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I'd love it if we got those 4.

What do you mean? He's a prep player that needs to play and develop. He's returning soon from the broken finger and will continue to play and develop. He's years out. Patience.

He has 4 years to develop. Patience.

All these Detmers proposals make me want to barf..

Why isn’t the time in CST

You are correct sir, buy and hold the SP500. BamaDoc and Texsox also point out simple basic investing that is solid advice.

From Kiley's Mock on that Pirates pick. #34.

I hope they give him and Fauske every opportunity to turn into legit big league players, I have high hopes for both I would be pissed if they trade them at their lowest possible value

Interesting that we've now heard Santarelli from both Kiley and Joe Doyle. The power is so tantalizing, but corner prep profile when all is said and done. Slightom would be a huge get, but I have this feeling he doesn't make it to 41. Would feel a lot better if the Sox had that Pirates pick. I like Thome, but I think it depends on cost for me. I don't think he has this immense upside. I see him more as a 3rd round pick, but probably doesn't make it there. Contreras would be a fun one to get, but there are a few other prep arms I think I would take in his stead. Especially if the Vanderbilt tax puts him in the 3+ million range. I would be pretty stoked with the those picks overall, but that's pretty much the entirety of your draft class I would wager. You actually might come up slightly short unless some of these "nepo" picks "cut" a deal. From the Over-Slot simulator which isn't perfect, but is probably the best we will do for bonus demands outside of @Y2Jimmy0 having intel on asks: Roch 9.5 Thome 2.5 Slightom 2.5 Contreras 3.0 I would be okay with this being the entirety of the draft class. I know that some others would take umbrage at it being a 4 player class, but sign me up.

What are they gonna do with him? It's tough to evaluate him. Drafted in first round last year, and then he only played in intrasquad games in 2025. Then, he played in 30-40 games at Kanny this year before his injury.

Friday night with Mune in the house, the Rate will be rockin'.

Need a win tonight. Mune should be back. Burke will look to stay hot. Lineup will be added to this original post when it’s available.

I am preparing for the worst-case scenario that the Bears end up in Indiana. I have determined to donate all Bears shirts, jackets, and jerseys to Goodwill instead of burning them. As far a new team to root for its slim pickings. As a kid I liked the Cowboys with Dandy Don Meredith, Bullet Bob Hayes and Bob Lilly, but Jerry Jones is a total buzz kill. My pro football interest might be OVAH.

Also, Kiley’s final mock is a two rounder. In the 2nd, he has the Sox taking HS OF Dominic Santarelli. Meanwhile, HS RHP Jack Slightom goes 15 picks later. Baseball America brought up Jack in their “what we’re hearing heading into the weekend” article this morning and said he essentially has the most amount of helium and could go in the top 40. Based on what the draft experts here have highlighted and Shirley’s comment about really liking a HS arm, it feels like he’s legit option for us at the #41. Landon Thome not mocked to go in the first two rounds, but Kiley did include in a list of guys who either get their bonus demands met in the 3rd or 4th round or go to college. He did say that Thome was a target for the White Sox with a later pick. I feel very confident he ends up a White Sox pick in one of those two spots. Joseph Contreras also not mocked to go in the first two rounds and referred to as a tough HS signing due to his Vanderbilt commit. Is he another guy the Sox could potentially scoop up in the 3rd or 4th given his dad’s role in the org? I’m normally against nepo picks, but him and Landon are legitimate talents and may come at a reasonable price relative to similar HS picks. How would people feel if our first four picks went Roch, Slightom, Thome, & Contreras?

You're not going to get controllable pitching for just Carlson right now....

The White Sox need to thread the needle. The recent comments of McDougal and Hagen Smith likely being in the bullpen near the deadline may create the ability to move some relievers. That would make starting pitching the greatest need and little is available and even less controllable starters. Controllable starters, to me, are the only thing worth giving up significant prospect capital so I would think it is unlikely. You could see some moves that help create some 40 man or future 40 man space like a 2:1 or 3:2 move.

Kiley’s final mock released this morning. He has the Sox taking Cholowsky, but said he doesn’t feel good about it. Here’s the quote from the article:

Pretty sure he meant Billy Carlson

We are about 28 hours away from the MLB draft. I know there has been a lot of chatter about the Sox still deciding who they are taking, including from Shirley himself. Candidly, that’s a bunch of BS. The Sox clearly having a guy they want to select by this point based on talent alone. However, financials do come into play and it sounds like those discussions don’t really amp up until the last 24 to 72 hours, even for the top pick of the entire draft. Based on what has leaked publicly, I remain confident that Roch is the guy they want to take. The Emerson talk feels very intentional to me. I believe the Sox want it out there that their scouts prefer the HS kid to help create leverage with Cholowsky. Honestly, as talented as Emerson is, he’s not on the caliber of Witt & Holiday and I struggle seeing the Sox give him say a $9.5M signing bonus that would blow the HS record out of the water ($8.2M last year from Willits). Maybe this all changes if he’s willing to take a massive discount, but if the money is remotely close I don’t see how you don’t just take the college kid. With just one day left to go, my guess is the 1.01 should likely be locked down and the Sox are working on the rest of their day 1 strategy. Even if the Sox go with a $10M signing bonus at the 1.01, they’d have close to $2.3M to spend on overslot deals. That being said, I think their goal is to get that first pick closer to $9.5M, which would still be an all time record. Throw in another $0.4M by going with seniors in the 9th & 10th rounds and suddenly you have $3.2M to work with. That would effectively allow you to sign three guys for $2.5M (40th overall slot value) in rounds 2 to 4. It’s critical we come out of tomorrow with a haul of high upside talent. While the 1st pick is obviously most important, I’m more intrigued to see what Shirley does with the rest of his picks and excess funds. Does he ultimately land three or four overslot preps to serve as a future wave? Does he try to snag a talented college arm in the 2nd who can quickly help the big league club? How pitching heavy will he go after our excess pool has been used up. It’s going to be an exciting couple of days for sure.

If the money is available a retractable roof is the way to go, the White Sox have had notoriously low crowds down through the years with cold weather in April and May. Look how well the Brewers draw with the smallest metro area in MLB.

A retractable roof would be cool, but the maintenance cost is really high. I would not want a non-retractable dome stadium even though they are practical in our climate.

Morning draft sickos. Just about 24 hours until the draft. Law's final mock. Still has them on Emerson. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7435150/2026/07/10/mlb-draft-final-mock-draft-grady-emerson-vahn-lackey-roch-cholowsky/

Same as last year, I'm 100% trading Taylor since I have no faith this team turns him into a starter anymore.

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=07/10/2026 https://www.mlb.com/milb/scores/all/all/whitesox?affiliateId=mlbcom-milb Kanny with a makeup doubleheader

Carlson? Did you mean Colson?