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About
SoxProspects.com |
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Contact Info |
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SoxProspects, LLC
Newton, MA
email:
info@soxprospects.com
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General Info |
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SoxProspects.com
was launched on September 20, 2003. The site was founded by
Mike
Andrews, a self-proclaimed baseball analyst and local Bostonian. Mike has been following the Red Sox farm system in
depth since 1998. The site has a staff
of over 30 volunteers, including writers, editors, web content managers,
scouts, and moderators, as well as eyes
and ears in each of the minor league affiliate cities reporting on every
player in the organization. We now get upwards of 13-million page views per
year (2012 stats). In January
2010, we incorporated, forming SoxProspects, LLC to hold and maintain
SoxProspects.com and all of its affiliated websites and content.
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SP News |
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At SoxProspects News,
we cover each affiliate game in our daily Cup-of-Coffee segment, bring
our readers in-depth coverage of the Amateur Draft, report on player
movement and Red Sox system notes, and publish several regular feature
columns. These features include weekly prospect interviews, The
Ladder (a look at players moving up through the Sox system), The
Book (scouting books on individual players based on first-hand
accounts), the Fort Report (updates from minor league spring
training), Prospect Previews (annual previews on each of the top
prospects in the system), Positional Outlooks (annual rundown of
the top prospects per position), and The Lineup Card (roster
analysis).
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The
SoxProspects Forum |
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The SoxProspects Forum
is home to numerous registered members who enjoy discussing the topic of
Red Sox prospects. Several players, ex-players, player family members,
front office employees, agents, scouts, writers, broadcasters, affiliate employees, boosters,
and season ticket holders contribute to and regularly visit the Forum.
We'd like to think that the site and the Forum have combined to
become the number one source for Red Sox prospect information.
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Live Appearances |
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We have appeared live on the following broadcasts:
▪ NESN Daily - NESN (Boston)
▪ ESPN Boston
Radio with Adam Jones (Boston)
▪ The Baseball Show - NESN (Boston)
▪ Toucher & Rich - 98.5 FM The SportsHub (Boston)
▪ PawSox Insider - 920 WHJJ AM
(Providence)
▪ The Big Jab Weekend Warmup - 96.3 FM
(Portland)
▪ Portland Sea Dogs Radio Broadcast -
1490
AM WBAE
▪ Salem Red Sox Radio Broadcast - 960
AM WFIR
▪ Greenville Drive Radio Broadcast
- MiLB.com
▪ Lowell Spinners Radio Broadcast - 980
AM WCAP
▪ The Press Pass - WCAP 980 AM (Lowell)
▪ New Hampshire Today - 107.7 FM WTPL
(Hillsboro)
▪ After Further Review - 104.5 FM ESPN
(Louisiana)
▪ Pittsburgh Sports Radio - The Fan
93.7 FM
▪ Stan & Guy & Chris - 1250 AM ESPN
(Pittsburgh)
▪ Sports Tonight Live Chat - Comcast
SportsNet
▪ Around The Majors Podcast -
BlogTalkRadio
▪ Major League Monday - New
Zealand
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Recognition |
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SoxProspects.com has been
cited in the following media: Boston Globe,
Boston Herald, NESN, Baseball America, Boston Metro, Portland Press Herald, Union Leader, New Britain Herald, Los Angeles Times, Boston Baseball
Magazine,
Diehard Magazine, Boston.com, ESPN.com, WEEI.com, NESN.com, Boston Dirt Dogs,
WEEI, 98.5 The Sports Hub, WBAE,
and ESPN Radio.
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Prospect Eligibility |
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Prospects
- A player
will generally graduate from prospect status once
he exhausts his MLB "rookie" status." Rookie status is exhausted
once a player: (1) has more than 130 at-bats in the majors; (2) has pitched more
than 50 innings in the majors; (3) has been on an active major league
roster for more than 45 days (not including September call-ups). The
SoxProspects Staff will use discretion if these limits are close at the
end of each season. Previously, we also considered a prospect
graduated from eligibility once that player turned 26 years old.
That rule was changed in September 2010. |
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Post-Prospects -
Minor-Leaguers who have graduated from prospect "status" but who
still are expected to contribute at the Major League level in the near
future.
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Ex-Prospects -
Former Red Sox minor leaguers who are
ACTIVE
in the MLB or affiliated minor leagues.
