Look at Ray Ray Run

I love contreras. Sorry. Meant thome. Actually think contreras warrants his spot.

Love that guy. Get the risk though. Huge swing. Tools are fun though!

The last thing the sox deserve the benefit of the doubt on is drafting nepo-babies. It honestly must be fun to be someone who just hails all moves though. When it goes wrong, "that just happens" and when it's right youre a genius.

I love the Peters story. There's something extra awesome about a guy who defies expectations for an extended period of time. It's absolutely the best part of baseball. Hope he pulls a Quintana and parlays a little good luck at the start into sustainable very-goodness.

Classic white sox.

I have no idea what will happen with any of these guys end of day. Professional guessing and I'm an amateur! Ill probably be obnoxious if Lackey is way better, but if Roch is a star I'm fine with it. I was most confident he looked like a top tier pro, but it was college baseball.

They've dicked him around all year. Kids gonna be worth 5.2 WAR with elite defense and 44 homers 108 rbis in first 162 games and he's being moved off his position and treated as a contributing player. Most disrespected and underrated player ive ever seen. Even by his own team.

Only way it could make sense is if something happens to colson there imo.

Well, hope he crushes it. Moving Colson off short is insane to me, but here we are.

Womp womp

I understand the logic behind the pro-dad bump. You know the kid is going to have access to a ton of connections to improve his game, and he will be given every opportunity to make it work. I'm just skeptical of whether the bump is actually deserved based on outcomes. It's safe, because if he doesn't pan out you can say "he was Thome's kid. I've heard similar things from a couple coaches. Good player, not a top tier prospect. Would be better served going to college. But I'm sure we'll hear all about his makeup which is supposed to replace tools i guess. I'll add that jim being really well liked in baseball circles definitely plays a role too. People are human. Like Jim, root for his kid, see some talent and exaggerate it a bit.

If Thome's last name was Smith, he'd be a 4-5th rounder.

No idea! I'd hope we're not too involved in high school pitching.

Hahn a pitching wizard!

I've heard the Rays would take Lackey 1 and that he was their clear best player in the draft. Who knows how true that is though. We'll find out soon enough.

Think Jim will hook his son up with his steroid connection once he gets into pro-ball?

Pal, I don't think I'm a scout. Certainly not of amateur players. Too,s are all I'm assessing in that space. This is bad process because of the math. A 45 FV player who is big league ready is more valuable than the 34th pick. Does it mean it can't work out? Of course not. Every team thinks they've got "a guy" that will prove them right. Fact is, it works out less often than not. I certainly am not giving Chris Getz the benefit of the doubt. Everyone acting like the Sox have all these draft successes under Getz are just odd. Antonacci is the one success. I like taylor but they've butchered his development. I obviously think Caleb will be awesome but he hasn't been yet. I understand it hasn't been a long time so hard to judge yet, but I'd like to see some actual results first from drafts before I'm singing these praises. They've already given Mead away from free to have him have a 124 wRC+. This will be my last post on the topic. I've spent too many word on it.

I still think LeBron has a good chance of being a better pro than Roch.

Jaja. Yeah, I was so wrong about Antonacci and Colson when so many were out on them! Meanwhile you thought Colson wouldn't be helpful as recently as March of 2025. Ouch!

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.