Boston Red Sox Organization Discussion
by John Sickels on Dec 10, 2009 6:21 PM EST
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awesome
I found their draft to be very interesting… Head, Jacobs, Volz and Younginer are nice sleepers.
by another know it all on Dec 10, 2009 6:25 PM EST reply actions
I found it rather underwhelming
Renfroe and Jacobs are definitely interesting, but I wasn’t a big fan of the rest. Volz, Younginer and Alex Wilson are probably relievers and Fuentes was an overdraft. I would have liked it a lot more had they been able to sign Branden Kline.
i didnt think it was good at all
but I thought it to be interesting because of the question marks surrounding most of the picks
by another know it all on Dec 10, 2009 6:47 PM EST up reply actions
Derrik Gibson
I think he’s going to be an excellent leadoff or #2 hitter.
Che-Hsuan Lin
Still a big fan of this plus-defense CF. According to minorleaguesplits, his line, adjusted for park and luck, comes out at .319/.402/.438. Granted, only so far you can go with that. He also got off to a slow start this year, before settling in. Is he a stud? Without adjusting his swing, he won’t generate enough power to be considered a stud, but he’s very good at what he does, and I think he projects well as a potential top of the order hitter.
IIRC his slow start
was due to an injury.
"I'd like to f*ck Sandra Bullock." - Pedro Martinez, explaining his secret ambition to Sports Illustrated for Kids.
Sleeper....
Roman Mendez is a guy I think may come on the next year or 2
Some are easy,some are not....
Easy ones—-
Kelly
Westmoreland
Tazawa
Kalish
Reddick
Bowden
Pimentel
Lin
Gibson
& Mendez
The Others
the supposedly infallible but now fallible Anderson
the 09 Draft class
Iglesias (will he hit ?)
the Catchers – ie Espo/Lavarnaway/Federowicz & Wagner
& the arms – Mills who jumped up a ways but also
what ceiling on Doubront/Fife/Britton & Williamson
Sleepers -- Manny Rivera/Jose Vinicio/Pete Hissey/Lin….
Sleeper
Ryan Westmoreland strikes me as a sleeper nobody’s talking about. Could be solid #4 outfielder…. Michael Bourn upside with less speed.
by Alex Trebek on Dec 10, 2009 8:04 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
At this point, I think Westmoreland is more than just a sleeper.
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by jesse.burkhart on Dec 10, 2009 8:51 PM EST up reply actions
Ryan Westmoreland
He’s a sleeper that nobody’s talking about. I think he could be a decent #4 outfielder with an upside of Michael Bourn with less speed.
Westmoreland
What do you suppose his grade is? I’m guessing B+. John liked him as a B last year and I would say he improved upon that
A- is a pretty special grade.
Westmoreland might deserve one next year, but certainly doesn’t right now.
Lars Anderson
While he went down this year(I think injury had more to do with it than most people are giving credit to), I still see him making it as a James Loney type 1B, a consistent .280/15/80 hitter.
Add Max Ramirez to it
I still like his bat alot and playing in Fenway should really help too
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
I have one question
Where the heck is Anthony Rizzo? He should be in the Top10, no doubt!
I wrote an extensive post about Lin on OTM, you should check it.
Link.
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
sox sleepers
Eammon Portice
Madison Younginer
I was just about to post Portice, he has the potential to be a pen arm if not a #5 guy down the road
Jennings, Hellickson, Davis, Brignac, Beckham, Moore > Your top 3
Renfroe vs Middlebrooks
I’d like to see these guys compared and contrasted. On the surface they seem very much alike, but I’m curious to see if anyone thinks Refroe can sidestep the problems WMB is having…
"I'd like to f*ck Sandra Bullock." - Pedro Martinez, explaining his secret ambition to Sports Illustrated for Kids.
what does Jose Iglesias get?
a C+ or B- or what?
I’d be surprised if he gets a B from Sickles while Miguel Jean already got a C+
Any factual evidence at all towards this rumor?
Carlos Carrasco, Alex White along with Tanner Scheppers to the Twins
Glen Perkins and Beau Mills to the Rangers
Francisco Liriano and the rights to Boof Bonser + a PTBL to the Indians
(will Smoak and Feliz go to Fla. for Josh Johnson?)
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Dec 11, 2009 9:39 PM EST reply actions
I have to prop up Ryan Lavarnway as a sleeper
He came out of college with good scouting reports about his offensive potential. He probably will not stick at catcher due to his size, but has sufficient upside with his bat to make a run at the majors in a corner OF spot or 1B. He had an above average arm coming out of the draft and the Red Sox would not have kept him at the plate if they did not think he had a chance to stick, but his size and foibles likely will get in the way of that.
by tdot mariner fan on Dec 12, 2009 2:52 AM EST reply actions
Best system in baseball
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