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In regards to only trading one of Colon and Loaiza. I think the only reason you hold onto one of them is if you plan on having them around after the rebuilding process is over. Since its very unlikely that you could trade away all those guys and have this team rebuilt fully next year, your best of trading the two of them. Its obvious that Colon is going to gone. Reinsdorf isn't going to add payroll after this dissapointing season, especially considering how many major changes need to be made. IF he was willing to spend an extra 15 or 20 million to patch up the lineup and bullpen a bit more (If its needed) then it could be different. But the fact is that isn't happening. With Loaiza, you could keep him for relatively cheap next year, but my theory is whats the point if your not gonna compete next year. He's rather old and is pitching the best he ever has. He's got an affordable contract, which makes him EXTREMELY attractive to a team looking to add a front of the line starter. The Sox could deal him at his peak in value, which would be a great thing to do. Konerko and Thomas should go. I don't think they can unload Thomas without cutting him or without him doing something. Otherwise they'll have to trade him for someone else that has a rather high priced contract.

I always find it funny how major new sources can screw up so many things.

I'm with you 100%. Its been past time to clean house. I like the ideas I came up with my article about a week ago. Of course since then numerous reports have broken about Bobby Jenks and what a nut he is. I just heard something on the radio and he's had some minor arm troubles, but they also talked about how he read at a 3rd grade level, was a drunk, and a few other things. I hope the kid can figure things out, cause he's got an unbelievable arm. Still, Sox should have some HUGE possibilities when it comes to trades. I do think if they trade Loaiza, Colon, and Buehrle, they should be looking for AAA/Major league pitchers with the exception being some super super talented AA or even A ball pitchers. They should also look to fill the shortstop position and centerfield. Of course I'm less worried about the outfield now after the draft, I do realize that those guys are still a ways off, and before all that, they also have to prove themselves in the professional ranks. Reed, Webster, Borchard, Anderson, King, and Sweeney. Me LIKEY. I do think that Sweeney moves to first, but I'm starting to read more and more things about how he's a better athlete and should be able to handle the outfield. Either way he's got a heck of a bat.

Here ya Go Matt The Top 50 Countdown: 50-41 The Top 50 Countdown: 40-31 The next list may make it up tomorrow night, but most likely it won't be up until Thursday morning, simply because I'm a bit behind in getting the stats up.

I think Mike Morse could be finding his way onto the list in the midseason installment. He's got great tools, but hadn't found the bat, although lately he's showing signs of putting things together. Personally I'm not a big Spidale fan, although when Brumbaugh falls back to normal, Spidale could jump onto the list. Malone is on the list and will be on the next installment. The big reason we didn't have Phillips higher is we made this list (The Actual Order) while he was in Extended Spring Training and we had concerns about his health. We are back to being high on him after his first start and I think he'll be up in Birmingham in no time. Haigwood is also still to come on the segment. We like him quite a bit, as you'll see when his ranking comes out. In the future were going to do 3 prospect lists during the year. One will be a preseason one (including AFL Stats), the other will be a midseason one (July - This is when the next list will be done) and the third one will be a postseason one. One thing I'm already debating is where a few of our draft picks will fit into things. Cause I think the Sox nabbed a few guys that would be pretty high on the list.

