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Lord you can tell some of the newbs here who don't understand how this process works in the draft. Been like this for a while.

Bush bomb. Welcome back kid.

Bill Melton decides how your name will be pronounced.

This may as well be an FU coming out of Chuck

Ricky is an awful manager. He proves this time and time again

@bmags you've been killing it with the draft analysis and profiles (and moderation, I would assume), thank you

hard to watch this pitching staff other than Giolito Cooper has to go

Let's find a couple more Bryce Bush type lottery tickets tommorow.

Man, a lot of people in these game threads work really hard to suck any enjoyment out of anything. No wonder people don't come into these.

Bush is back!

Yup. Gotta save money to buy guys out of their water polo commits.

Avery Weems sounds like a created player in MLB The Show

Andrew Vaughn

Yanks guy fucking yelling into the phone...

Best post.

I'm pretty okay with the draft so far. Added the BPA with the 1st rounder that also fits the opening contention window, and now insulating a top heavy system with toolsy projectable prep players.

Last AAA start for Cease!

Too bad this board wasn't around for the griping when the Sox refused to go for value and took an uninspiring and safe pick in Frank Thomas. Value is determined a few years from now. Not pre draft.

Hitters I like: Maurice Hampton - I think we've talked about him enough. Jordan Brewer - College popup guy that has more potential than most college guys still available, but limited track record. Could be a 20-20 CF. I honestly don't know how he is still available. Jake Sanford - Similar to Brewer, but against lesser competition. Has more power, but is probably LF instead of a possible CF like Brewer. Hudson Head - Good feel for the barrel and plus speed, but someone needs to get this kid a cheeseburger because it looks like a stiff wind could break him in half. If you can put some muscle on him, I feel like he could develop good power. I guess the questions are how much bigger can he get and what will that do to his speed. Toolsy upside pick favorite. Dasan Brown - Young Canadian outfielder that has good twitch, bat speed and foot speed. Struggled a bit this year, but was also facing teams with professionals so he was probably just overmatched. Toolsy upside pick favorite. Edouard Julien - He is a 20 year old, sophomore eligible college player than could possibly play second, hit 17 homers as a freshmen, broke Frank Thomas freshman record for RBI (that doesn't really mean much, but its a fun connection), and is only 7 months older than Brett Baty. He has real questions about his contact rates, but he has power and more upside than most college guys considering the only reason he is in the draft is because of a loophole and really he should be a younger junior next year. Colin Barber - HS hitter with average or better tools across the board. Needs to refine his approach because he guesses at times which leads to swing and miss. Hopefully that is something he gets rid of when he is no longer trying to impress scouts. I like his bat speed and I think he could have some real power if he got better hip activation with his swing. Carter Young - Probably going to Vandy, but he is going to be a guy we are talking about in three years as a guy with good contact and command of the zone who could probably stick in the middle of the dirt, has average power, good hands, great leadership qualities. He was one of the only non-seniors on Team USA 18U in 2017, but then didn't do as well in 2018 and scouts kind of wrote him off and then he went back to the northwest where its more difficult to get looks at him. Dominic Canzone - Dinged for his weird swing, but tied school record for consecutive games getting on base with 51. Developed power this year when he added more loft to his swing. I think he could have solid average and power, though he is limited to left. James Beard - Fastest guy in the draft. Truly elite speed. If he can hit at all, he could be a scary threat with his ability to steal bases. Basically a second change at developing Adam Engel, but maybe even faster. Pitchers I like: Spencer Jones - Tall lefty that you can dream on. Might be too late to get him away from college. Is also a good hitter, so he has that as a backup if he can't make it as a pitcher. Tyler Dyson - Could have been another first round pitcher from UF if he had performed, but he struggled this year but came on in the last few weeks. If there is some actual change in that time the scouts can identify, he could be a steal even in the third round. Kyle Brnovich - Maybe the single best breaking ball in the class. With the trend of throwing much more breaking pitches instead of fastballs, I think he can get away with an average fastball by having a great breaking ball he can manipulate so hitters get different looks at the same pitch. I could see him being similar to Giolito in that he needs to refine his delivery to repeat it better, but once he does he could have a similar jump. Garrett Stallings - No plus pitch, but a 4 pitch mix of offerings he can command and that he tunnels and sequences well. I feel like he is the guy that performs better than his stuff would indicate and historically we wouldn't know why but it might be explained with modern tech. Hayden Wesneski - Funky pitching angle makes his sinker/slider combo play well off each other. I feel like he is the type that spends an offseason developing a third offering to tunnel with those two and suddenly he is untouchable. Andrew Schultz - College reliever with high spin rate 4 seamer that touches 101. Iffy slider and no third pitch, but I'll take that fastball and let the coaches work on developing a complimentary pitch. Noah Song - At some point having to wait 2 years is going to be worth it. I just don't know if that point for us is before it is for a team like the Dodgers or Yankees.

