WestEddy

List of things I want from the internet: 1) real time tally of international slot dollars spent/not spent per MLB team, by annual class 2) complete list of undrafted free agents signed, by draft class I'm sure it's all out there, I'm just lazy

nice piece by James Fegan on the day 1 intrigue. Lot of Shirley reaction. https://soxmachine.com/2024/07/white-sox-2024-mlb-draft-day-1-recap/

Very nice piece by James Fegan on day 1 of the draft. Lot of Shirley reaction, top 5 intrigue. https://soxmachine.com/2024/07/white-sox-2024-mlb-draft-day-1-recap/

Lefty bench bat who should probably be non-tendered this winter. There's a lot of guys his level playing 1B and DH on .500 teams.

I'm confused.

Got it. Thank you.

I'm confused. I always see stuff like this when publications eval a draft. About our 1st rounder, MLB.com says: But then, at pick #24, they say this about the Braves' pick: Both are left-handed. Why isn't Hagen Smith the best left-hander in the class? Is top ranked different from "best"?

A team who needs pitching? Drafts another OF. Strength of system.

How are you this far ahead of the MLB draft tracker?

Like a Rick Berry free throw?

It is kind of niche. It's not like anybody's going to see any of these guys in the next couple of years. In the NFL, the 7th rounder is your new starting tight end.

Bryce Ranier to the Tigers? Isn't Baez their SS into the next decade?

Baseball expert is all over it.

I was hoping the end of the sentence was "...of his unemployment benefits form."

Maybe they can still teach Hagen Smith to play RF.

commas separate items of a list. I think we're all pretty aware of why Grifol is still here.

I call keeping Grifol a restraint the hypothetical new GM has to deal with. You're agreeing with me, then pretending you're dunking on me. You really don't make any sense.

Maybe they should have. You're talking about a prospect where, graduating through the minors and becoming a big league 1B is one outcome. A trade is another. Moving to another position (which a lot of prospects do) opens 1B for a lesser athlete who can still hit.

With all of the same restraints that Getz has? (Cut budget, 4 players under contract who get injured or suck, bad PR around league, has to keep Grifol). Maybe he does a little better. I don't know. If new guy came in and cleaned house, I think the rebuild might take longer.

Sheets is a pre-arb, lefty bench bat. Unless they're trading Vaughn and have no one else, I don't really see a reason to pay him $4m to play 1B/DH in 2025. But there is value in a guy who, like I said, is a lefty bench bat. As far as Julks, when you posed a question about whether I would pencil in any of Getz' OF acquisitions into next year's lineup, I said Julks. Big deal. I'm not sure why you think it's some big victory when somebody thinks a player could work out and they don't. Or they work out, just not enough to make a difference. Julks is currently in a corner OF platoon right now regardless of what I'm saying. Please explain to me how 43 PAs in a half season is a small sample size, but 76 PAs across a whole season isn't. And a hitter having neutral or reverse splits for a season doesn't mean they suck and should be cut. Platoons also work for and against pitchers. Some lefty pitchers just get hit better by righty hitters. The end. MLB's average OPS is .709 in 2024. So both Julks and Sheets are both a hot week away from being an average ML hitter. The problem is that you don't have a point beyond not liking Chris Getz. Any move he makes, you scream that it's horrible, then use small sample sizes, ignore ML trends and averages, whatever, to pretend that anything supports your hyperbole.

More value, more options. If he can provide good defense in RF, it's a bit of a hedge if his power doesn't fully translate to wood bats and the pro game.

And that was my point. Not that they would be magically unbeaten, just not as bad.

Regardless. Perhaps by the end of the season, you'll admit that I've been calling Sheets a lefty bench bat, and Julks the weak half of a corner OF platoon. Baby steps.