A Week In Review (May 28 - June 2): Kannapolis Intimidators By Jason Gage June 3, 2003 FutureSox.com The Intimidators had a great week going 4-2. Heath Phillips made the biggest news of the week, tossing a shutout in his first start of the season (See Thursday), while Anthony Webster kept up his hot hitting. Gustavo Molina also had a great week with a pair of 3 RBI games. Kannapolis is now 25-29, which puts them in fifth place out of the nine teams in the Southern Division. Wednesday The Intimidators pitching staff had trouble throwing strikes as they combined for 11 walks in a 9-2 loss against Lexington. Paulino Reynoso (2-4) got the start, going 3/2/3 innings giving up four runs on six hits and four walks. Todd Deininger wouldn’t do much better control wise, giving up another four walks in three innings, but he did limit Lexington to one hit. Andy Gonzalez (1-3) and Thomas Brice (1-3) each had an RBI. Anthony Webster had a hit and stole his 14th base. Thursday Heath Phillips (1-0) made his first start of the season and it was a beauty. He limited Lexington to three hits over eight shutout innings, in a 7-0 victory. Phillips took a no hitter into the seventh. Joey Gillikin put the Intimidators on top for good with a solo homer in the second inning. Gustavo Molina would add some insurance with a 3 run double in the eighth inning. Anthony Webster went 2-4 with a double and rbi, while Andy Gonzalez and Thomas Brice also had an RBI. Friday Anthony Webster would give the Intimidators a 7-6 victory over Charleston, scoring the game winning run in the ninth inning off of an error. Starter Brian Miller walked five over five innings giving up four runs on four hits. Josh Rupe wouldn’t have much better control as he had four walks, a hit, and a run (unearned) in an 1/1/3. Rick Hummel (2-0) picked up the win, tossing 1/2/3 scoreless innings. Darren Cirraco led the offense going 3-4 while Anthony Webster (2-4 with 2 runs and a stolen base), Julio Reyes (2-4), and Andrew Salvo (2-4 with 2 RBI) each had two hits a-piece. Saturday Saturday’s game against Charleston was rained out and would be made up as part of a doubleheader the next day. Sunday Kannapolis won the first game of the doubleheader 6-5, thanks to a strong performance by starter BJ Lamura. Lamura won his fifth game of the season going 6/2/3 innings giving up eight hits and five runs (2 earned). Rick Hummel replaced him pitching 1/3 of an inning to pick up his eighth save (Minor League Doubleheaders are 7 INN each). Anthony Webster had a hit and two RBI. Thomas Brice, Darren Cirraco, and Pedro Lopez drove each had an RBI. Charleston, led by three pitchers, would shutout the Intimidators, 2-0. Kannapolis wasted a good outing by Andrew Fryson who gave up two runs (one earned) in 4/1/3 innings. Todd Deininger finished the game with 2/2/3 scoreless innings. Offensively the Intimidators would only must two hits, both off of starter Ryan Houston. Cavin and Christians had Kannapolis’ only hits. Monday Starter Paulino Reynoso made up for his previous performance, in which he gave up five walks, by going six innings giving up just three hits and a run en route to a 4-3 victory. Unfortunately Reynoso would get the no decision as reliever Julio Castro (1-3) picked up the win. Castro went 2 innings giving up four hits and two runs. Josh Rupe picked up his fifth save, pitching a perfect ninth. For the second time this week catcher Gustavo Molina had the big game, going 1-3 with three RBI. Notes: The Intimidators activated LHP Heath Phillips from extended spring training. Later in the week they would place first baseman Julio Reyes on the disabled list with a strained right quad. Andrew Larson was activated from the disabled list to fill Reyes’ roster spot. The Intimidators will work on reaching the .500 mark this week against these opponents: 6/3 – vs. Charleston 6/4 - 6/6 @ Lexington 6/7 – 6/8 vs. Greensboro

Ya, I remember what your talking about. I'll see if I can do that on the board. Will try to get it up tonight or tomorrow. Only thing I want to make sure of, is we don't put up too many pics to the point we crash the server