About to hit puberty

They have one starting pitcher. They’re not contending for shit.

We could just have our pitchers watch this. About as effective as tall and fall.

But absolutely sure Ricky is not a major league manager. Awful.

LOL at Jose Abreu haters part #6284859

6 game hitting streak for Sosa. Has hit safely in 10 of his last 11 games. Robert single. 14 game hitting streak.

Nah, don't walk guys with a 4 run lead.

The power isn’t there yet but Yolmer Sanchez has now passed Manny Machado in both batting average and on base percentage. Quickly closing the gap in wRC+ as well 🤣

For those that are confused, I have a thread on my twitter feed at @JamesFox917 explaining today's process. They spent like $60K on rounds 5-10. It's very likely that most of the players drafted tomorrow will be better than those guys. They can pay everyone $125K tomorrow and it doesn't count against the pool. They'll make a few overslot signings and the class will look much better. This is just the way this process works. Especially without comp picks.

Day 2 of the draft yes. I bet they sign multiple players overslot tomorrow. We need to look at the totality of the class.

it was low, didn't have any of the zone. was an incredible take.

One good thing about inter league play in the NL... no Alonso.

This.

So assuming the 10th round pick is a $10,000 pick again and if the Sox signed the first 4 picks to slot here is the savings available for later picks:

On the baseball diamond or in the pool?

Terrific Drew. What a better way to start than to take the allotted slot amount

"elite defensive player". Hmmm.

I certainly don't blame HS guys for asking for overslot deals. They have leverage, they can just go to college instead. They're also typically fairly straightforward in communicating their rough $$$ expectations ahead of time, so teams usually know what they're getting into, more or less, and can plan accordingly. On the flip side, teams aren't shy about shafting college seniors, who have no leverage and end up with underslot deals. The HS guys are sort of the other side of the coin. It's a business, for both the players and the teams.

Whoa...wait what? Bradley 3:19 Love the James Beard pick for the White Sox on name alone. Outcome likely to be Terrance Gore? Billy Hamilton? Hopefully more? Keith Law 3:20 Same org that turned Micker Adolfo from a workout phenom into an actual hitter. I give them a good chance here.

Nate 3:13 Keith, it is very strange to see the White Sox drafting players high up on your board. Does this indicate a change in strategy or are you secretly advising Rick and Nick? Keith Law 3:13 Definitely not advising them, and I don't think they need my help either. Really strong draft for them so far.

Do they honestly think us sad, sad, folk who are logging on to MLB DOT COM are unaware of what happened on day 1?

There is a belief that Song will be taken today. It's not signability so much with him, it's that he has a military obligation being a Navy guy.

...I don't follow the logic here.

He's a typical projectable high school right hander. Hopefully he develops better than Spencer Adams.

Who is left on the big board:

And Eloy is a bat only guy. Robert clearly is not. Even if Robert posts a 700ish OPS his rookie year in MLB, he will still be a very productive player due to his defense and baserunning

He is actually hitting much better in Birmingham as opposed to on the road. .382/.417/.632 in Bham .283/.345/.491 on the road

Take away Robert's first two games in Birmingham and his average would be over .350. He's exceeded my wildest expectations for 2019, and my expectations were fairly high tbh

Robert is 3-4 in G2. OPS is up to .955. Just a machine.