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It should have been Rojas. He serves no purpose on this team and his play is abysmal. Still should be. Getz needs to stop with the carnival act.

I can tell you how the Sox can fix it: have a steady pipeline of young players, which is mostly via a good farm system (along with some churn). I’ve been following for 50 years and the only period in which they were consistently good is also the only period in which they had a good farm system: c. 1990-2010. The idea that the Sox have struggled because JR wouldn't spend $ on the team is off-base. And you don’t need a DH per se, but you need a position player who hits well enough to DH, usually an extra OF or corner OF.

That's true, but we are still unsettled at 2 IF, 3 OF and DH and bench and depth. There's a point where we will have to slow down the churn (although we should never completely stop the churn), but we aren't there yet.

I didn't realize that you had done a 2nd mock. I was still looking at the Hall mock. sign me up for Carlson. Anyway, Teel the younger looks interesting for round 4.

I take it that you see these pitchers as a level below Smith from lasty draft? From your piece (btw link in your post above is bad): “15 homer potential in the future but his aggressive style comes with some swing and miss concerns.” Sounds modest.

Rojas. Capra can play SS.

Oh I've talked about it plenty. It was worse if for no other reason than what in the world is a 73-win team doing trading 4 young players (when it has so few to begin with) for a 1 year rent in the first place? There really was no realistic scenario in which that trade could possibly have had a positive outcome for the Sox. And Hahn was strutting after that trade.

In this scenario, the available SS look like reaches to me. Either take a college pitcher (if we passed on Jac for a college pitcher, we could pass on one of the 2nd tier SS); or, even better, go underslot (Jace, e.g. risky, yes but we need hitters; or a different HS SS). A good HS SS should be there for our 2nd pick; plus we’ll be able to use each of our 2-10 picks.

How has it been a disaster for the Sox? A lot of middle infielders turn into excellent outfielders. That’s one reason why teams load up on them in the draft. Thank goodness Vargas can play multiple positions.

Leasure has a big arm- he's just wild. Way too soon to throw him away. Are any of these infielders (Sosa, Montgomery, even Gonzalez, whomever) athletic enough to play some OF? OF is where we have zilch arriving anytime soon.

Hard to believe, but Robert has an .870 OPS against Left-handed pitching. That's sellable.

Based on the need to maximize Wilson's trade value over the next month. Closes have 30-40% of the value of a tor starter and keep their form longer. Prefer a Skenes to a Mason Miller.

Wilson can close. He’s having a good year and saves will gussy-up his trade value. Just get Taylor ready to start next season. Too bad Capra can’t hit, even just a little. Nifty glove.

So what is the purpose of him in Charlotte (while Taylor Just bypassed it).

the one it looks like we got burned on is Schultz. It's alarming. But taylor needs to start long-term. Hear from Mason Miller lately?

Had he gone to college, he would have been drafted in 2023, so while he is in a prolonged lull, he’s not behind really. Charlotte stats can be so misleading, but the Ks are alarming. I just wonder about bat speed and how his swing and approach look. Hard to count on any prospect, but don’t give up too quickly either. In 2024, Phillies’ Abel had a 1.8 WHIP in 100 AAA innings…. Now one of the most promising young arms in the majors.

When the bar to clear is the incumbent's sub-.500 OPS, the jump isn't that high.

Until watching this, I hadn’t realized that Brian is Floyd’s son. So cool! After years of Impecunious owners, EE and JR took over and signed Floyd Bannister and Carlton Fisk and we were rolling! Still have my “Winnin’ Ugly is Beautiful” poster hanging in the house.

I like the Gamble part of the equation. The slot for #10 is $6.2 and it drops all the way to $4.2 at #20. Work a deal with someone expecting to go 15-30 instead and the Sox will have all sorts of power in the rest of the draft. And the 10-20 talent seems clustered anyway. Now if Parker or Carlson fall, it's a different story - those 2 seem closer to #10 talent,

He's got some stones. Damn.

Which could be avoided via underslot at 10. And then the Sox can take full advantage of drafting first in rounds 2-20.

Thanks for posting the Joe Doyle recap. I like his draft approach. particularly underslot in round 1. If they can't get Carlson or Parker, the others don't seem that distinguishable from a player the could get at 20. And the value may be at college pitcher. Would also prevent the dreaded (to me) mult-round punting.

Yeah, not much from the cheap waver wire pick ups other than Houser. But now let’s look at the players that matter: Vargas, Meidroth, Teel, Quero, Shane Smith.

I hate to say it, but the Sox pro scouting has been a lot more productive recently than the amateur scouting. Houser has some value but not Fedde's value. 2 targets from last year who are rebounding are Crawford of the Phillies and Spencer Jones. Crawford's numbers are good across the board, except for lack of power. Jones is an intriguing gamble because the Sox have zilch in the way of power hitters. Jones' numbers are also way up, except for 34% Ks (even that is slightly improved). I don't think either is a top 100 prospect anymore, but not sure that anyone the Sox would look to trade could nab one of those guys either.

I think Schriffen calls an okay game, until he gets excited: then he sounds like a 15 year-old kid in a locker room. Getz was on the front office show on MLB network. Did his best to upsell Robert. Asked him about C Montgomery and he said that he has certain things to work on. Really the most interesting comment was that he was surprised Boston included Montgomery in the Crochet deal, intimating that he'd have done the deal without him.