Palehosefan

Couldn't we at least have started this thread with "WAR? What is it good for?"

Unfortunately its the 2010 break for the Sox.

That's not what my Mom said last night... Wait, I don't think I did that right.

Luis Robert is that player you create on The Show and think "Haha, if only in real life... "

The 1999 rotation will forever be the worst for me. Really bad veterans and even worse young pitchers like Pat Daneker trying to fill the rotation holes. Thankfully the bullpen was lights out.

9 BB's to 7 K's in the DSL for a 17 year old? Very impressive.

I think that is the direction the draft will head similar to basketball. High school players will rule the draft, and it will take a college superstar to remain a top 10 pick. Development time in an advanced metrics MLB farm system will top most college programs for numerous reasons. College players are becoming financial fodder so that teams can truly draft the elite high school talent and sign them. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/draft-system-has-pushed-teams-to-pick-more-college-players/

Not being a dick, but what leverage does a college junior have? You turn down multi-millions to come back and have zero leverage as a senior?

The good news is that it usually goes right through you.

He had a nice showing in the cape cod league last year, but that's about it. Might be something to build off of, but from pure Texas Tech perspective, its sketchy.

As a Texas Tech fan/alum, I can tell you that is an uh.. odd pick. Basically filler.

Probably not much different at home either

Seems to be a case where Reinsdorf set a cap on the contract size around 250M or whatever, and tried to make up for any discrepancies by signing his best friends. Unsurprisingly, money wins out every time. No matter how you look at it, its a massive fail, and to make matters worse, KW is talking down to fans like the Sox "gave it the old college try" and simply lost out. Might have pushed my fandom past a breaking point unfortunately.

The inability to develop high school position players is unfortunate. Seems like the Sox best option is to develop pitchers and trade them to an organization that develops position players.

Sox still have 3-4 roster spots for Trout family members