About SoxProspects.com

General Info

SoxProspects.com was launched on September 20, 2003, after months of development during the summer of 2003. The site was designed, developed, and the content is maintained by Mike Andrews, a self-proclaimed baseball analyst/scout, diehard Red Sox fan, and local Bostonian. Mike has been following the Red Sox farm system in depth for over ten years.  Several other baseball enthusiasts contribute to SoxProspects.com, including moderators, baseball writers, and pro scouts. We have eyes and ears in each of the minor league affiliate cities scouting and reporting on the top Red Sox prospects. The site gets upwards of 14,000 unique visitors and 90,000 page hits per day.

The SoxProspects Community

The message board is home to over 1,100 registered members and has been viewed over 12-million times. Several players, ex-players, player family members, front office members, agents, scouts, writers, broadcasters, affiliate employees, boosters, and season ticket holders post on and regularly visit the message board. We'd like to think that the site and the message board have combined to become the number one source for Red Sox prospect information.

Recognition

SoxProspects.com has been cited or quoted in the following media: Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Metro, Boston.com, Boston Baseball Magazine (Red Sox Program), Diehard Magazine, Boston Dirt Dogs, Bradford On Baseball, The Bradford Files, Portland Press Herald, Union Leader, North Adams Transcript, New Britain Herald, WEEI, WBAE, MinorLeagueBall.com, and the Most Valuable Network

 

SoxProspects.com Staff

Mike Andrews (soxprospects)
President, Director of Site Operations
Mike founded SoxProspects.com in September 2003.  He does all of the programming and operates the entirety of the main site. He authors the prospect scouting reports, many based on first hand accounts and others based on input from the moderators, insiders in the affiliate cities, and professional scouting services. Mike is also a moderator and the administrator of the message board, manages the blog and the Wiki, and does some reporting for the news blog. He updates the prospect rankings once a week with input from the staff.
email: info@soxprospects.com

Adam (amfox1) - Senior Moderator
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.

Jonathan (jsinger121) - Moderator & Blogger
Jonathan joined the site in June 2004 and now contributes as a moderator on the message board and as a blogger on the news page. Jon has conducted several player interviews on behalf of the site and authored a number of interesting articles and editorials.  Jon also is responsible for facilitating the GameDay threads on a daily basis during the season, and helps out by keeping the Wiki up to date.

Don (scotian1) - Senior Blogger
Don wakes up bright and early every morning during the season to bring you the Cup-of-Coffee, a daily report recapping the action from the pervious night's games in the Red Sox organization. Don has been blogging since June 2005.

Mike B. (brox13) - Blogger
Mike has been a site member since 2003.  He contributes to the blog through conducting Q&As with the affiliate broadcasters.

Chris H. (Arquimedez Bozo) - Moderator & Blogger
Chris is a regular at McCoy Stadium.  He joined SoxProspects.com in July 2005 and started blogging around that same time.  In August 2007 he began contributing as a moderator and editor. Chris also puts together the player of the week voting each week.

Ian (templeUsox) - Moderator
Ian has been a valued contributor on the message board since early 2004 and became a site moderator in late 2006.  He also helps out with his vast knowledge of the amateur draft and the prospects coming up through the amateur ranks.  Ian's known to be a very sarcastic gent.

Aaron (AMarshal2) - Moderator
Aaron is a site moderator, and also contributes through providing significant input for the rankings, new site features, and the general direction of the site.  He's been a site member since October 2005 and a moderator since late 2006.

Dan (PasadenaSox) - Blogger
Dan reports on the latest news in the organization, from transactions, to awards, to the draft.  He also attends several games out in Lancaster so he helps provide first hand knowledge from the West Coast.  He joined the site in June 2006 and the staff in January 2007.

Mike R. (Forever Red 9) - Moderator
Mike became a moderator in August 2007, but has been with the site since April 2005.  He also helps out with player of the week voting and contributes to the scouting reports as he attends several games per year.  In 2008, Mike took over full responsibility for updating the stats pages.

Anni (RedSoxAnni) - News Girl
Anni is a relatively new member of the site but does yeoman's work by compiling Red Sox prospect news from across the Internet on a daily basis. Her monthly-news-link threads are not to be missed.

Chris M.  (Cem21) - Moderator & Blogger
Chris is a regular at LeLacehur Park, taking in several Spinners games each year.  He has been a site member since early 2007, and started working as a blogger in September 2007. In January 2008, Chris took over full responsibility for the Injury Report. He also provides regular scouting reports for all players.  He became a moderator in March 2008.

David  (davidlaurila) - Freelance Writer
David is a freelance baseball writer that has interviewed hundreds of Red Sox players, prospects, front office members, and scouts.  He has worked with SoxProspects.com, Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus, and RedSoxNation.net, just to name a few.  David is also the author of Interviews from Red Sox Nation, a must read for any Sox fan.

