Looking in on top prospects in Mets camp. Since that time, the 6-foot-4 righty was not added to Toronto’s 60-man player pool at any point last year and was promptly traded to the Mets along with two other pitchers in exchange for veteran southpaw Steven Matz in late January. . 30. Boston officially dealt Benintendi, as well as $2.8 million of his $6.6 million salary for 2021, to Kansas City in exchange for outfielder Franchy Cordero and two players to be named later as well as right-handed pitching prospect Josh Wincowski and one player to be named later from the New York Mets. It’s a big field. The 2021 campaign could prove to be a pivotal one for Winckowski, as he becomes eligible for the Rule 5 Draft for the first time in his career later on this winter. 3. FanGraphs‘ Eric Longenhagen wrote this about Winckowski back in January, “Winckowski has a chance to pop in 2021 because he was pitching hurt in 2019 and still got guys out. Red Sox will send $2.8 million to the Royals to help cover part of Benintendi’s $6.6 million salary. Physically, he’s always in shape. “I’m extremely excited to be playing for him,” Benintendi said of the ex-Cardinals skipper. 9 Red Sox prospect. “I’ve known Tate since I was drafted. But watching him from behind in the bullpen warming up and obviously the results speak for themselves in the game today, it looks like he’s got really good stuff.”. 1 prospect, and finished second in AL Rookie of the Year voting to Aaron Judge. So, I’m excited to play for him.”, Adding on to that, Kauffman Stadium is a ballpark Benintendi has enjoyed success at in his time with the Red Sox. Winckowski hasn’t yet appeared on many top prospect lists, but that will change soon if he keeps producing results and moving up the chain. There are two standout options early on, but to take either of them, you’re passing on the steals and starting pitching that you need to compete. For now, he ranks as the No. ( Log Out /  Frank German, RHP. The Dominican native has spent the past four seasons with the Royals and Padres, most recently accruing a .211/.286/.447 slash to go along with two home runs and seven RBI over 16 games for Kansas City in 2020. ... Josh Winckowski – 6/28/99. pic.twitter.com/TTPw5nDNUv. Expanding upon that, Benintendi’s injury, which occurred while he was rounding second base during an August 11 game against the Rays, was originally announced by the Red Sox as a right rib cage strain. He does own a lifetime .485/.564/.848 slash line in eight career games (39 plate appearances) at Kauffman Stadium, after all. 26 prospect. For his career, the left-handed hitter owns a lifetime .485/.564/.848 slash line to go go along with four doubles, one triple, two home runs, and three RBI at ‘The K.’, Andrew Benintendi's career numbers at Kauffman Stadium (8 Games):.485/.564/.848, 4 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 3 RBI #Royals pic.twitter.com/FdR15I1rUc, “Obviously it’s a lot different than Fenway,” Benintendi said of the Royals’ ballpark. ( Log Out /  Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. In what was undoubtedly be his last start of the spring, Red Sox pitching prospect Josh Winckowski impressed against the Twins at JetBlue Park on Sunday afternoon. At the end of an hour-long conversation with Blue Jays President/CEO Mark Shapiro last fall, I tossed out a line from an old Baseball Prospectus article I read about building a bullpen being a General Manager’s toughest job. (Picture of Josh Winckowski: Billie Weiss/MLB Photos via Getty Images), Blogging about the Boston Red Sox since April '17. A veteran of five major-league seasons, Benintendi is coming off a dismal 2020 campaign in which he went 4-for-39 (.103 batting average) at the plate with one extra-base hit and one RBI over 14 games before a right rib cage strain prematurely ended his year in August. After the first month of the minor-league season, they can then choose any two players from that list. In his most recent organized minor-league action, Lee slashed .264/.363/.372 with eight home runs, 51 RBI, and 53 stolen bases over 129 games for Double-A Northwest Arkansas in 2019. Projected 2021 Rotation: Nate Pearson, Alek Manoah, Patrick Murphy, Simeon Wood Richardson, Anthony Kay. Winckowski had been deliberately progressed by the Jays after being drafted out of high school in 2016. So, I’m excited. Winckowski arrived at the Red Sox’ Fenway South complex last month as one of 30 initial non-roster invitees at big-league camp. Despite a flurry of trades that brought many new minor leaguers to the Red Sox, the team's ranking remain unchanged at No. “And then as we got down to the last hours before the trade was finalized, they told us that he was going to be going to the New York Mets. This trade got an A because the Mets were able to flip Matz for some good talent. I don’t need to go out there and blow it out right now. post-gazette.com - BRADENTON, Fla. — The Pirates made a trade Sunday to seemingly add to their bullpen depth, as they acquired right-handed pitcher Duane Underwood Jr. … “Just they reached out and asked if there would be interest here, and we were excited and I know our pro scouts here really like the player,” he continued.”