The Top 50 Countdown: 30-21 By Mike Doyle, Jason Gage, and Mark J. Jacobsen June 3, 2003 FutureSox.com From 50 all the way down to 1, we will continue our countdown of the top 50 prospects in the White Sox organization with 21 through 30. Coming Soon: 11 through 20. Stats Updated as of June 2, 2003 30. Daylan Holt - 23 - R/R -OF – (High-A Winston-Salem) 2003 (Birmingham-AA): .000 AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB, 2 BB, 7 K 2003 (Winston-Salem-AA): .299 AVG, 4 HR, 28 RBI, 4 SB, 14 BB, 26 K 2002 (Midland-AA): .279 AVG, 4 HR, 25 RBI, 1 SB, 15 BB, 50 K 2002 (Visalia-A): .291 AVG, 16 HR, 63 RBI, 3 SB, 29 BB, 75 K 2001 (Modesto-A): .179 AVG, 2 HR, 39 RBI, 5 SB, 40 BB, 90 K 2000 (Vancouver-R): .271 AVG, 2 HR, 17 RBI, 1 SB, 10 BB, 26 K Holt, who was the second “player to be named later” in the Billy Koch for Keith Foulke trade, was literally in a yearlong slump until 2002. Holt finally showed some promise last year, hitting 20 HRs and driving in 88 runs between A and AA ball. When his stroke is good, Holt has jaw-dropping power to all fields. Because he is prone to long slumps, the goal for Holt is to keep his stroke consistent. Unfortunately, he suffered a meltdown at the beginning of the season with Birmingham and was sent down to Winston-Salem. Holt must not have taken the news lightly: he’s proceeded to absolutely annihilate the baseball in High-A, raking up a .303 batting average and .505 slugging percentage. Unless an outfielder at Birmingham is promoted or released, Holt will have to stay down below his level in Winston-Salem. 29. Ryan Rodriguez - 18 - LHP, SP – Great Falls White Sox (Rookie) 2002 (Arizona-A): 5-2, 3.74 ERA, 69.1 INN, 47 K, 16 BB Rodriguez was a fourth-round pick out of Texas’ Keller High School last year. At 18 years old, Rodriguez will play another year at Great Falls and come up slowly through the Sox system. He had a very impressive debut, going 5-2 with a 3.74 ERA in 14 starts. He pitched 69.1 innings, which is a moderate amount considering he had already undergone a full season of high school baseball. Rodriguez did show very good control for a youngster, walking just 16. He throws a very good curveball, as well as a low 90’s fastball that has exceptional movement. Rodriguez still has a lot to learn, but he’s a very talented lefty that should develop over the next few years into a front line starter. The Sox plan on having him develop a few more pitches, one of which would most likely be a changeup. He should have a bright future, but the true tests will come with pitching at higher levels. 28. B.J. Lamura - 22 – RHP, SP – Kannapolis Intimidators (Low A Ball) 2003: 5-3, 2.64 ERA, 61.1 INN, 54 K, 34 BB 2002 (Bristol): 1-2, 4.50 ERA, 18.0 INN, 20 K, 7 BB Lamura was one of the many solid picks made by the Sox last season: he was drafted in the fifth round out of Clemson, and in some scouts’ minds was possibly the university’s most talented pitcher. He had a solid debut last season, posting a 4.50 ERA as the Sox worked on improving his mechanics and honing his potential. Thus far, the work seems to have paid off. He is Kannapolis’ best starter with a 2.64 ERA in 11 starts. It shouldn’t be long until Lamura moves up to Winston-Salem. Lamura features a good fastball (89-91) and can throw it harder if necessary. All of his other pitches are works in progress, but many are confident that Lamura will turn into a very solid big leaguer. He’s still a few years off from reaching Chicago and, when speaking of most prospects, I like to say that you don’t know what you’ve got until they reach AA. 27. Tetsu Yofu - 29 - RHP, SP/RP – Birmingham Barons (AA) 2003 (Charlotte-AAA): 0-0, 5.40 ERA, 3.1 INN, 3 K, 2 BB 2003 (Birmingham-AA): 3-3, 2.96 ERA, 45.2 INN, 38 K, 11 BB No, that’s not a typo; the 29-year-old Japanese import has quite a unique name, and has already made quite a unique impact on this organization. Making his debut with the Birmingham Barons this past month, Yofu has compiled some impressive stats; Yofu is 3-1 with a 2.43 ERA and has recorded 2 saves. Yofu has dabbled a bit in a starting role, yet many scouts don’t believe he has the stamina to effectively last as a major league starter. If Yofu continues to impress as he has, the White Sox could be looking at their own version of Kaz Sasaki. 26. Heath (Mike) Phillips - 21 - LHP, SP – Kannapolis Intimidators (Low A Ball) 2003: 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 8.0 INN, 2 K, 1 BB 2002 (Winston-Salem-A): 6-15, 3.52 ERA, 179 INN, 112 K, 50 BB 2001 (Kannapolis-A): 2-7, 3.64 ERA, 72 INN, 54 K, 18 BB Last year was a good year for Heath Phillips. Not only did he have a great season in Kannapolis, but he started drawing comparisons to current Southsider Mark Buehrle, who won 19 games in just his third major league season. The Sox have high expectations for Phillips, to say the least. Those expectations became cautions earlier this year as Heath was shut down and kept in extended spring training for medical concerns. The good news is Heath is back. He made his first start for Kannapolis last week and it was a beauty -- he went eight innings, giving up three hits and no runs. Heath doesn’t have brilliant stuff, but he can throw all of his pitches for strikes and does a great job changing speeds and staying ahead of the hitters. His best pitches are a high 80’s fastball that has exceptional movement and a slider. Heath should make the jump to Winston-Salem after a few starts and should end the season in Birmingham (AA). Despite having good control, Heath does have work to do, because he has to have perfect control if he hopes to have similar success to Buehrle. Look for a healthy Heath to climb up the charts and the system: he should find himself in Chicago in 2004 or 2005. 