WestEddy

On the list of must see with Casablanca, Citizen Kane and Bicycle Thief.

Or for your example, when the employee's kid outright sucks, like Alek Thomas does, and has an attitude to boot. Somebody should have won GM of the year for sidestepping that guy.

So y'all are saying that if Michael Jordan's father worked for Jerry Reinsdorf, drafting Michael Jordan would have been the stupidest draft pick ever? Got it.

And when he does, the detractors will claim to have "been in on him" from the word go. It's a good pick. They wanted him.

Obviously, the Yankees' fallback if Thome was off the board.

I think there's a s%*# ton of negotiating going on right up to the announcement, and by crunching it down to two days, that multiplies it all.

Adams isn't on the 60-day.

They're taking the best playah available.

The guy's shitting on the #34 pick, historically; he should take a look at what has been drafted at #51. LOL. Barry Larkin, then a lot of nothing. If the Sox get a good back end reliever out of that slot, they killed it.

Not in Japan, it wasn't.

It's most probably the stats department.

Supply and demand. How many comp picks were being dangled as late as yesterday? And we talk about Thome, maybe he's willing to offer the Sox a discount at 34, thus increasing their ability to maximize another lower slot.

I agree with you that the Pirates "won" the trade. I just think that Getz accomplished what he set out to do, and there's other paths than a Gonzo trade for a starting pitcher.

I think a magic situation opened up with the Pirates looking for bullpen arms, and Konnor Griffin getting injured. Getz probably overpaid a bit, but if he can max out this draft class, it will have been worth it.

Chris. Getz. As GM.

Oh, I was completely bought into Gonzo. He passed the eye test and had a sweet swing. He didn't look overmatched, at times. I think he was still raw and required at-bats to continue to develop in the bigs, at-bats the White Sox didn't have for him. I also believed he was solid, defensively. I just think he's what a comp pick costs on the eve of the draft. It might be a slight overpay, but that comp pick gives Getz a lot of leeway not only with the actual pick, but playing around with the bonus pool.

I'm confused. What other time did Getz have his team competitive and then traded off players for future prospects?

He put up below average production in the bigs. I get it that he'll only get better, and there was a 9 game slump in the middle of that.

You misspelled "Patches".

So do former 1st rounders who weathered two whole seasons of unremarkable minor league results until they decided to try something else. It's not just about the pick it's also the slot money. You know all this. If this comp pick allows them to select somebody they think is a stud, that frees them up to deal from depth at that position now. I get that you liked Gonzo. I think he's a nice story and could possibly work his way into a starting role with more at-bats.

That's a cycle for Peters, right?

Couldn't they just have offered him a minimum, he'd reject, then they'd get the 10th in the next year's draft in addition to their own?

I believe this is his first time off of a 40-man since the Bummer trade.