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5 hours ago, Jim'sKid26 said:

I like both of those guys but I think Lopez may be more ready than Enright. I could see Lopez being productive out of the pen in 2023.

Enright has great numbers and reached AAA in 2022. Minor league career #s are rather good, 200 K and 35 W in 141.2 IP. 

Lopez gets the nod for me as he is LH. 

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From MLB pipeline 2021,

Scouting Grades/Report (20-80 grading scale)

  • FASTBALL
    55
  • CURVEBALL
    50
  • SLIDER
    55
  • CHANGEUP
    45
  • CONTROL
    45
  • OVERALL
    40

Though Politi redshirted in his first season at Seton Hall and posted a 5.04 ERA while battling the strike zone over his next three, the Red Sox liked his pitch data enough to take a 15th-round flier on him in 2018. Signed for $25,000, he fared well as a multi-inning reliever in high Class A during his first full year as a pro and posted a 1.27 ERA in five late-season starts. Boston began wondering if he might be a starter, and a strong performance during instructional league last fall added more support for that idea. 

Politi has picked up 2-3 mph in velocity since turning pro and now operates at 92-95 mph and touches 97 with a four-seamer that has some of the best fastball spin rates in the system, creating carry and armside run that's tough on right-handers. His mid-80s slider gives him a sharp second pitch at times and he can turn it into an upper-80s cutter as well. He'll also mix in a curveball with some power and depth and a nascent changeup as a starter. 

Politi has a herky-jerky delivery with effort that adds deception but also is difficult to repeat, which takes a toll on his control and command. The Red Sox probably will give him the opportunity to show what he can do with a full season of starts in 2021, but he's most likely to become a multi-inning reliever. If he takes the bullpen route, he may not need much more time in the Minors. 

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From Fangraphs pre-2022 season:

“The Red Sox stretched Politi out and moved him into the rotation toward the end of his 2019 season at High-A. He performed well in that capacity, putting to effective use a mid-90s fastball/high-80s slider combo that is greatly aided by his deceptive delivery, while working to develop a lower-80s curveball and changeup. As he mixed those other two pitches in more frequently during his first full year as a starter, Politi saw the continuation of a years-long decrease in K-rate, while his walks remained at an uncomfortably high 11%. He also gave up 77 hits in his 75 Double-A innings, 11 of which left the park. As such, by the end of the season, he’d transitioned back into a full-time bullpen role, which he continued in the Fall League. He projects as an up/down relief type.”

Since then, Politi posted an 83/22 K/BB this year in 69 IP.

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