 2023 12:41:56 GMT -5
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Post by ramireja on Jul 20, 2023 14:09:59 GMT -5
3-hit games for Nathaniel Yuten, Johanfran Garcia, and Armando Sierra. Yuten and Garcia each had a 2B.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 20, 2023 13:44:48 GMT -5
For a team that’s the worst in baseball, the A’s are kind of intriguing. How are people feeling about the Red Sox having drafted Nick Yorke ahead of Tyler Soderstrom? I don’t have strong thoughts on him vs Yorke but Soderstrom definitely feels rushed to the majors with a service time clock started 1 or 1.5 years too soon. He hasn’t been an above average hitter by wRC+ standards since A+, was merely average in AA last year, and below average in AAA (but hitting for lots of power) before his call up. Jury is definitely out on him being any better long term compared to Yorke without even considering that Yorke saved the Red Sox bonus money while Soderstrom cost the As extra $.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 20, 2023 12:14:12 GMT -5
Yizreel Burnet making his season debut (I think) for the FCL squad in relief.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 19, 2023 18:13:49 GMT -5
I'm visiting Hadlock Field for the first time today. Any food recommendations? Salvage BBQ is a couple blocks away from the stadium and is a nice spot for some bbq and beer
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Post by ramireja on Jul 19, 2023 16:03:24 GMT -5
I agree there is considerable relief upside with Liu. His ability to get swinging strikes has been present all year. Among 551 pitchers who have pitched 50 minor league innings this year, Liu ranks 14th in SwStr%, or if you prefer, ranks 3rd out of 185 who have pitched 70 innings.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 18, 2023 13:03:27 GMT -5
Solid outing from Luis Jerez: 4IP 3H 0ER OBB 4K Obed Balderas (turns 17 tomorrow) with a similar line of: 4IP 3H 0ER 0BB 3K
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Post by ramireja on Jul 14, 2023 22:24:17 GMT -5
The Yankees losing a Carlos Rodon - Austin Gomber matchup is a tasty way to start the second half.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 14, 2023 13:51:49 GMT -5
Yuten with his 2nd HR on the year to go along with 2 BBs today
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Post by ramireja on Jul 14, 2023 12:42:00 GMT -5
I'll be honest. I'm completely ignore those grades/values. I mean maybe I look at them to get a sense of player's perceived strengths weaknesses, but different sites have them calibrated on such different scales that it's kind of pointless to focus on the specific values themselves.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 13, 2023 18:28:23 GMT -5
Antonio Anderson appears to be in Boston via IG...looks like they're wasting no time this year.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 13, 2023 17:53:35 GMT -5
...and also, I should add...those older drafts earlier in the thread aren't aging well. That said, I'm pretty convinced the Red Sox board with a BPA approach would do better than a board using MLB Pipeline rankings like the above. However, I still don't think the benefits outweigh the massive $ it would take to pull this off although its not my money.
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Post by ramireja on Jul 13, 2023 17:48:59 GMT -5
Looks like I stopped doing this for the past couple of years. I could always pull something together retrospectively. In the meantime, this is what a hypothetical draft would look like from our 2023 draft positions if you went best player available according to the MLB Pipeline board. Feel free to swap Zanetello for Walker Martin in the 2nd round if you think we made the better call. MLB Pipeline rankings for each player are listed in parentheses:
1 (14). Kyle Teel (7) – C – University of Virginia 2 (50). Walker Martin (30) – SS – Eaton HS (CO), Committed to Arkansas 3 (83). Cameron Johnson (42) – LHP – IMG Academy (FL), Committed to LSU 4 (115). Roch Cholowsky (44) – SS – Hamilton HS (AZ), Committed to UCLA 4c (132). Cooper Pratt (45) – SS – Magnolia Heights HS (MS), Committed to Mississippi 4c (133). Jace Bohrofen (66) – OF – University of Arkansas 5 (151). Trent Caraway (70) – SS – Jserra Catholic HS (CA), Committed to Oregon State 6 (178). George Wolkow (71) – OF – Downers Grove North HS (IL), Committed to South Carolina 7 (208). Zane Adams (73) – LHP – Porter HS (TX) – Committed to Alabama 8 (238). Will Gasparino (75) – OF – Harvard-Westlake HS (CA) – Committed to Texas 9 (268). Tanner Witt (76) – RHP – University of Texas 10 (298). Caden Sorrell (79) – OF – Marcus HS (TX) – Committed to Texas A&M 11 (328). Joey Volchko (80) – RHP – Redwood HS (CA) – Committed to Stanford 12 (358). Liam Peterson (85) – RHP – Calvary Christian HS (FL) – Committed to Florida 13 (388). Jake Brown (93) – LHP – Sulphur HS (LA) – Committed to LSU 14 (418). Grant Gray (99) – OF – Norco HS (CA) – Committed to UCLA 15 (448). Drew Burress (104) – OF – Houston County HS (GA) – Committed to Georgia Tech 16 (478). Steven Milam (105) – SS – Cetennial HS (NM) – Committed to LSU 17 (508). Ethan McElvain (106) – LHP – Nolensville HS (TN) – Committed to Vanderbilt 18 (538). James Ellwanger (107) – RHP – Magnolia West H (TX) – Committed to Dallas Baptist 19 (568). Luke McNeillie (109) – RHP – Milton HS (GA) – Committed to Florida 20 (598). Dylan Cupp (111) – SS – Cedartown HS (GA) – Committed to Mississippi St.
Other undrafted or late round Top 200 HS players you could swap: Alex Sosa – C; Justin Lee – RHP; Parker Detmers – RHP; Wil Libbert – LHP; Colin Fisher – LHP; Hunter Dietz – LHP; Cam Kozeal – SS; Zion Rose – C; Gavin Grahovac – OF; Cameron Flukey – RHP; Cam Clayton – SS; Cal Fisher – SS; Campbell Smithwick – C; Gabe Gaeckle – RHP (drafted in Round 20); Chance Mako – RHP; Jacob Gholston (drafted in Round 17); Tate McGuire – RHP; Aidan Knaak RHP
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Post by ramireja on Jul 13, 2023 15:47:01 GMT -5
Any objections to the thread title change?
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