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No doubt, the Sox have made a decent recovery from a problem they had built. If have Craig Kimbrel on your team can ever be classified as a ‘problem’. Without having to sweeten the deal. Should say what people around the league feel about what Kimbrel has left in the tank.

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^^^^Its not terrible to be scared if Rick Hahn is pulling the trigger on a prospects deal.

Maybe not conceptually, but in context, that draft wasn’t a good one. Seemed like a 3 and a half player draft at the top. Madrigal having a fairly high enough floor at 4 was considerable. Kelenic was an upside roll of the dice I liked. Carter Stewart had the exiting spin rate. India didn’t fit the profile you are looking for either. Again, Madrigal’s floor was considerable in a meh draft.

I call it an asset wasted. The Sox do have a lot of assets, but they aren’t that team with an endless pipeline enough so they can be this frivolous.

At least it finally became old for old. The Sox/Hahn aren’t good at this. I vote that they stop trying, and keep their powders dry.

I hated that we were in position to have to draft a 5'7 player. Was kind of intrigued with Kelenic and Brady Singer. But Madrigal was going to work out well enough. For the record, not a Vaughn guy either...CJ Abrams. I hate wasting young assets is the main point. As far as the Sox picks go, the college player route as a religion was very exasperating. Although with the White Sox scouting department, I can understand why they would want to play it more safe. But they were getting ridiculous.

Madrigal would have been having decent seasons and helping win playoffs series for 10+ years.. There is no way to fix this mess, just try to mitigate damage.

if AJ helps win the world series, it could become less of a sharp stick in the eye. But there is no way to make it right.

Not sure the White Sox are looking at this as a savings, since Kimbrel’s salary was a basic add-on for the stretch and playoffs. Now, the money sticks over what Madrigal was making.

Ill need to think about that. At least subbing for Eloy in late innings becomes easier plugging in Engel and shifting AJ into left

Tony gets to be proven wrong at least 100 games this season. And that’s just about right field

Not a right field arm tho

From the comments: “And Haseley currently ranks 3rd in WAR from the 2017 first round. Take that what you will” ?

47%? That means he now runs slower than Paul Konerko. Anyway, I'm glad for the trade, but will be surprised if he ever played better than Adam Engel just because the Phillies gave up for a minor league reliever that maxed out his physical profile at 24YO. As previously stated, the Sox have to keep at this.

As a younger man, I would choose to believe in the upside of aquisitions sich as this. Experience makes you wiser. Basically, if this ends up as the end of the White Sox pursuit for a right fielder,, disapointing. I expect us to be buying at the deadline (if the Sox are even willing ffs)

As long as he’s not giving up stud prospects for the duds, we’re making progress on the learning curve. Haseley is 25 years old too, not an old pitcher. This is new.

OOF. And probably says all we want to hear about Mr Adolfo. Must be upgrading from him and Engel?

Odd, considering his mental makeup was a chief draft aspect on him.

Same. Was always wishing to be in position for a guy with his description in the first round. Life in baseball happens though, wonder what happened to him.

I guess Tony LaRussa was wrong. Or just a dick

Genuine surprise. The odds say we’re due for a healthy season though. But in the midst of a seige, everything looks like a hammer coming down

Should have traded him for an old pitcher already

Am I misremembering Vaughn last year having a hip injury?

Jerry Reinsdorf must be possessed by a demon that likes to injure his players.