WestEddy

Ant-man

I can't wait until they DFA Dromo because I hate doubles!!

What's that noise Shriff-Person is making after every nasty strike a Sox pitcher throws? Dude's feelin' it.

Peoples with a 1-2-3- inning, and Burger with a HR. Who said Getz couldn't develop players?

Acuña's batting over .400 for the last month, so that's actually a good thing.

Seby Zavala's people are playing hardball.

It's probably an agency trainer, his own, or a service, right?

deGone

I can't wait until they DFA Benintendi, because I hate bases clearing doubles!

Right. Why aren't they starting him?

At the risk of this all looking like YouTube, I think we won the Landon Thome trade:

Mamdani sticking it to Texas.

Almost take the lead, and fate, not really paying attention, gives it right back.

It's a game thread. Very little baseball gets discussed in a game thread.

I would hope that if they're dealing Carlson or Bonemer, they're getting somebody way better than Holmes or Detmers. I think stocking the system with 3 high-ceiling prep bats and a handful of college power bats allows them to loosen their grip on guys like Bergolla, Shelton or even Wolkow (Zavala, if anyone cares?).

I don't know if you're agreeing or not. Not getting the #34 pick loses them Thome, obviously. Knowing Thome wanted to sign at a discount was like drafting $544k to spend on other picks. Without the #34 pick, they lose that $544k, but then they have to get less creative on one of the #2, #6 or #11 picks. Yes, they'd still draft someone cheaper in those slots, but with lower ceiling.

The only evidence anyone is providing that the Thome pick isn't great is that his last name is Thome. They got a legit 1st rounder at #34 who gave a huge discount on the bonus. The discount allowed them to push better talent down at one slot, and pick an appropriate "best talent available" for another (instead of punting a pick to pay for the rest). Realize that with each ensuing pick, it gets harder to grab back $544k through signing bonuses. Seriously, should they have walked away from that because a couple of grouches will pretend it's a bad thing? The more I look into this, the better the Gonzo trade looks for the Sox.

The Sox didn't have the 35 pick. Thome would have been gone by 41. They wanted Thome Thome got them an extra $400k (plus $144.8k overage) by taking a haircut on his pick; an extra 544.8k to the pool. No Thome pick probably requires another 5th year senior at a $7500 bonus out of the 7th slot (or higher). Without Thome's money, they can't sign one of Prosek, Weingartner or Casteel. So, picking Thome got them Thome and the ability to go full slot in another pick, #4-#7. In reality, it's Gonzo for Thome and one of Weingartner or Casteel, then Scolari or Burdette instead of a cheaper 5th year SR. Thome and two slot upgrades. For Jacob Gonzalez, and an upgrade on Brandon Eisert.

OMG!! Can we stop drafting and developing future Royals, please?!?!?

I've never heard of someone gaining weight or ODing from listening to a single song too much.

Also, one thing we haven't had in, like, forever is a surplus group of prospects that other teams crave and will ill-advisedly jump at, like Pittsburgh just did with Gonzo. And the tradeoff isn't "Gonzo for Thome". It's Gonzo, plus the overall #1, a bunch of shrewd scouting/negotiating signings - for 3 crazy good prep bats, a very interesting prep arm, Volchco and a bunch of fliers on insane college power bats". If we wind up maxing out a half dozen interesting prospects from this class, that's the jackpot.

Oh, sure. I'm 62. Me and my buddies get together for a weekend of drinking, cards and steaks. We throw on the iPods, and it always comes back around to Elvis Costello, Steely Dan, Zep, Bowie, Clash - all stuff that shaped us in our teens. I'm weird, tho. Music's like a drug. I'm always looking for that odd song that hypnotizes me for a week, where I have to play it non stop because it strokes something in my cerebellum. I can rock out to TP's Freefallin' anytime, but that song just doesn't scratch that itch, anymore. Sure, there's stuff I've really tried, and just can't listen to. Trap rap. I'd give Chief Keef a listen, still do, but that, and a thousand other similar songs - I can't tell any of them apart. So onto Fela Kuti and Tabu Ley Rochereau.

Gonzo never sniffed the top 100. Lux had top 5 prospect pedigree. They're not comparable. Jim Callis was amazed that Gonzo was all the Pirates could get for that pick. Lux also wasn't traded on the eve of the draft. Supply and demand.

Jim Callis on the trade, starts at 9:25, if it's not cued up right: