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Damn this is extremely detailed and extremely depressingly plausible

He has been throwing for weeks. This means he is going to pitch for the AZL Sox.

The timing on that question was impeccable!

Great month for the studs, Eloy, Kopech, and Cease are all on fire. http://www.chicagonow.com/future-sox/2018/08/white-sox-prospect-hot-list-814/

I don't think there is any doubt that he will be on the 2019 preseason list. But I would anticipate some growing pains if they start him at Kannapolis next year. If he handles that as a 19 year-old, watch out.

You've seen the rankings, now you can read about the rationale. Four FutureSox writers explain their reasoning for their personal highest and lowest prospects. http://www.chicagonow.com/future-sox/2018/08/futuresox-2018-midseason-rankings-roundtable-writers-high-and-lows/

Ranking the outfielders in the system beyond Eloy/Robert is a really difficult proposition. It's really pick your flavor on floor versus raw tools and ceiling. I'd have Gonzalez over Rutherford, but it is important to remember Rutherford is nearly two years younger than Gonzalez and showing substantial improvement this year.

FutureSox will have an interview with tons of Bush information in the week or so!

I didn't rank Bush personally because of fear of the dreaded sample sample size, but what he is doing in a limited look is really, really impressive. If he finishes the year strong in Great Falls, he should start 2019 in Kannapolis as a 19 year-old and will be fascinating to follow there.

I'm in favor of the countdown style 👍

He's the PC for the Dash.

Source described Lambert's injury as "not terrible," so that doesn't sound season ending or anything.

Thanks for the kind words guys!

QUOTE (KnightsOnMintSt @ Jan 30, 2018 -> 04:26 PM) Based on the comments, Robert has to be starting in Kannapolis, right? That would be my educated guess. But I think he goes to Winston-Salem if he REALLY impresses in Spring Training though.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 22, 2018 -> 10:23 AM) Just FYI, Kade McClure is listed as a 16 draftee, not 17. It is pretty awesome to see at the granular level guys that used to be in the mid-list range, now coming in at outside of the list. Off of this group, very excited to see what Sosa does this year. Fixed. Thanks for the catch.

Giants up 3-0. Keep it up!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 28, 2017 -> 01:25 PM) No, but it was it. RH this spring said nothing was ever close with Q. I was in the room when he brought up the Christmas Eve thing at Soxfest, because someone asked him if there were periods where deals wouldn't be made. He through out he thought he had one on Christmas Eve this year, and New Years Eve or something like that previously. It was later found out, the Sox and Nats did agree to a trade but it was rejected by the Nats owner. Thanks, I have updated the article to be more ambiguous on Rick's quote (Scott Gregor speculated on Quintana), but I am going off of Brian's report for the Q for Rutherford reported swap.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 28, 2017 -> 01:13 PM) Christmas Eve deal was Robertson to the Nats. Do you have a link for that?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 28, 2017 -> 12:43 PM) Wait, the Sox had a deal in place for Q to the NYY? I had never heard that before. Q was suppose to go to Pittsburgh, Cutch to NYY, and prospect (Rutherford possibly) to CHW. If you connect the dots between Brian's (RaBBit) tweets on 12/23 and later Rick Hahn's comments about a Christmas Eve deal, yes, it appears it was nearly completed.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Aug 25, 2017 -> 03:07 PM) Yes, the scouting report was indeed an old one. I couldn't find anything current, regarding his defense at third. So, you don't think that he is capable of playing solid defense there? I was told he has enough arm for 3B and can play there "in a pinch." He has solid power but I don't think he is going to hit for enough average to be a major league contributor.

QUOTE (BamaDoc @ Aug 16, 2017 -> 09:02 AM) Saw he left game in second due to injury and game thread said possibly hit by line drive. Figured it may get lost in that thread since few look after a day or so. Anyone have updated info? I reached out and he left the game due to a "undisclosed injury." Thanks a lot White Sox. We will see today how severe it is if he goes on the DL or not.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 26, 2017 -> 09:17 AM) Guessing the lousville guys aren't gonna get a lot of run this year after their CWS run? Has Henzman been anywhere? I think he has pitched one inning at Arizona.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Jul 13, 2017 -> 09:14 AM) Any position players ahead of Moncada? Sorry I don't have insider Rosario (1), Torres (2), Devers (3), Robles (4), Jimenez (5), Mejia (6), Guerrero Jr (8), Acuna (9), are all in front of Moncada. He did say he heard Moncada's defense at 2B has improved. Before he was down on him at 2B and thought he was better at 3B.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Apr 28, 2017 -> 12:56 PM) Our bullpen could potentially have some serious flamethrowers once Burdi makes it to the majors Jones, Kahnle and Burdi all can top 100 Reynaldo Lopez can also hit 100 if they choose to go that route for him.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 08:43 AM) After years of being snubbed by Baseball America, the Sox prospects kicked up some love on Opening Night in the minor leagues. http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/coll...with-big-night/ Collins bat is nearly MLB ready, he is in Winston-Salem to work on catching. He is going to put up some crazy numbers in the Carolina League before they promote him to Birmingham.