25. Josh Rupe - 20 - RHP, RP – Kannapolis Intimidators (Low A Ball) 2003: 2-2, 4 SV, 0.99 ERA, 27.1 INN, 37 K, 18 BB 2002 (Bristol-R): 3-3, 5.26 ERA, 38 INN, 40 K, 22 BB The White Sox organization is notorious for drafting pitchers based on radar gun readings and pure potential, and the drafting of Josh Rupe is no exception. Like Corwin Malone, Josh Rupe was drafted as a project. The Sox saw something they thought they could fix, and liked the possibilities of that project succeeding. Immediately after signing, the Sox started to work on Rupe’s mechanics and getting him into a consistent arm slot. Rupe has an amazing curveball, which was rated a 70 on the 20-80 scouting scale by some. The changes in Rupe’s mechanics will take numerous innings to learn, but he might have caught on already. Rupe has already opened the eyes of Sox officials in Kannapolis, as he has put together some very solid numbers, most notably his 28 strikeouts in 12 innings pitched, out of the bullpen. Alongside Rick Hummel, Rupe has turned the Intimidator bullpen into the most solid aspect of the team. 24. Brian West - 22 - RHP, SP – Birmingham Barons (AA) 2003 (Charlotte-AAA): 1-0, 5.40 ERA, 5.0 INN, 2 K, 2 BB 2003 (Birmingham-AA): 2-4, 5.56 ERA, 45.1 INN, 31 K, 24 BB 2002 (Birmingham-AA): 9-11, 4.34 ERA, 149 INN, 91 K, 71 BB 2001 (Winston-Salem-A): 7-12, 3.46 ERA, 169 INN, 130 K, 70 BB 2000 (Winston-Salem-A): 0-1, 11.37 ERA, 6 INN, 3 K, 6 BB 2000 (Burlington-A): 8-9, 3.78 ERA, 148 INN, 90 K, 73 BB 1999 (Bristol-R): 1-2, 10.50 ERA, 18 INN, 17 K, 14 BB 1999 (Arizona-R): 0-1, 13.50 ERA, 5 INN, 3 K, 2 BB Brian West’s year in AA Birmingham can be simply described as both good and bad. The good? West improved on limiting the amount of hits he gave up: his Batting Average Against dropped almost 50 points from the previous year to .236. The bad? West’s strikeout total dropped dramatically from 130 in 170 IP two years ago to 91 in 149 IP last year. West has been forced to spend another year in Birmingham, and the results so far have been downright awful. West has yielded 48 hits and 15 walks in only 34 2/3 innings in his second season with the Barons. Unless West makes drastic changes to his approach to pitching, he will most likely fall by the wayside as a non-prospect. Oddly enough, West was actually promoted to AAA Charlotte, but I suspect this was only a fill-in start. As of right now, West does not deserve to be in AAA. 23. Ryan Meaux – 25 - LHP, RP – Winston-Salem Warthogs (High A Ball) 2003: 0-3, 5 SV, 0.88 ERA, 41.0 INN, 30 K, 2 BB 2002 (Kannapolis-A): 0-2, 6 SV, 1.35 ERA, 13.1 INN, 13 K, 0 BB 2002 (Haggerstown-A): 4-3, 17 SV, 2.63 ERA, 54.2 INN, 44 K, 12 BB 2001 (Salem-Kaizer-A): 2-2, 5.59 ERA, 29.0 INN, 27 K, 11 BB A product of Kenny Williams’ fire sale last season, Ryan Meaux has proved that Felix Diaz was not the only pitcher of note in the deal that sent Kenny Lofton to San Francisco. Meaux doesn't have noteworthy velocity, but gets good sink on his fastball and good results from his curveball. At age 25, Meaux is having a great start to 2003 (0-1, 0.29, 4sv’s). If he hopes to make the majors, however, he’ll need to progress to AA sooner rather than later. 22. Frankie Francisco - 23 - RHP, SP – Winston-Salem Warthogs (High A Ball) 2003: 3-2, 3.83 ERA, 42.1 INN, 29 K, 21 BB Frankie Francisco started last year in the Boston Red Sox organization as a top ten prospect. After it was revealed that Francisco is actually nine months older than he’d reported to the team, he soon fell out of favor within the organization and was summarily traded to the South Siders in a deal for Bobby Howry. Francisco has been moved back and forth, in and out of the rotation in his young career. It appears that Francisco finally has settled in a starting role with the Winston-Salem Warthogs. While Francisco can hit 95 mph on the radar gun and can get batters out with his curveball, he still has trouble when he goes deep into counts. Off to a fast start, Francisco could be moved up a level to AA, possibly even AAA, if an opportunity presents itself. 21. Aaron Miles - 26 - S/R - 2nd Base – Charlotte Knights (AAA) 2003: .320 AVG, 6 HR, 14 RBI, 0 SB, 9 BB, 21 K 2002 (Birmingham-AA): .322 AVG, 9 HR, 68 RBI, 25 SB, 40 BB, 45 K After a sub-par season at AA Birmingham (batting only .215 at home), Aaron Miles destroyed the Southern League in 2002 and garnered the attention of the White Sox. Miles has been compared to Anaheim Angels shortstop David Eckstein, but with more power. Miles, like Eckstein, is very small in height, but exerts maximum effort on the field. At 26, Miles is somewhat old for AAA, but age hasn’t been prohibitive for him. He’s continued his hot streak from last year, hitting a robust .353 with six homeruns at Charlotte. With current shortstop Jose Valentin in the last year of his contract, Miles may be the eventual successor at 2nd if D’Angelo Jimenez is moved from 2nd base to shortstop.

