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I could see Brantley as a DH candidate, but the Sox have Vaughn. He's NOT a rightfielder. Also I worry that he'd be yet another guy to come here and cash their last paychecks as our substandard DH (Dunn, LaRoche, Alonso, EE, et al). I'd probably look for a platoon partner with Engel ala Joc Pederson and spend the money trying to lock up Giolito. The millions they have locked up in Herrera, Colome, EE, and Mazara either has to go to one stud or they should spread it around to young guys. Old, mid-tier free agents playing out of position is a recipe for disaster. Hell, maybe they need a pint of whatever the hell the A's gave Robbie Grossman this offseason.

I am all for Rodon reclaiming his role as a SP if that means Lopez heads to the pen. I can understand why others feel differently. It's a real "pick your poison" scenario.

Bader and Fowler are not gonna block anyone. Marsh hits lefthanded, which the Angels desperately need. Waters is possible, but it's not Atlanta's style to commit to Inciarte ahead of a guy I know they love. Verdugo ain't gonna happen. (Which I'm happy about.) If Boston tries to unload a lefty OF on the Sox, it'll be Benintendi, and they'll ask for the world.

Thanks for the list, can't wait for the top 30. I do not envy you guys especially when it comes to ranking all the guys who've barely played but have some upside. I think the Sox's next top position prospect is one of: Bryce Bush, Benyamin Bailey, James Beard, Brian Ramos, DJ Gladney, Jose Rodriguez, Luis Mieses, Anderson Comas, Yolbert, Sanchez, Anderson Comas, Logan Glass, Lency Delgado, Chase Krogman, Johnibiell Laureano, Elijah Tatis, Cabera Weaver. Have no idea which one though. I'd bet the under on almost all of them because they're so young, but someone's gonna break out. I think you could make an argument for putting them in almost any order. 2021 is going to be interesting.

I second that. Verdugo was just traded for Mookie Betts. On a sidenote, because of previous character issues Verdugo would never play for a team I was running.

Stealing bases is so '80s. If you look at the stats, a lot of steals correlates pretty strongly with "can't hit." The leaders in team steals right now are Seattle, Miami, San .Diego, Texas, and Kansas City. Exactly one of those teams does not suck. The Sox don't steal bags cuz they don't have to. Plus, with the way they hit with RISP, they're probably better off keeping the guy on first.

Thanks for the breakdown. I was looking at this myself last night. Sure seems like Collins will be a fairly cheap back up catcher option and that all/most of the people you think will be gone will, in fact, be gone. It's possible with all that money to play with, the Sox focus on RF. I would love to know how Rutherford is doing in Schaumburg. The one article I read said he's showing more power, but there doesn't seem to be any buzz around him. The fact that whoever plays RF is going to likely hit 8th certainly lowers the need to spend big $ on them. Adolfo has a tough time fitting on this team because of how right-handed the squad already is. Gonzalez seems like a 4th OF, so the only one who could push for a starting job seems to be Rutherford, but I haven't heard anything that makes me believe that's likely. There aren't really that many options out there. I wonder what Joc Pederson goes for or if Mazara shows enough in the last month to warrant being tendered. I suppose after a down year and with Kiriloff and Larnach looming, the Twins might look to move Kepler, but it's a team-friendly deal and why would they trade inside the division? I have a hard time coming up with LH-hitting rightfielders that are either free agents or worth giving up much to get them Spending a lot on a SP with Kopech looming also seems unlikely. Of course, if you believe you're a playoff team, having multiple players with control problems like Lopez, Cease, and more than likely Kopech in one rotation seems risky.

1-12 with risp, kinda record setting pace

They want to get rid of all the short season leagues. So they move the draft later, shut down all the pitchers and have college hitters play low A. High school guys go to complex leagues. I bet they shrink the draft significantly over the next several years. I think MLB is tired of paying for a system in which whole teams don’t even have one Mlb player on them.