 

Grades
 

The SoxProspects.com prospect grading system is made up of two numbers: (1) the level where that player presently projects; and (2) that player's ceiling.  For example, a player who is graded "8-9" is projected to be an 8 (Long Term Reliable Starter), but has a ceiling of becoming a 9 (All-Star).

Pitchers Position Players

10

Hall of Fame Caliber Pitcher
(Roger Clemens, Mariano Rivera)

10 Hall of Fame Caliber Player
(Carl Yastrzemski, Manny Ramirez)

9

Ace Starter (Curt Schilling)

9 All-Star Caliber Player (Nomar Garciaparra)

8

#2/#3 Starter (Bruce Hurst)
Dominant Closer (Lee Smith)

8 Long-Term Solid Starter
(Mike Greenwell - this level player may also be named an All-Star on occasion)

7

#4/#5 Starter (Oil Can Boyd)
Dominant Reliever (Mike Timlin)

7 Average MLB Starter
(Marty Barrett)

6

Reliable Spot Starter (Ramiro Mendoza);
Long-term Reliable Middle Reliever (Mike Stanton)

6 Long-Term Reliable MLB Bench Player
(Alex Cora, Doug Mirabelli)
5 Average Middle Reliever
(Alan Embree)
5 MLB Bench Player
(Dave McCarty)

4

AAAA Pitcher (a pitcher who consistently excels at AAA but fails when given shots in MLB)

4 AAAA Player (a player who consistently excels at AAA but fails when given shots in MLB)

3

Good Minor League Pitcher

3 Minor League Starter

2

Mediocre Minor League Pitcher

2 Minor League Bench Player

1

Roster Filler

1 Roster Filler

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

 

Prospect Eligibility
 

Prospects A player graduates as a prospect once he: (1) has more than 130 at bats in the majors; (2) has pitched more than 50 innings in the majors; (3) has been on a major league roster for more than 45 days (not including September call-ups); or (4) turns 26 years old (27 for catchers).  Prospect eligibility is left to the discretion of the Staff, but we almost universally follow these guidelines. 
Post-Graduated
Prospects (PG)
A  Minor-Leaguer who has graduated from prospect "status" due to exhausting his MLB rookie eligibility, but who is still age 25 or younger. If post-grads are returned to the minors, they will be reinserted into the rankings where they would have been ranked had they not graduated, but not given an actual rank. 
Post-Prospects Minor-Leaguers who have graduated from prospect "status" (26 or older) but who still are expected to contribute at the Major League level in the near future
Ex-Prospects/
Ex-Players
Former Red Sox minor leaguers who are ACTIVE in the MLB or affiliated minor leagues.

 

Abbreviations
 

IL

International League (AAA) (Pawtucket)

PCL Pacific Coast League (AAA)

EL

Eastern League (AA) (Portland)

South Southern League (AA)
Tex Texas League (AA)
Carol Carolina League (Advanced A)
Calif California League (Advanced A) (Lancaster)

FSL

Florida State League (Advanced A)

SAL, Sally

South Atlantic League (Intermediate A) (Greenville)

MWL Midwest League (Intermediate A)

NYP, NY-Penn

New York-Pennsylvania League (Short Season A) (Lowell)

NWL Northwest League (Short Season A)
GCL Gulf Coast League (Rookie) (Gulf Coast Red Sox)
App Appalachian League (Rookie)
Pion Pioneer League (Rookie)
Ariz Arizona League (Rookie)
DSL Dominican Summer League (Rookie) (DSL Red Sox)
VSL Venezuelan Summer League (Rookie)
AFL Arizona Fall League (Fall)
XST Extended Spring Training
TIA Temporary Inactive List
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival to the Majors
PTBNL Player to be named later
DL Disabled List
RH Rehab assignment
PG Post-Graduate Prospect (see Prospect Eligibility, above)
MLFA Minor League Free Agent

 

 

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Player Team, Year

Clay Buchholz

Wilmington, 2006

Jacoby Ellsbury

Portland, 2007

Dustin Pedroia

Pawtucket, 2006

Manny Delcarmen

Pawtucket, 2007

Jon Lester

Portland, 2005

Jonathan Papelbon

Portland, 2005

Kevin Youkilis

Lowell, 2004

Trot Nixon

Pawtucket, 1998

Jason Varitek

Pawtucket, 1997
Derek Lowe Pawtucket, 1997
Nomar Garciaparra Pawtucket, 1996
Mo Vaughn Pawtucket, 1992
Mike Greenwell Pawtucket, 1986
Ellis Burks Pawtucket, 1987
Roger Clemens Pawtucket, 1984
Wade Boggs Pawtucket, 1981
Jim Rice Pawtucket, 1974
Fred Lynn Pawtucket, 1974
Carlton Fisk Boston, 1971

 

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