Wherever this kid goes, he hits, and he hits HARD. He's got 3 doubles and a triple in 22 ABs at AFL. 1.007 OPS. Had a 140 wRC+ in AA as a 20 year old. 37 HR in 132 games.

This guy is going to be an absolute star. He's got 40 HR potential. The only question is where will he play. He's faster than expected and is playing CF in the AFL. I believe his home to 1st time he got clocked at recently would put him at 55-60 grade speed. Would be awesome if he could play a good CF. I'm guessing we see him at 3rd or in the corner. With his speed and arm he's got potential to be a plus fielder at the corner.

Edited Monday at 02:58 AM2 days by ron883

7 minutes ago, ron883 said:

Wherever this kid goes, he hits, and he hits HARD. He's got 2 doubles and a triple in 22 ABs at AFL. 1.007 OPS. Had a 140 wRC+ in AA as a 20 year old. 37 HR in 132 games.

This guy is going to be an absolute star. He's got 40 HR potential. The only question is where will he play. He's faster than expected and is playing CF in the AFL. I believe his home to 1st time he got clocked at recently would put him at 55-60 grade speed. Would be awesome if he could play a good CF. I'm guessing we see him at 3rd or in the corner. With his speed and arm he's got potential to be a plus fielder at the corner.

"Though he's a fringy runner out of the batter's box, he can produce solid sprint speeds once he gets going and has a knack for stealing bases."

baseballsavant

Then there's outfield sprint speed vs time home to 1B and home to 3B on a triple.. probably the truest measure.

Keeps getting 50 run grades.

I can't wait to see both Bonemer and Roch on the MLB roster.

Given our propensity to rush guys to the MLB roster with disastrous results, I can wait. But I agree, they will be special.

19.2% is good to see. Especially now

7 hours ago, Texsox said:

Given our propensity to rush guys to the MLB roster with disastrous results, I can wait. But I agree, they will be special.

This regime haven’t really rushed anybody.

7 minutes ago, Boopa1219 said:

This regime haven’t really rushed anybody.

Yeah, Not sure what year he’s living in. We got a Boner Homer today. He and Shelton both went deep. If Shelton could get more consistency he could be a guy too.

6 hours ago, Boopa1219 said:

This regime haven’t really rushed anybody.

Andrew Vaughn enters the chat

Carson Fulmer, Gordon Beckham, Oscar Colas. . . Just a couple more that come to mind.

In 7 AFL games Bonemer has 3 doubles, 1 triple and 1 homerun.

Not saying he won't be a great hitter, but he has all of the hallmarks of a dude that sees the extremes at the major league level with his boom and bust homer and K rates. We love him now, but I am sure he will be hated for periods of time soon enough.

18 minutes ago, Texsox said:

Carson Fulmer, Gordon Beckham, Oscar Colas. . . Just a couple more that come to mind.

What do those players have to do with the current sox front office?

20 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Not saying he won't be a great hitter, but he has all of the hallmarks of a dude that sees the extremes at the major league level with his boom and bust homer and K rates. We love him now, but I am sure he will be hated for periods of time soon enough.

Don't be hating. He was only 20 years old in AA. 25% SO rate isn't that bad with his power.

2 minutes ago, ron883 said:

Don't be hating. He was only 20 years old in AA. 25% SO rate isn't that bad with his power.

Guess who had a 23.5% K rate in his time at AA as a 20/21 year old?

7 hours ago, Boopa1219 said:

This regime haven’t really rushed anybody.

You could argue they rushed Braden and we saw the results of that.

12 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Guess who had a 23.5% K rate in his time at AA as a 20/21 year old?

Hitler?

6 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Guess who had a 23.5% K rate in his time at AA as a 20/21 year old?

Colson had 11 HRs across 96 games in A-AA as a 20 year old (mostly in A and A+). Bonemer had 37 homeruns in 132 games across A+-AA. He's hitting for WAY more power. .154 ISO vs a .300 ISO.

1 minute ago, Bonemer, I Hardly Know Her said:

Hitler?

For some Sox fans, yes.