Harold's Leg Lift

I REALLY want Danny Mendick to be good. Men-dick! Men-dick! Men-dick!

Cross him off then!

The vast majority of superstar position players were drafted as HS players. Trout, Harper, Betts, Machado, Arenado, Lindor, Yelich, Stanton, Freeman, Votto, Realmuto, Seager, Bellinger etc. Sure there are superstar college hitters like Bregman, Judge, Bryant, and Rendon but if you want a superstar position player odds are he's going to be a HS draft.

Baltimore hasn't hired a scouting director. Elias is doing both jobs.

Well that's why they get paid the big bucks and they've had plenty of bites at the apple. It's well past time for them to hit a home run.

It's not about who has the best stats or who gets to the big leagues first. It's about who will have the most successful/impactful career. If they think it's one of the HS guys the timeline should not matter. Get the guy who's going to be a superstar.

Abrams has the arm strength so throwing from different "platforms" is a learnable skill. Again all it takes is reps and he'll get plenty of those considering he's only 18 yrs old.

I have zero concerns about Abrams ability to play SS. He has the athleticism and actions and by all accounts the work ethic and desire to be great. He's very much like TA in that regard and amazingly there are still people out there who think he should be moved off SS. All Abrams needs are reps and he'll get plenty of those. He has a very real chance to develop into a gold glove SS.

Choo! Choo!

Rick Hahn. He literally begged Reinsdorf for a rebuild to buy himself extra time then 3 years later he begs Reinsdorf (a spending adverse owner) to drop $300M on one player. He and he alone is responsible for the position the White Sox are in today.

This thread made my head explode.

That's the point. They have a chance to draft a guy in Jr or Abrams who can at least be above avg at the most difficult position to fill. They can find a 1B anywhere. The chance to draft a difference making SS is extremely rare and should not be passed up.

I don't think Espino is going to be an option for them. I think teams are starting to stay away from the fireballing 100mph + HS pitcher because the recent history is so bad. These guys peak too early and have no where to go but backwards. Kolek and Greene have already had TJ and Riley Pint is anywhere near as good as he was during his draft year. Someone will take a chance on him but I don't think it will be in the top half of the 1st round.

JJ Bleday hit a ball about 9 miles today. He's not going to be an option at 1-3 but whoever does pick him is going to get a real nice player.

I really like Engel's swing. I think he finally found a winner.

Some bad news coming down.....

Baseball front offices are playing chess. The White Sox are playing tic tac toe.

Awesome thank you! Pretty surprised he has Vaughn ahead of Jr and Abrams. Also surprised he's that high on Carroll. I just didn't see it. Where did he have Riley Greene?

KLaw dropped his top 30 draft list. If someone can post it or at least the top 10 would be much appreciated.

Ugh. I have no faith in that guy. He has a slow bat. I'll be shocked if he makes it out of AA. Terrible pick.

Vaughn isn't nearly athletic enough for 3B. You might be able to get away with playing him in LF for a couple/few years before permanently moving him to 1B.

Which is absolutely crazy. Hahn has slow played all the minor leaguers and the one guy he actually should slow play he's going to rush to the big leagues. Madrigal needs time in the minors to get a hell of a lot stronger and to figure out what he's going to do with all the high fastballs (knee high to anyone else) he's going to see. If he' ins the big leagues this year it will be a huge mistake.

If Jr is there they have to take him. Kid can do it all. I really like Abrams but I think Jr will hit a little more and hit for more power and I'll take the bat over Abrams game changing speed. I think they will both be above avg SS.

I would add - Don't draft a 5'5" 2B

That's where I am with Vaughn. If they do take him I won't be nearly as pissed off as I was with the Madrigal pick because at least this dude can do some damage. This is the Sox only chance to get a guy who can have the biggest impact on a game. They're not getting one thru a trade and they're sure as hell not getting one thru free agency so it has to be thru the draft. Enough of the safe guys. Get a god damn difference maker.