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Abbreviations |
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We anticipate moving prospect up in the rankings on the coming Friday |
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We anticipate moving prospect down in the rankings on the coming Friday |
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AFL |
Arizona Fall League (Fall) |
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App. |
Appalachian League (Rookie) |
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Ariz. |
Arizona League (Rookie) |
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Car. |
Carolina League (High-A)
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Cal. |
California
League (High-A) |
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DFA |
Designated for assignment |
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DL |
Disabled List |
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DSL |
Dominican Summer League
(Rookie) |
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EL/East |
Eastern League
(Double-A) |
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ETA |
Estimated Time of Arrival to the Majors,
or Estimated Activation off DL |
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FaF |
Futures at Fenway |
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FC |
Futures Contract |
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FIL |
Fall Instructional League |
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FSL |
Florida State
League (High-A) |
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GCL |
Gulf Coast
League (Rookie) |
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IL |
International League
(Triple-A) |
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MWL |
Midwest League (Low-A) |
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MLFA |
Minor League Free Agent |
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NRI |
Non-Roster Invitee |
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NYPL |
NY-Penn. League (Short
Season A) |
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O.R. |
Original Rank at Season Start |
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PCL |
Pacific Coast League (Triple-A) |
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PG |
Post-Graduate Prospect |
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Pion |
Pioneer League (Rookie) |
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PM |
Paper Move |
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PTBNL |
Player to be named later |
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RH |
Rehab assignment |
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RL |
Restricted List |
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SAL |
South Atlantic League
(Low-A) |
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South |
Southern League (Double-A) |
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SUS |
Suspended List |
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Tex |
Texas League
(Double-A) |
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TIA |
Temporary Inactive List |
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VSL |
Venezuelan Summer League (Rookie) |
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XST |
Extended Spring Training |
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YTR |
Yet to Officially Report |
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SoxProspects
Banner |
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Player |
Team, Year |
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Will Middlebrooks |
Lowell, 2008 |
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Felix
Doubront |
Pawtucket, 2011 |
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Daniel Bard |
Portland, 2008 |
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Justin Masterson |
Portland, 2007 |
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Clay Buchholz |
Wilmington, 2006 |
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Jacoby Ellsbury |
Portland, 2007 |
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Dustin Pedroia |
Pawtucket, 2006 |
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Manny Delcarmen |
Pawtucket, 2007 |
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Jon Lester |
Portland, 2005 |
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Jonathan Papelbon |
Portland, 2005 |
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Kevin Youkilis |
Lowell, 2004 |
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Trot Nixon |
Pawtucket, 1998 |
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Jason Varitek |
Pawtucket, 1997 |
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Nomar Garciaparra |
Pawtucket, 1996 |
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Mo Vaughn |
Pawtucket, 1992 |
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Mike Greenwell |
Pawtucket, 1986 |
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Ellis Burks |
Pawtucket, 1987 |
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Roger Clemens |
Pawtucket, 1984 |
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Wade Boggs |
Pawtucket, 1981 |
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Jim Rice |
Pawtucket, 1974 |
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Fred Lynn |
Pawtucket, 1974 |
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Carlton Fisk |
Boston, 1971 |
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SoxProspects.com
Staff |
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The Brass |
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 Mike
Andrews -
Editor-in-Chief
Mike founded
SoxProspects.com in September 2003. In connection with the
site, he's a contributor to ESPNBoston, where he authors
a weekly column.
E-mail: mike@soxprospects.com
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 Chris Mellen
- Director of Scouting
Chris scouts countless games each season in Pawtucket,
Portland, Salem, Greenville, Lowell, and Ft. Myers. He oversees our
scouting reports and authors scouting features based on his first-hand
observations and interactions with professional and amateur scouts.
E-mail:
cmellen@soxprospects.com
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 Chris
Hatfield - Executive Editor
Chris joined SoxProspects.com in 2005 and started writing columns
for SP News. He now contributes as one of the site's senior
editors, hosts the SoxProspects.com podcast, and takes care of a lot of
behind-the-scenes work for the site. When he can, he authors features
for SP News and reports from games in New England and
in Salem.
E-mail:
chatfield@soxprospects.com
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 Jon Meoli -
Senior Columnist
Jon joined as a Staff Writer in March 2010, and was promoted
to columnist in the 2010-2011 off-season. He covers the
Mid-Atlantic affiliates for SoxProspects, and contributes columns,
scouting notes, and player interviews for SP News.
E-mail: jmeoli@soxprospects.com |
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 Matt Huegel -
Managing Editor
Matt joined as a Staff
Writer in March 2010, and was promoted to editor during the 2010-11
off-season. He helps oversee both the editing and the development processes for much of the content on SP News. He is also
our resident beat writer in Pawtucket and a contributor to ESPN Boston.
