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End-of-season rankings … season is upon us, and the full complement of the SoxProspects brass is ready to chat about it. Chris and Ian welcome back The Dude himself, Mike Andrews, to the virtual studio for an extended discussion of the state of the Sox system. All topics are fair game: why Michael Chavis remains the consensus top prospect, why Darwinzon Hernandez jumped both Tanner Houck and Bryan Mata to become the top (healthy) pitching prospect in the system, the differences that put Antoni Flores ahead of CJ Chatham, the huge jumps by breakout players from Instructs for whom we don't even have headshots, and more. It sure seems like the depth, at least, is back, but is the system still down on the whole? We'll break it all down.

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0:00 - Intros, housekeeping, email us and remember to check us out on Patreon.
3:00 - Rankings Update
1:05:00 - Josh Taylor and the Rule 5 Draft
1:11:15 - Mailbag/Twitter/Forum Questions

Players mentioned in the show

Michael Chavis
Triston Casas
Jay Groome
Bobby Dalbec
Darwinzon Hernandez
Tanner Houck
Bryan Mata
Antoni Flores
CJ Chatham
Durbin Feltman
Nick Decker
Mike Shawaryn
Brandon Howlett
Danny Diaz
Jarren Duran
Josh Ockimey
Gilberto Jimenez
Chase Shugart
Pedro Castellanos
Esteban Quiroz
Marco Hernandez
Tzu-Wei Lin
Brayan Bello
Yoan Aybar
Aldo Ramirez
Yasel Santana
Josh Taylor
Ryan Pressly
Roldani Baldwin
Chad De La Guerra
Angel Maita
Ceddanne Rafaela

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Last year, the Sox cancelled Instructs following the damage from Hurricane Irma. And we love Instructs. It's a fresh look at players who we haven't seen since Spring Training and a first look for guys who are new in the system.  Ian went to Instructs. And he liked what he saw. Chris and Ian went deep on some of the guys and lightning round through all the players in Instructs. They welcome Chris Becerra to the front office. And they wrap up the show with a trip into the mailbag.

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0:00 - Intros, housekeeping, email us and remember to check us out on Patreon.
2:30 - What is the fall Instructional League
13:30 - Ian's Instructs Reports
30:00 - Instructs Lighting Round
57:00 - Chris Becerra joins the Front Office
59:00 - It's mailbag time

Players mentioned in the show

Antoni Flores
Gilberto Jimenez
Yoan Aybar
Francisco Lopez-Soto
Joan Martinez
Andrew Politi
Yasel Santana
Zach Schellenger
Alex Scherff
Chase Shugart
Lane Milligan
Justin Qiang
Triston Casas
Pedro Castellanos
CJ Chatham
Andre Colon
Danny Diaz
Ryan Fitzgerald
Brandon Howlett
Everlouis Lozada
Esteban Quiroz
Kleiber Rodriguez
Trey Ball
Nick Decker
Jarren Duran
Angel Maita
Bramdon Perez
Caleb Ramsey
Jagger Rusconi
Kervin Suraez
Bobby Dalbec
Mookie Betts

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