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🚨 New Episode 🚨
@IanCundall.bsky.social and Mike Andrews break down the Red Sox wild card series loss to the Yankees and where Boston can look to make upgrades in the offseason.
The 2025 SoxProspects.com Breakout Player of the Year is...
09.10.2025 21:30 — 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
The 2025 SoxProspects.com Comeback Player of the Year is...
09.10.2025 19:12 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
The 2025 SoxProspects.com Rookie of the Year is...
09.10.2025 16:01 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
The 2025 SoxProspects.com Ex-Prospect of the Year is...
08.10.2025 20:51 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0There is a separate award for Graduate of the Year.
09.10.2025 11:04 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The 2025 SoxProspects.com Homegrown Player of the Year is...
08.10.2025 16:00 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
The 2025 SoxProspects.com Graduate of the Year is...
08.10.2025 13:17 — 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0⚾ Stanley Tucker saw his first game action since suffering a dislocated shoulder (August, 2024) and left wrist injury (March 2025). He missed the entire 2025 season.
⚾ Johanfran Garcia (#31) went 1-3 with one run.
⚾ Jay Allmer threw a clean inning with one hit and one strikeout.
The Salt River Rafters take their Arizona Fall League opener over the Glendale Desert Dogs.
⚾ Luis Perales (SP60: #3) hit 101 MPH in his 1.1 innings of work.
⚾ Brandon Neely (#46) threw 3 innings in his pro debut, recording a hold.
We continue 2025 SoxProspects.com Awards week by shifting our focus to All-Star pitchers.
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Welcome to the 2025 SoxProspects.com Awards week! Over the next five days, we will present our annual awards recognizing the standout performers from the season.
Today, the 2025 SoxProspects All-Stars: Position Players.
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Image showing Luis Perales as the starter for the Salt River Rafters AFL opener.
Oh well hello there.
07.10.2025 02:03 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0You know that happened in June, right?
That's season-starting rank.
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New rankings update is live!
On the latest episode of the SoxProspects.com Podcast, @IanCundall.bsky.social and @SPChrisHatfield.bsky.social offer their picks for Position Player and Pitcher of the Year at every level of the Red Sox system.
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There were also bright spots, too be sure. Breslow now has a lot of work to do. Need to figure out the outfield and hopefully use that to solve other issues. There's a foundation though. They just need to make the bold moves to capitalize.
03.10.2025 04:05 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0The attrition just caught up to the Red Sox. Losing Casas, Anthony, Mayer, Houck, Crawford, Dobbins, Fitts, Criswell, Hendriks to injury, Buehler ineffective, Campbell giving nothing after April, and the Devers debacle, it's kind of impressive they even made the playoffs.
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LF Duran SP Crochet SS Story SP Bello 3B Bregman SP Giolito DH Yoshida 2B Gonzalez CL Chapman CF Rafaela SU Whitlock RF Abreu RP Matz 1B Lowe RP Wilson C Narvaez RP Slaten RP Weissert C Wong RP Kelly IF Hamilton RP Tolle OF Refsnyder LR Harrison UT Eaton UT Sogard
One man's guess at the wild card roster.
SPs aren't in any particular order.
Early is off but comes back if they advance. Don't need a 4th starter in a 3-game series.
Unless Bernardino is ready or if they would prefer another RHP with Harrison (or Early) sliding to the bullpen.
28.09.2025 18:50 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Nice little "thank you for your service" to De Leon, who'll immediately be DFA after the season I presume.
For those curious, 40-man was at 39.
Murphy will be down for 15 days barring injuries, so he's not an option until WS.
Myles Smith?
This guy? www.soxprospects.com/players/smit...
Red Sox magic number is now 1. It sets up a potentially awkward situation.
Lucas Giolito is 5 IP away from 150, which would trigger a $250k incentive. He'd pitch game 162 on regular rest, but all involved surely would prefer he sit.
Will the team consider just paying the $250k?
We had Paul on the Podcast in September 2021 when he was the amateur scouting director. Great listen for those interested in hearing more from the Nats' new head of baseball ops.
news.soxprospects.com/2021/09/podc...
Senior VP Paul Toboni leaving to lead Nationals baseball ops per Jeff Passan, latest stop in a meteoric rise. Joined the org as an intern in '15, rising to amateur scouting dir., then VP of amateur scouting & player dev before becoming one of Breslow's top lieutenants. Big loss for the Red Sox FO.
24.09.2025 19:08 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The tyranny of character limits...
22.09.2025 12:59 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A few folks have made the point that swapping Crochet and Bello lines Crochet up for a potential game 1. Of course, that's the primary reason.
But I wonder if they would consider using Crochet on short rest in a do-or-die game 162. Not for 100 pitches, but 3/4 IP or something.
A few folks have made the point that swapping Crochet and Bello lines Crochet up for a potential game 1. Of course, that's the primary reason.
But I wonder if they would consider using Crochet on short rest in a do-or-die game 162. Not for 100 pitches, but 3/4 IP or something.
🚨 New Episode 🚨
@IanCundall.bsky.social and @SPChrisHatfield.bsky.social (remember him?) discuss Boston's playoff outlook and whether Luis Perales (SP60: #3) can contribute before the end.
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