E-mail:
mhuegel@soxprospects.com |
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Writers & Editors |
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John Gray - Senior
Staff Writer
John joined as Staff
Writer in October 2009. He's previously worked for the Lowell
Spinners and New England Patriots. |
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Dan Hanson - Staff Writer
Dan has been with the site since January 2007. |
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Jim Crowell -
Staff Writer
Jim joined the staff in July 2011. |
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Will Woodward -
Staff Writer
Will joined the staff in November 2011. |
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James Dunne -
Staff Writer
James joined the staff in November 2011. |
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Tim Healey -
Staff Writer
Tim joined the staff in February 2013. |
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Luke Lavoie -
Staff Writer
Luke joined the staff in February 2013. |
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Kevin Pereira -
Staff Writer
Kevin joined the staff in February 2013. |
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Alex Skillin
- Staff Editor
Alex joined the staff as an editor in April 2013. |
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Web Content |
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Mike Reynolds -
Senior Database Engineer
Mike has been with the site
since April 2005. In 2008, he took over full responsibility for
operating and maintaining the site's stats, schedule, and standings
databases. He also contributes to the scouting
reports as he attends several games per year. |
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Steve
Henley
- Senior Web Content Manager
Steve has been a contributing editor since 2006. He
also helps developing web content for our player pages. |
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JP Kitson -
Social Media Specialist
JP joined the Staff in January 2012. He is responsible
for overseeing our social media presence, as well as for maintaining
relationships with advertisers. |
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Andrew Kolodziej
- Web Content Manager
Andrew joined the staff in July 2011.
He tallies the daily stat and transaction updates for the Site. |
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Jonathan Singer -
Digital Correspondent
Jonathan has conducted several player interviews on behalf of the site,
and helps covering the draft on SP News. He also facilitates the GameDay threads
in the SoxProspects forum, and covers our Injury Report. |
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Matt Picard
- Web Content Manager
Matt joined the staff in February 2013. |
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Rebecca Fishbein
- Web Content Manager
Rebecca joined the staff in February 2013. |
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Keith Wade
- Web Content Manager
Keith joined the staff in February 2013. |
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Scouts |
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Ian Cundall -
Northeast Scout
Ian joined the scouting department in October 2010. |
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Greg Lowder - Scout
(Pawtucket/Lowell)
Kevin Vinciguerra
- Scout (Portland)
Shannon Williams -
Scout
(Salem)
Daniel Lindsey -
Scout (Greenville)
Cody Normand -
Scout (Cape Cod)
Jeff Bennett -
Injury Consultant |
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Key Contributors |
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Kelly O'Connor - Photographer
William Parmeter -
Photographer
Dave Letizi - Photographer
Elizabeth Dreeson
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Special Contributor
Dick Duggan - Statistician
Chris Andrews - Database Administrator
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Forum Moderators |
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Adam
- Senior Moderator (amfox1)
Adam has basically been a member since the inception of the site and
has been a moderator on the message board for nearly as long. A long
time follower of the Red Sox and Red Sox prospects, Adam also keeps us
up to date on the projected pitching rotations through the Weekly Game
Log threads. |
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Josh
- Senior Moderator (chavopepe2)
Josh joined as a moderator in October 2009. |
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John
- Moderator (jmei)
John joined as a moderator in February 2012. |
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Norm
- Moderator (oregonnorm)
Norm joined as a moderator in February 2013. |
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Prospect
Scouting Scale |
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The SoxProspects.com
Prospect Scouting Scale is comprised of three numbers: (1) the player's
current MLB projection; (2) that player's floor; and (3) that player's
realistic ceiling. For example, a player who is graded
"7, 4-8" projects to be a 7 (All-Star), has
a floor of a 4 (Impactful Bench Player), and a
ceiling of an 8 (Elite Talent). INJ = injured, may miss significant
time (grade pending return). The below scale provides some greater
detail and examples. |
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Position Players |
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8 |
Elite Pitcher
(Pedro Martinez) |
8 |
Elite Position Player
(Carl Yastrzemski) |
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7 |
Ace Starter
(Curt Schilling) |
7 |
All-Star
Position Player
(Nomar Garciaparra) |
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6 |
#2/#3 Starter
(Bruce Hurst)
First Division Closer
(Jonathan Papelbon) |
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First
Division Starter
(Jason Varitek) |
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5 |
#4/#5 Starter (Oil Can Boyd)
Second Tier Closer (Matt Capps) |
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Second Division
Starter, First
Division Role Player
(Lyle Overbay) |
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4 |
Spot
Starter (Ramiro Mendoza);
Reliable Reliever
(Craig Breslow) |
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Reliable MLB Bench Player
(Kelly Shoppach) |
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3 |
Replacement level pitcher (Scott Atchison)
Up & Down
Player (bounces between Triple-A and MLB, making occasional MLB
contributions)
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Replacement level bench player (Darnell
McDonald)
Up & Down
Player
(bounces between Triple-A and MLB, making occasional MLB contributions)
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Minor leaguer (may get a cup-of-coffee in
the majors) |
2 |
Minor leaguer (may get a cup-of-coffee in
the majors) |
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The
examples provided in parentheses refer to the players in their prime,
as an example of the level projected for that prospect in his prime |
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