8/25/2023 - PENROD Part 2

Merkle's Boner · Aug 25, 2023

That Drohan vid reminds me of Casey Fossum. Not sure if that’s a compliment but Fossum did have a career.

Merkle's Boner · Aug 25, 2023

JM3 said:
It's an interesting question, right? Do you take Casey Fossum as the outcome for Shane Drohan right now if offered that choice.

& the answer is of course "yes". He pitched about 230 innings for the Red Sox over 3 seasons, providing 3.2 fWAR & then was a big part of a trade for one of the best players in baseball - Curt Schilling (the other guys they gave up were Brandon Lyon, Jorge de la Rosa & Michael Goss).

Of course, he only put up 1.9 fWAR in the next 6 seasons, but that's not really our problem anymore.

Absent the trade, though, I would decline that career for Drohan. Roll the dice.

And I think this is the problem for many when analyzing prospects. For most prospects, Fossum is sort of a ceiling. On any list of top 30 prospects, if you have 10 Fossums that's a really strong group, especially if you've got 1 or 2 higher end guys as well.

Chainsaw318 · Aug 25, 2023

JM3 said:
Pretty sure the best player from our 2013 class was 26th rounder Mauricio Dubon who we just played a series against & who was traded for Travis Shaw.

& the only one to make it to the Red Sox was 9th rounder Kyle Martin who pitched 2.2 innings in 2017.

Aha! It’s Kyle Martin who was a prospect for the Red Sox that continues to make me think Chris Martin was originally a Red Minor leaguer.

the 2010 draft was a tough one, with the best player maybe being Workman, until you get to the 31st rounder, who did not sign,and went on to a good current MLB career, including a decent year in Boston, Hunter Renfroe.

8/25/2023 - PENROD Part 2

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