by daniel rathman | Feb 1, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Jason Varitek
As an avid fan of amateur baseball, and incidentally the draft, I was displeased, to say the least, to hear about the Sox decision to re-sign Varitek. It wasn’t that I had high hopes that he’d net us two picks, because obviously no team’s general...
by daniel rathman | Jan 27, 2009 | Quick Post
Within the last couple of days, the Red Sox have officially signed six players to minor league contracts and will report to Spring Training as non-roster invitees. Mostly seen as depth in case of the inevitable injury, the six players are: Fernando Cabrera (RHP):...
by daniel rathman | Jan 27, 2009 | Lars Anderson, Michael Bowden, Quick Post
Recently, ESPN ranked the Sox system 7th in all of baseball. This was quite a compliment to a team that just this past season graduated four of Baseball America‘s top five Sox prospects (Buchholz, Ellsbury, Masterson, Lowrie). Led by Director of Amateur Scouting...
by daniel rathman | Jan 25, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Bubba Bell
Perhaps the most perplexing, yet enticing prospect in the Sox system, Bubba Bell is at the stage in his career where performance is everything. There is no projection left. Always known as a hitter with above-average skills all-around, he no longer can point to this...
by daniel rathman | Jan 22, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Quick Post
The 2nd Annual ESPN rankings of the top systems and top prospects by Keith Law were officially released this morning. Catching a lot of fans by surprise was the generous ranking at #7. I really can’t quibble too much, however, as you could have made a case for...