[Lee’s] got a lot to like, a lot of tools and athleticism. The 26-year-old had been mired in trade rumors for much of the offseason, yet he was able to shut out most of that noise. Most recently, he managed to collect just four hits in 14 games last year before suffering a season-ending rib injury in August. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. … 33 prospect, ranking 17th among pitchers in the organization. Given his lack of experience, it should be interesting to see how the Sox plan on rolling out Cordero to begin the 2021 season. I believe in being pretty active in talking to other teams because you never know what ideas might come up in those conversations, especially the informal ones. “I don’t want to get into too many specifics on it, but the specific identities of the players are still to be determined,” Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom said late Wednesday night. Given the information provided by Picollo here, it seems more like the Red Sox traded Benintendi (and $2.8 million of his 2021 salary) to the Royals in exchange for Lee, Franchy Cordero, and two players to be named later, then traded Lee to the Mets in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Josh Winckowski and one player to be named later. Prior to his being traded to Boston earlier this week, Winckowski had been regarded by MLB Pipeline as New York’s No. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I want to go perform well, obviously, and show them it was worth the trade. “I’ll be honest with you,” said Barnes. It looks like he’s got firm, good stuff. .. MLB Pipeline and The Athletic’s Keith Law released their top-100 prospects lists on Thursday.I combine their rankings with those of Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus to come up with a consensus top 10, rank the 30 teams according to their presence on the four lists, and dig around for other fun facts about the rankings. The 2020 Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Handbook is now available! Perhaps he can emerge down the line as a top-100 prospect. Index Articles. Listed at 6-foot-4 and 212 pounds, Winckowski was originally selected by the Blue Jays in the 15th round of the 2016 amateur draft out of Estero (Fla.) High School. So since The Apple has given me a voice, and I like grading things, here are my grades for the moves made! While getting the chance to “run a little bit” for a new team, Benintendi is also hoping to show that the Royals made a smart decision in trading for him and the Red Sox made an unwise decision in letting him go. https://t.co/krHzBwpWP7. Winckowski really put things together and took off in the second half of the season with a 1.78 ERA, 1.08 WHIP in his final 6 starts at short-A Vancouver. A+, ETA: 2021 Kendall Williams, RHP, R, ETA: 2023. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. We like a lot of things about his performance as well. That was how that came about, just that kind of conversation. And that was one of those cases.”. Winckowski, who does not turn 23 until June 28, is currently regarded by SoxProspects.com as Boston’s No. 26 prospect. Gabriel Moreno, coming in at #7 (behind Simeon Woods Richardson, Alejandro Kirk, Jordan Groshans and Orelvis Martinez) is an interesting guy who has impressed the Blue Jays’ brass with his performance at the alternate site as well as in the Venezuelan Winter League and is definitely the “hype” prospect … For one, the former Arkansas Razorback is already quite familiar with Royals manager Mike Matheny. Most of all, it’s the relationships I’ve had with teammates, coaches, things like that. Tuesday night, however, was a different story. Visit our Handbook home page for more information!. Winckowski, who does not turn 23 until June 28, is currently regarded by SoxProspects.com as Boston’s No. The Buffalo Toronto Blue Jays struck another deal on January 27th, adding left-handed pitcher Steven Matz from the New York Mets in exchange for young right-handed pitchers Sean Reid-Foley, Yennsy Diaz and Josh Winckowski:. On top of that, the Mets are sending right-handed pitching prospect Josh Winckowski and a player to be named later to the Sox, as they receive outfield prospect Khalil Lee from the Royals. “If they want to bounce questions or anything like that off me, I’d be more than happy to share those experiences and whatever it takes.”, (Picture of Andrew Benintendi: Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images). John R. Wood Properties 787 5th Avenue South Naples, Florida 34102 ⏰ Catch me up on the latest trade news… TRADE: The Mets got involved in another three-team trade (their second of the offseason) and secured outfield prospect Khalil Lee from the Royals, by giving up right-hander Josh Winckowski (recently acquired from the Steven Matz trade with Toronto) and a player to be named later to the Red Sox. While baseball’s hiatus continues during the coronavirus pandemic, there’s no shortage of nostalgia abound as the list of things to miss about the game seemingly grows longer. Joshua Palacios 29 . Josh Winckowski. FanGraphs‘ Eric Longenhagen wrote this about Winckowski back in January, “Winckowski has a chance to pop in 2021 because he was pitching hurt in 2019 and still got guys out. The Sox had 47 … Picollo detailed how the three-team swap between his club, the Mets, and Red Sox came to be. But Baseball America has Boston’s farm system ranked 20th entering 2021 — the same ranking it had entering 2020. He looked rusty during instructs but was also up to 97 and added a new splitter to an already decent slider.”