Look at Ray Ray Run

Sorry, meant after the first (non-comp) round. Should have clarified better! Caleb will obviously be the next answer!

Can someone tell me the last high school pick by the White Sox that was developed and made an impact in the MLB?

This would imply jacob gonzalez is a 35 FV player. No one has him rated as that today. This was s%*# process again from a team who has no commitment to winning. Someone else said take a high school arm. Lol. Might as well throw a dart at a dart board a mile away and hope to hit a bullseye. That said, them doing this so they can go acquire a nepo-kid in Thome, is classic dysfunctional white sox. Doesn't matter who is in charge with this org. I dont get the Thome love at all.

You said you wanted them to shove to compete this year, and now you're all in on them trading one of their only assets for a lotto ticket... meaning they have traded one of the only things they had to improve the MLb or near-mlb level pitching for a mediocre pick. Make it make sense.

Why is this continually said? Who cares what a prospect who has reinvented his swing and approach looked like before he did those things? I have no idea why people are treating the 34th pick in the draft like it's some huge asset. This team should have been trying to improve the roster today, not acquire another lotto ticket. And for thomes kid maybe? Sheesh, what a disaster. Can't wait to draft andrew dahlquist 2.0!

A weak draft that's getting weaker by the day... Sox are all in. Meanwhile big league team is competing and we're selling off for 4 years from now. Classic Getz.

Jake burger has had a much better career than the avg 30-35th pick.

The 35 pick is worth like 9 million. A 45 FV player close to the mlb is worth like 16-20 million. Ignore opinions, etc. Value stinks.

There are a million Jaden woods out there. Miguel vargas wasn't an MLB quality 3rd baseman coming into the year. Guess they should trade him at his value then and not today. What nonsense is this.

If pick 34th is worth something, wonder what pick 15 is worth! What a dog s%*# trade.

If the Sox trade Jacob Gonzalez for a comp pick, that's a bad trade. How isn't it? They took him 20+ picks before, spent time and money developing him, he turns a corner and becomes a prospect of meaning and you trade him to... do it all over again?

Emerson absolutely with grade inflation there. Everything ive read about them both from people that saw both was that Emerson clearly isn't Witt. I'd rather have Emerson than Roch though. I'm gonna be bummed if they go Roch.

Booming Bonemer!

One thing I think about with the 2024 draft is that somehow the Sox made the only s%*# pick in the top 9. I think he's got a shot of being the worst pick in the top 14. Christian Moore is still a bit TBD, but he's at least looked great in the minors and already forced the issue.

I'll add he didn't look great in the outing I saw versus a pretty bad team. My buddy is not a fan of his as a prospect and doesn't think he could be a freshman starter for a big school like FSU, for whatever that is worth.

Yeah, I also just don't love High Schoolers at 98 and 99 MPH. Especially given his very limited track record dedicated to pitching. My ideal pitching prospect sits about 92-94 in high school and grows into velocity as a pro. This, from what I've looked into in my life, gives you a better chance of avoiding injury and sustaining velo throughout your pro career. There are tons of stories of high schoolers drafted throwing 98+ in high school who peak at that velocity and trend downward as pros. Projectable pitchers, at that age, have a better track record of success imo.

Maximize the chances you have, as the next one isn't guaranteed. I agree with this, but at the same time I'm still trading Taylor because I think I can help this team more by moving him too. I'm a huge fan of Taylor's, but absolutely hate how the team has managed him so think he's worth more to someone else.

Actually seen Slightom as my best pal is a varsity coach in conference. My concern there is he really doesn't have any secondary stuff right now. The change is getting some love but I'm not sold. Seems like a pretty big project but obviously great upside and a very good athlete. I would prefer contreras personally.

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

Yes, detmers is much better today than Hagen Smith.

I just mean this organization had no issues developing and churning out pitching for the last two+ decades. One of the best orgs in the business at doing that. They couldn't develop players to save their life, but pitching was a different story.

Still not over Vargas yelling at Ant for not scoring on his double from second base the other day. Vargas is dead to me after that incident!

Did he though? This team has churned out plenty of high end arm talent. Yeah, this is the biggest issue with moving these guys to the pen. The innings play a role, but it's the fact that they basically become two pitch pitchers out of the pen so they spend years not working on their whole repertoire in the game.

Broseph Bontreras.

Lackey and Emerson having the same Power grade is interesting. I also think a 55 glove for Lackey is light. Baseball is moving towards an automated zone so arm, pop time and mobility behind the plate become the metrics that matter most as controlling the run game shoots up the priority list and his pop time is 1.85 seconds. I think the arm is also light. I had read somewhere earlier this year he'd been clocked at 95mph out of the pop.