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    Moncada

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Tony said:

    It's fine. It was an OK season. Vlad Jr. has had a slightly better rookie season, and he's 20. Juan Soto had a much better season last year, he was 19. Fernando Tatis? Too soon? 

    Eloy was and is in that group. His minor league career earned him those expectations, and given what we saw in 2019, the combo of what he did at a the plate (pretty good), his really bad play in LF and injuries, I thought his 2019 was a disappointment. Eloy seems to think the same based on articles I've seen the last few days and his quotes. But I think that can absolutely change in 2020. 

     

    Semantics at this point. I took your 100% disappointment comment as in he was completely a disappointment. I don't think anyone can argue that we were all disappointed he wasn't a Vlad Jr, Soto, Tatis Jr type immediately. However, I view his season much like I viewed Magglio's rookie year, you could tell there was a lot left on the table and big things were coming. 

    Moncada

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, Tony said:

    Eloy has 100% been a disappointment this season. Doesn't mean he can't become a superstar, but his rookie campaign has been a fairly significant disappointment. 

    I think that's unfair. 775 OPS and 24 HR's in 2/3 of a season as a 22 year old is a nice start to me. The interesting part of his stats comes when you look at his day/night, later innings, men on base, type numbers. He hits better in primetime situations. Unfortunately most(all) of the Sox season hasn't been in contention. He also doesn't exactly have a stacked roster around him. Add another legit option in the lineup around him and start being in contention, and I think he will be the most impactful bat in the lineup.

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    WSI

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    34 minutes ago, Donaldo said:

    Never heard of it.

    I used to post on the old Scout.com White Sox boards, but everybody abandoned them.  Towards the end, I was pretty much talking to myself over there.

    Thank you for doing that. Worst part is that I'm probably still a mod there.

    6/14 Games

    in FutureSox Board

    Posted

    19 minutes ago, bmags said:

    this Benyamin Bailey guy is raking. 3b today.

    Damn he's 6'4 215 lbs at 17 years old!

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

    2019 MLB Draft and Signing Tracker

    in FutureSox Board

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, bmags said:

    If what you are saying is true, why would any college juniors make anywhere near slot?

    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/

    2019 MLB Draft and Signing Tracker

    in FutureSox Board

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, bmags said:

    Don't play games with it, sox probably negotiated with this before pick was made, they'll pay what was agreed to. Vaughn had leverage pre-draft. Sox aren't going to dick around.

    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? 

    Machado signs with Padres 10/300

    in The Diamond Club

    Posted · Edited by Palehosefan

    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.

    Baseball Prospectus Top 101 Prospects

    in FutureSox Board

    Posted

    10 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

    The Sox refusal to choose HS players in the early rounds is unfortunate and lowers the ceiling on the rebuild a bit however. 

    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.

    2019 MLB draft thread

    in FutureSox Board

    Posted

    Josh Jung would be a terrific option for the future at 3B as well. Haven't found a hole in his game yet. The only gripe would be "only" 12 homers last year, but he's going to have another bigtime year in a pretty loaded Texas Tech lineup.

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