Future Shock: Red Sox Top 11 Prospects by Kevin Goldstein

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Daily Prospect Report 11/2/07
Published 11/3/2007 by azruavatar at Future Redbirds
... Kevin Goldstein has the Boston Top 10 11. Maybe the Cardinals should target Jed Lowrie with Julio Lugo blocking him in the majors — just a thought. Mesa 3, Surprise 10 Amaury Marti goes 1-for-4. Mark Hamilton goes 1-for-3 with a double and a BB. Luke Gregerson threw 1.2 innings allowing 3 hits for 1 run. He also struck out 3 batters. I imagine his location was a little off since he hasn’t pitched for a while (he’s the replacement for McClellan). Jason Motte threw a pair ...

A-Rod wants to go to Boston
Published 11/5/2007 by Ben K. at River Ave. Blues
... old team owns the most championships in baseball history and is a perennial playoff contender. He wants to go to the World Series champion now, and he’s going to run crying to his mommy if it doesn’t happen. See, A-Rod just knows what everyone else knows: The Sox have built up quite the team. Rich Lederer on The Baseball Analysts wrote a two-parter on the bright Red Sox future (Part I, Part II), and Baseball Prospectus has quite the love for Boston (Kevin Goldstein, New York’s own Jay Jaffe, John Perotto). It’s so ...

Baseball Prospectus' Top 11 Boston Red Sox Prospects
Published 11/6/2007 at FakeTeams
Baseball Prospectus' Kevin Goldstein has his Top 11 Boston Red Sox Prospects up. There is no surprise with the top two players, but sinkerballer ...

BP’s Red Sox Top Prospects
Published 11/7/2007 by Dave B. at Sox on Deck
... Recently, Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus put out his top 11 prospects in the Red Sox system. The list can be found here. If you don’t have a subscription to BP you can not read the write up, which are very good. I suggest everyone gets the subscription, lots of great stuff. ...

Still short a shortstop
Published 11/30/2007 by azruavatar <info@vivaelbirdos.com> at Viva El Birdos: Front Page Posts
... for Johan Santana so it would appear that the Sox are at least open to moving him. He's currently blocked by Julio Lugo who suffered through a truly terrible 2007 campaign but has another 3 years on his contract. Oscar Tejada is a toolsy SS in the system behind Lowrie, although he's very far removed from being major league ready. Kevin Goldstein ranked Lowrie as the 4th best prospect in the Red Sox system. Here's the good things that Goldstein said about him: ...

MLB Rumors: A Johan Santana Update And A Little Jed Lowrie
Published 12/18/2007 at FakeTeams
... near-term." This contradicts Twins' reporter Joe Christensen, who gets the sense this situation will be wrapped up by Christmas.  La Velle E. Neal III doesn't confirm the Xmas deadline, but did receive assurances the Twins and Red Sox are still talking.   The Twins may want to move quickly given the prospect reports are coming out on Jed Lowrie, and they are glowing.  John Sickels of Minor League Ball rates Lowrie an "A-", and Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus rated him a four-star out of a possible five.  Baseball America ...

The Experts Pick the Top 10 Red Sox Prospects
Published 1/13/2008 by Paul SF at YFSF
... I took the Sox lists from six sites -- because there's no way I was going to use fewer lists than were used for the Yankees (yes, I am that petty): Baseball Prospectus, ...

The other side of the Santana trade
Published 2/11/2008 by Victor Wang at The Hardball Times
The other side of the Santana trade by Victor Wang February 11, 2008 In my previous article , I analyzed the Johan Santana trade. I did this by comparing the historical value of the types of prospects the Twins received to the projected value of Santana. I concluded that the Twins were not ripped off like others have claimed. However, I did conclude that the Mets were slight winners based on a couple of factors. One of these factors was that the Twins were not able to accept the best offer, though this may make the Twins losers more than it makes the Mets winners. I was asked by a couple of readers to take a look at the other ...

Feet of Clay (and other strange news)
Published 2/12/2008 by Sarah Green at umpbump.com
... for “talking smack” about pitchers while the two were training at the Athletes Performance Institute near Penascola, Florida. Moreover, writes Baseball Prospectus, “While at Angelina college, Buchholz was also the best hitter on the team, and would still have been drafted in the first ten rounds as an outfielder if he’d never pitched.” ...

Future Shock: Organizational Rankings, Part 2 by Kevin Goldstein
Published 3/5/2008 at Baseball Prospectus
1. Tampa Bay Rays Last Year's Ranking : 1 Why They're Unchanged : Evan Longoria 's full-season debut went even better than expected, and they added No. 1 overall pick David Price to the system. Strengths : Yes. There are just tons of prospects everywhere, as 20 of MLB's 30 teams don't have one prospect ranked higher than Tampa's fifth-rated player. Weaknesses : It's hard to figure out what to do with all of this talent. Seriously, they're not just No. 1, they're No. 1 by a mile. Outlook for 2009 Ranking : Unchanged. Even with Longoria in the big leagues, the Rays have more than enough talent to remain at the top, and ...