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Honestly, probably 2022 and 2023 as well

Another lefty tonight, another lefty tomorrow. So you will get Acuna both games.

Lackey and Emerson having the same Power grade is interesting. I also think a 55 glove for Lackey is light. Baseball is moving towards an automated zone so arm, pop time and mobility behind the plate become the metrics that matter most as controlling the run game shoots up the priority list and his pop time is 1.85 seconds. I think the arm is also light. I had read somewhere earlier this year he'd been clocked at 95mph out of the pop.

Thanks man. Joe is always great. We have another episode coming tomorrow with guests for Rays, Twins, Giants and Pirates. I'm sure they love Santarelli. He's one of their Area Codes guys and he's from the midwest. I haven't targeted him though because he's a corner type and Getz hasn't targeted that. I'd love that pick haha.

Seranthony Dominguez, get ready to learn Pittsburgh buddy.

f***.

Forgot this tidbit. God I want it.

Wrong thread.

From Joe Doyle's draft intel piece today. Posting some but not all of it. This is the second time Santarelli has been mentioned by Doyle and the White Sox which I find surprising. The power is stupid good, but corner prep bats really aren't the White Sox type.

Wonderful FutureSox podcast with Joe Doyle on the draft. Great listen. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2026-mlb-draft-preview-with-joe-doyle/id850054474?i=1000775914484 Seems like Joe is a little lighter on Thome then others. Doesn't sound like he would use 41 on him. They talk Dylan Bowen who might have a high number. 3 million was mentioned. Also fully agree with @Y2Jimmy0 on not using high picks outside of the first round on college position players. No more McClain/Lodise/Saucke please.

He really doesn't have time to build innings this year anyway, but he really should go back to the rotation next year, somewhere.

Hey Venable, please no goofy lineup tonight.

It's well documented from multiple outlets. Bannister thought Taylor couldn't accumulate starting pitching innings quickly enough due to his injury history etc. Instead of pitching in a relief role in the minors; he's doing it in the big leagues. The expectation is that he'll come to 2027 spring training as a starter. The team has reservations about his health as a starter due to extension, pitchers with similar profiles etc but I believe that Taylor and his representatives will push for a chance to start.

Bennett is pretty tough so hopefully we get good Davis tonight.

From Kiley's final draft rankings. Sharing the top 3 guys that are in the mix for the Sox. He also goes into what could go wrong with these players. I also found it interesting that these 3 and Flora (49) are the only players that would crack his top 100 MLB prospects list. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49297819/2026-mlb-draft-rankings-top-250-prospects-roch-cholowsky-grady-emerson-vahn-lackey

Win the next two games by a substantial margin. I hate it with a passion when we lose to the Red Sox.

What have you done with Bonemer?

Roch! Roch! (Season starts) Roch! Roch! Roch? Roch? Lackey? Lackey! Emerson? Emerson? Lackey? Emerson! Emerson! Emerson!

Need some pitching!

Win the game, please.

And/or Shirley. I'm a litter easier on Bannister because he inherited a big hole. Building takes time, especially from the abyss. I thought they might have been able to make a reliever out of Cannon. And still interested in why they decided Taylor is just a reliever.

The chaotic side of me wants an Emerson pick just to read the crash outs.