Comments on: The 2009 Red Sox Minor League System

By: Darryl Johnston

Darryl Johnston — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:48:03 +0000

You can see the ranking but need insider for the detailed analysis.

Top 25:

NO. PLAYER
1 Jason Heyward, OF, ATL
2 Stephen Strasburg, RHP, WAS
3 Carlos Santana, C, CLE
4 Buster Posey, C, SFO
5 Mike Stanton, OF, FLA
6 Desmond Jennings, OF, TAM
7 Martin Perez, LHP, TEX
8 Dustin Ackley, CF, SEA
9 Justin Smoak, 1B, TEX
10 Jesus Montero, C, NYY
11 Brian Matusz, LHP, BAL
12 Starlin Castro, SS, CHC
13 Neftali Feliz, RHP, TEX
14 Domonic Brown, RF, PHI
15 Wade Davis, RHP, TAM
16 Aroldis Chapman, LHP, CIN
17 Jeremy Hellickson, RHP, TAM
18 Casey Kelly, RHP, BOS
19 Aaron Hicks, RHP, MIN
20 Brett Wallace, 1B, TOR
21 Logan Morrison, 1B, FLA
22 Tyler Matzek, LHP, COL
23 Jenrry Mejia, RHP, NYM
24 Michael Taylor, OF, OAK
25 Zach Britton, LHP, BAL

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:00:31 +0000

Yeah, Law’s top 100 prospects come out today. It will be interesting to see where Casey Kelly ranks. Since he is further down in the minors, he won’t be major league ready for a bit and that will rank him lower.

PO-TEN-TIAL!!!!!

By: Darryl Johnston

Darryl Johnston — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:44:10 +0000

It’s a wealth of talent all throughout the system. Casey Kelly is already one of the top ranked prospects in baseball and they still have many other pitching prospects.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:10:51 +0000

Keith Law just ranked the Red Sox minor league system #2 overall behind on Texas. It is nice to have a steady influx of talent as well as bargaining chips.

This doesn’t include Clay Bucholtz either since he lost his rookie status.

Borat – “Very Nice”

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:16:12 +0000

I agree, Tazawa seems more like a long reliever and spot starter with his stuff. Sometimes those players can outperform their talent and perhaps he’s one of those guys.

By: Church Furniture Guy

Church Furniture Guy — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:36:43 +0000

I don’t think Tazawa throws hard enough to make it big for Boston, though I hope I am wrong.

By: Kellygreen

Kellygreen — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:52:08 +0000

Wow. Very in-depth analysis. Makes me very anxious and excited for 2010. Hope to make it to Portland more often to see Tazawa. It would be interesting to see him and Dice-k both in the regular rotation What do you think? Will Tazawa be a starter, middle reliever or what?

Feel free to email me directly if you don’t want to respond directly here.

–A regular, devoted reader

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:46:26 +0000

The Red Sox have done a great job of feeding their major league team with home grown players and these guys could all keep the trend going. Being able to promote from within is a huge cost saver (both in money and prospects).

I feel so much better when you can look at a team on the field at Fenway and see the development of the farm system right before your eyes.