. “If there was something drastic and I was coming out throwing 88 (mph), that’s a topic for a different day. The Red Sox will need to add the righty to their 40-man roster on or before November 20 of this year if they do not want to risk losing him to another club in the December draft. Fun facts for all 12 Double-A Northeast teams. The 15th-round draft pick was rated Toronto's 27th-best prospect in 2020, according to MLB.com. This is part one of a two-part series that breaks down the players he considers to be the Blue Jays’ 15th to 30th best prospects. Making his first start of the Grapefruit League campaign, the 22-year-old right-hander held Minnesota’s lineup — which included the likes of Josh Donaldson, Nelson Cruz, and Byron Buxton — to one earned run on two hits and one walk to go along with one strikeout over three solid innings of work. Monthly Prospect Update: Pitchers, April 2019 | The Dynasty Guru For the Mets, the trade was obvious. Also support Tottenham Hotspur. “I got a call last night from Chaim Bloom, and he said, ‘There’s a good chance you’re going to get traded tonight, so I’ll let you know,’” Benintendi recounted when speaking with the Kansas City media via Zoom earlier Wednesday. Steven Matz Trade: Mets Acquire Three Prospects From Blue … MLB Pipeline ranks the 22-year-old as the No. Benintendi, 26, was set to earn $6.6 million in 2021, so as Feinsand puts it, the $2.6 million Boston is sending Kansas City will help cover for that. But that was impressive. Outfield prospect Khalil Lee is reportedly coming to Mets in three-team deal that also involves Andre Benintendi going from Red Sox ... the Mets will send minor league pitcher Josh Winckowski… Obviously I’m not on the other end of it. Finishing with a final pitch count of 51, 33 of which went for strikes, the Ohio native finishes his first spring with the Sox having posted a 3.68 ERA and .154 batting average against over five total appearances spanning 7 1/3 innings pitched. It looks like he’s got firm, good stuff. 29. Velocity was up — I think it was a tick up from last year, which is a good sign.”. That being said, it will likely be a while before the Red Sox decide on which two PTBNLs from the Royals and one PTBNL from the Mets they will be acquiring. 28. Index Articles. February 25, 2021. The Buffalo Toronto Blue Jays struck another deal on January 27th, adding left-handed pitcher Steven Matz from the New York Mets in exchange for young right-handed pitchers Sean Reid-Foley, Yennsy Diaz and Josh Winckowski:. From 2016-2019, he averaged 66 innings of work per season. The three-way trade is done, sources tell ESPN.Royals get: OF Andrew BenintendiMets get: OF Khalil LeeRed Sox get: OF Franchy Cordero, RHP Josh Winckowski, two PTBNLs from Kansas City, one PTBNL from New York. Commanded the ball in the zone. In addition to Reid-Foley and Diaz, they also acquired Josh Winckowski who was traded to the Red Sox for Top-10 prospect Khalil Lee. hurler compiled a 2.69 ERA and 1.20 WHIP over 24 outings (23 starts) and 127 1/3 innings pitched between Class-A Lansing and High-A Dunedin in 2019. Estero baseball coach Gary White hasn’t seen Josh Winckowski pitch since the latter graduated in 2016. Index 1: Prospect Profile Index 2: Former Sox Prospect Review. I got to make sure that I pace myself and that I’m ready for April 1.”. Graham Spraker (RHP) – people with an intimate knowledge of the team might order these pitchers in Dunedin differently, Spraker ended up last among them mainly on K-rate (I had to use something!) The full impact of the pitching depth in the Twins system will take a few years to be fully felt. (First in a series: Over the coming weeks, we'll be examining a specific positional area in the Red Sox minor league system, with an eye toward evaluating depth, impact and timetable for contributions. Turning to Winckowski now, the 22-year-old righty was originally drafted by the Blue Jays in the 15th round of the 2016 amateur draft out of Estero High School, which is not terribly far away from Fort Myers, in Florida. Frank German, RHP. “The ball was coming out good. Taking those experiences with the Red Sox and what he learned from them to Kansas City, Benintendi is certainly open to the idea of becoming a player his new teammates can lean on for information if the occasion arises. Saturday was a long day for Red Sox manager Alex Cora, Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes cleared to rejoin team after potentially false positive COVID-19 test, prompting him to jokingly change his Instagram bio, Tanner Houck to start for Red Sox in Game 1 of Sunday’s doubleheader against White Sox, Marwin González comes through with clutch go-ahead homer as Red Sox come back to defeat White Sox, 7-4, to kick off homestand, Red Sox set starting rotation for Patriots’ Day weekend series against White Sox, Friday’s Red Sox-White Sox game postponed due to inclement weather, will be made up as part of split doubleheader on Sunday. Benintendi entered 2017 as Baseball America’s No. https://t.co/CziKNpHoQI. “Those guys are going to build up, be ready and we’ll make a decision toward the end of camp.”