I tend to mix up Kutter Crawford with Kason Gabbard a lot too. Hopefully Kutter has a better career.
Just saw this. I don't know about other teams, but Triston Casas only had 7 PA in A+ (2 games) in 2019 and started 2021 in Portland.Yeah, while this may be a make or break year in terms of Downs' ultimate upside, I just don't know how heavily last season should be weighted. He played 12 games in AA Tulsa to finish his age 20 2019 season, and the next time he played minor league baseball was spring 2021 in AAA Worcester. I'd be curious to see if highly rated prospects across the league were treated similarly, i.e. being advanced as if they'd played in 2020 at the expected level. A+ to AAA is a massive jump under any circumstances, and certainly if you include a year off in between.
Good to see Brandon Walter getting some love.Fangraphs put out its top Red Sox prospects list, worth a read:
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/boston-red-sox-top-51-prospects-2022/
Rankings since Bloom has taken over:Sox are ranked 5th in Fangraphs' latest update.
https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2022-in-season-prospect-list/farm-ranking?sort=-1,1&type=100&filter=&pos=&team=
Incredible rebuild by Bloom while remaining competitive in the majors.Rankings since Bloom has taken over:
2019: 30
2020: 22
2021: 9
2022: 5
Absolute insanity what he's done.
I get what you mean, but part of the reason the system has rebounded is that the team was historically noncompetitive in 2020 and it just happened to be a year that was forgettable for myriad reasons. That led directly to Mayer, Downs and Wong. But, yes, Chaim certainly gets credit for restoring the team to competitiveness in 2021 and 2022 while still developing the farm.Incredible rebuild by Bloom while remaining competitive in the majors.
The system's also ranked highly because it has guys like Winckowski, Binelas, German and Seabold. They're here because of Bloom trading away major league players (Benintendi, Renfroe, relief pitchers to Phillies). That's what I meant about staying competitive while rebuilding the farm system. Three of the top 10 prospects (based on fangraphs' rankings) are here through trades, not the draft. I consider that a significant (and positive) contribution by Bloom. It's his 'alpha', basically.I get what you mean, but part of the reason the system has rebounded is that the team was historically noncompetitive in 2020 and it just happened to be a year that was forgettable for myriad reasons. That led directly to Mayer, Downs and Wong. But, yes, Chaim certainly gets credit for restoring the team to competitiveness in 2021 and 2022 while still developing the farm.
Fangraphs seems reluctant to tag 60 FVs on pitchers. Looking at their Board of top prospects, only 4 of the 18 60+ prospects are pitchers.They have 3 hitters with an FV at 55 or better. No other team has more than 2.
I hope they go pitching heavy this draft.
Yeah, he's done a phenomenal job. Last year got to game 6 of the ALCS. This year in playoff contention. All while rebuilding the system into a monster.Incredible rebuild by Bloom while remaining competitive in the majors.
Valdez is at 16.soxprospects.com rankings have been updated. Mikey Romero debuts at 10, Ronan Anthony at 14, Cutter Coffey at 20. Wilyer Abreu the highest trade acquisition at 26.
https://www.soxprospects.com/index.html