Why does Kopech have to wait until June again? With a normal offseason and like 7 weeks of Spring Training, he ought to be as ready to go as anyone else, unless this is to claw back that year of service time, which would be a weird thing to do in what should be a competitive year.

I think Vaughn can play a little around the infield, but with his speed, RF would not be pretty. If Moncada has to miss significant time, maybe they bring him up to play 3b? Or obviously if EE can't get it together.

He strikes me as like one of Cleveland’s starters. Below average fastball, plus curve, good slider, good change, 60 command. Profiles as a 4/5 but I suspect the combo ends up more like a 2/3.

Ha ha, if I guy is being discussed, he doesn’t pitch.

IMHO opinion, the real winner of this trade is Quantrill. He has a lot of talent, but hasn't really developed. I think he could use a little of that Indians magic. This seems like Quantity of Quality unless Quantrill develops, but that's what the Indians do.

No one is saying that, it’s just odd how Renteria uses/doesn’t use him.

Three game series, bullpen blew leads in all 3. Bummer can’t get healthy fast enough.

Ricky simply does not trust Heuer. I have no idea why not.

Seems like Ricky has no confidence in Heuer, which is odd to me, but he uses him in super low leverage situations.

This is why you don’t trade Kopech. Lopez is not going to be here.

Ugh. There were no at bats for him, but I still feel bad for the guy. Also, I personally don't like players who can't hit like Jarod Dyson. It always seems like at crucial times they are up proving they can't hit.

Okay, so here's who was available. I bolded some people who are pretty good prospects/impact players in the majors. Nate Pearson is the standout, but he was a fast-rising reliever who was seen as a reach where Toronto took him. He was being mocked a lot to the Cubs. 12. Pittsburgh Pirates: RHP Shane Baz, 13. Miami Marlins: LHP Trevor Rogers, 14. Kansas City Royals: 1B Nick Pratto, 15. Houston Astros: RHP J.B. Bukauskas, 16. New York Yankees: RHP Clarke Schmidt, 17. Seattle Mariners: 1B Evan White, 18. Detroit Tigers: RHP Alex Faedo, 19. San Francisco Giants: OF Heliot Ramos, 20. New York Mets: LHP David Peterson, 21. Baltimore Orioles: LHP D.L. Hall, 22. Toronto Blue Jays: SS Logan Warmoth, 23. Los Angeles Dodgers: OF Jeren Kendall, 24. Boston Red Sox: RHP Tanner Houck, 25. Washington Nationals: LHP Seth Romero, 26. Texas Rangers: OF Bubba Thompson, 27. Chicago Cubs: LHP Brendon Little, 28. Toronto Blue Jays RHP Nate Pearson, 29. Texas Rangers SS Christopher Seise, 30. Chicago Cubs RHP Alex Lange, 31. Tampa Bay Rays: RHP Drew Rasmussen, 32. Cincinnati Reds: SS Jeter Downs, 33. Oakland Athletics: SS Kevin Merrell, 34. Milwaukee Brewers: OF Tristen Lutz, 35. Minnesota Twins: OF Brent Rooker, 36. Miami Marlins: OF Brian Miller,

For everyone complaining about the Burger pick, who should they have taken? They had the 11th pick in a 10 player draft. After the Angels grabbed Jo Adell, who I believe the Sox were on, they were left picking through the leftovers. Probably the best guys were... Evan White? D.L. Hall? Jeter Downs? There is no Mike Trout they passed on here. Sucks they killed their draft position in 2016, that the draft fell the way it did, and that Burger got hurt, but of every player development blunder the Sox have ever made, this is pretty low on the list.

Absolutely. Reynaldo should never be in the same sentence... With Jason Bere.

Man, I'd say Lopez is lucky. He has missed with a ton of fastballs drifting right over the middle of the zone. Sox would be killing him.

I was just kidding. Trust me, I was furious the week before that trade was made when it was just rumored. I take a backseat to no man in how much I hate that trade. Just pointing out the Sox drafted JaredMitchell ahead of Mike Trout too.