. By that time, Winckowski had emerged as an intriguing prospect within the Jays’ minor-league pipeline, and even after not seeing any in-game at action at all (besides Toronto’s fall instructional league) on account of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, he was one of three pitchers the Blue Jays traded to the Mets in January in exchange for left-hander Steven Matz. ( Log Out /  Fangraphs ranks all of the prospects a team has that are over a 35 future value. Barnes, who has accrued 15 career saves over the course of his seven-year big-league career with Boston, had said last week that he would like to close, but Cora does not seem ready to name who his closer will be to kick off the 2021 campaign just yet. As previously mentioned, he, again, was traded — this time to the Red Sox — on February 10, prompting him to jokingly change his Instagram bio to ‘I guess Red Sox.’, Given that he grew up and still resides in the Fort Myers-area, Winckowski going from the Mets to the Sox meant being within closer proximity to his new team’s spring training complex, which led to him captioning his Instagram post reacting to the trade with: ‘Spring training drive won’t be too bad.’, A post shared by Josh Winckowski (@joshuawinckowski), (For what it’s worth, his Instagram bio now reads: ‘Crazy few weeks but I’m pumped to be a Sox.’). Rather than take on Lee in a straight swap with the Royals, the Red Sox, as previously mentioned, opted to flip the speedy outfielder to the Mets in exchange for Winckowski and two additional players to be named later. The Blue Jays had 39 of those, and Winckowski was in the honorable mention section meaning he was below that level. Only time will tell. Graham Spraker (RHP) – people with an intimate knowledge of the team might order these pitchers in Dunedin differently, Spraker ended up last among them mainly on K-rate (I had to use something!) Prospect Ranking 09' (23) Prospect Ranking 10' (25) Prospect Ranking 11' (18) Prospect Ranking 12' (23) Prospect Ranking 13' (22) Prospect Ranking 14' (23) Prospect Ranking 15' (24) ... Josh Winckowski, RHP. “It’s really when I started playing catch during the offseason this year,” Barnes recounted. He looked rusty during instructs but was also up to 97 and added a new splitter to an already decent slider.”. He was someone we had talked about, and I knew they liked Khalil Lee as well. As for the five players the Sox got in return for Benintendi (and cash), only two — Cordero, Winckowski — of them are known at this point, while the other three are players to be named later. (Picture of Matt Barnes: Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images). Commanded the ball in the zone. Red Sox pitching prospect Josh Winckowski wraps up solid spring … 26 Toronto prospect Yennsy Diaz, No. The baseball world is currently in the thick of prospect season. In four seasons with the Toronto organization, Winckowski made 54 appearances (50 starts), compiling an 18–17 win–loss record with a 3.35 earned run average (ERA). He has said that he is open to signing a contract extension to remain with the Red Sox. Scott Mitchell: Nate Pearson tops Toronto Blue Jays’ top 50 … Reid-Foley has 71 2/3 innings of MLB experience. Josh Winckowski, P Vancouver. I'd guess the Sox have a list they can pick from and will get some time to scout after so much off time? Nick Decker, RF. Finishing with a final pitch count of 51, 33 of which went for strikes, the Ohio native finishes his first spring with the Sox having posted a 3.68 ERA and .154 batting average against over five total appearances spanning 7 1/3 innings pitched. But, there’s not names of the players that we are getting that we are involved with right now.”. Regardless of how he performs throughout the rest of spring training, Barnes feels as though his body of work in the majors would outweigh what he does this month when it comes to the team’s closer competition. Winckowski, 22, was a combined 10-8 with a 2.69 ERA at Class A Dunedin and Class A Lansing in 2019. “It was the first time we had ever experienced something like that. By that time, Winckowski had emerged as an intriguing prospect within the Jays’ minor-league pipeline, and even after not seeing any in-game at action at all (besides Toronto’s fall instructional league) on account of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, he was one of three pitchers the Blue Jays traded to the Mets in January in exchange for left-hander Steven Matz. 3. In my recent memory, this is the most active offseason I’ve ever seen. Index 1: Prospect Profile Index 2: Former Sox Prospect Review. He hasn’t seen much prospect buzz yet, but a strong showing at Double-A in his age-21 season would surely change that. Former Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi did not find out he was going to be traded to the Royals until relatively late Tuesday night, but he at least got some heads up about it. “It was a rib strain, but there were a couple fractures. View all posts by Brendan Campbell. You don’t have to worry too much about him. The Blue Jays announced a trade Wednesday night sending No. News Home Prospect News by Affiliate ... Arizona League, ranking among the ... Be Named Later and Josh Winckowski to Boston Red Sox. Who will those two players from the Royals — and one from the Mets — be? the Red Sox can pick which two of the list the four lower minor leaguers they agreed upon they choose a month into the minor league season. Obviously he had a really good inning. 8 prospect. Even while saying that, Benintendi will still cherish what he did with the Red Sox, highlighted by winning the World Series in 2018, for the rest of his career. Emerging as New York’s 26th-ranked prospect according to MLB Pipeline in the wake of that trade, Winckowski’s time with the Mets did not last all that long. Here are the Mets' 2021 Top 30 Prospects. Matz struggled mightily in 2020, posting a 9.68 ERA (7.76 FIP) and allowing 14 home runs in his 30.2 innings. Josh Winckowski, RHP. 5. The 6-foot-4, 202 lb. https://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=382405 “It was an opportunity. Winckowski was not included in the Jays’ 60-man player pool at any point last year, but he was part of the trade package that sent southpaw Steven Matz from New York to Toronto in late January. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. They know what they need to be ready for the start of the season. I started paying attention to offseason moves probably in 2004. Equipped with a fastball, slider, changeup, and slider in total, Winckowski is projected to begin the 2021 minor-league season with Double-A Portland, though he could earn a promotion to Triple-A Worcester later in the year depending on how he progresses. on Red Sox pitching prospect Josh Winckowski wraps up solid spring with 3 strong innings of work against Twins, on Matt Barnes, Red Sox closer candidate, impresses with two strikeouts in spring debut, on Red Sox were originally going to acquire outfield prospect Khalil Lee in Andrew Benintendi trade, flip him to Mets, Royals assistant GM J.J. 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Picollo says, Former Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi ready to ‘get going’ with Royals, begin next chapter of career, Red Sox officially trade Andrew Benintendi to Royals as part of three-team deal with Mets that sends Franchy Cordero, Josh Winckowski to Boston. “Felt like my mechanics were working well. “Velocity was up, made some adjustments, and it was a good one for Barnesy. FanGraphs reports that the sinkerballer was up to 97 during instructs and added a splitter. Holy hell, this Franchy Cordero homer was ABSOLUTELY SHMANGED pic.twitter.com/Bp2FdfEKbB. I want to go play well for the fans and the organization. “I don’t think I’m going to be judged on eight outings in spring training more than the last four or five years worth of work. If you are looking at that metric to say SWR is a better prospect than Manoah than I disagree. 33 prospect, ranking 17th among pitchers in the organization. According to reports, the Mets will send minor league pitcher Josh Winckowski, whom they acquired from the Blue Jays in the Steven Matz trade last month, to … ( Log Out /  Now is a great time to subscribe to the Blue Jays from Away Premium Content Section!. Other than that, Winckowski wrapped up his day by getting Cruz to ground out to short to retire the side in the third. Having said that, Cora was still impressed with how Barnes performed in his spring debut against Atlanta to close out the weekend. Obviously I’m not on the other end of it. 30 prospect Josh Winckowski, his time away from the mound has helped him realize exactly which moments the right-hander As previously mentioned, he, again, was traded — this time to the Red Sox — on February 10, prompting him to jokingly change his Instagram bio to ‘I guess Red Sox.’, Given that he grew up and still resides in the Fort Myers-area, Winckowski going from the Mets to the Sox meant being within closer proximity to his new team’s spring training complex, which led to him captioning his Instagram post reacting to the trade with: ‘Spring training drive won’t be too bad.’, A post shared by Josh Winckowski (@joshuawinckowski), (For what it’s worth, his Instagram bio now reads: ‘Crazy few weeks but I’m pumped to be a Sox.’).
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