I sure hope so. Still, that sounds funny. Do they usually take a guy out during the game to call them up to AAA. I'd understand if it was the majors, but that can't be the case. I hope all is well. He had a heck of a game going.

Pretty much they know this teams is terrible. I think Hawk wouldn't whine if they broke the team up.

DJ's comment was hillarious.

This was such a sweet draft. That highschool shortstop (Actually both of them; The Teammates) were stellar picks. Sox did a lot of drafting of guys that slid, most likely for monetary reasons, so they are gonna have to spend some money. Luckily their higher picks won't cost huge money. Well the 2nd rounder will cost money.

LMAO.

Series Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks By Mark J. Jacobsen and Mario Scalise June 3, 2003 SoxNet.net The White Sox are in trouble folks. After losing three straight to the Cleveland Indians, they travel to the desert to face Curt Schilling and the Arizona Diamondbacks. This will be the first ever series between the two clubs, with the MLB inter-league re-alignment. This is also the first inter-league series of the season for the White Sox, who were 8-10 during inter-league play in 2002. Opponent: Arizona Diamondbacks Record: 26-31, .456, 9 1/2 GB (NL West) Place: Bank One Ball Park Time & TV: Game 1: 8:35 p.m. (WGN); Game 2: 8:35 p.m. (FSN); Game 3: (8:35) p.m. (WCIU) 2002 Record vs Sox: 0-0 2003 Record vs Sox: 0-0 THE LATEST Luis Gonzalez is back, and has his average up over .300, which is not good news for a White Sox pitching staff, which was victimized by a weak hitting Indian line-up this past week. It appears that this team is finally returning to the team that came out of nowhere to beat the Yankees back in 2001, and unfortunately, the White Sox the seem to be heading the other direction. The White Sox will also be facing a former AL opponent in Shea Hillenbrand, who was traded to Arizona late last week. WHO'S HOT (Last 4 Games) Luis Gonzalez, OF: 9-19, 2 HR, 8RBI, 3R --After a slow start, Luis Gonzalez is starting to look like the hero of game seven we all remember. After being mired in a 3-34 slide (.088), Gonzalez has caught fire and is again the central figure in the Diamondback line-up. WHO'S NOT (Post-April) Carlos Baerga, 2B: 9-51, HR, 6 RBI --It looked as though Carlos Baerga’s career was rejuvenated after a strong showing in April, batting .409 with 12 RBIs, two homers and four doubles. Then May 1st came and away went Baerga. He has lowered his OBP from .417 to .320 and his batting average from .409 to .284. One plus is his glove is still strong as he has no committed an error in 40 games. PITCHING PROBABLES Game #1: Esteban Loaiza (8-2, 1.96 ERA) vs. Miguel Bautista (3-3, 3.24 ERA,) --This will be the inaugural meeting between the two teams, and it should be a pitchers duel. Bautista has been on fire, going 3-1 with a 2.76 ERA since joining the rotation in mid-April. Bautista will be opposed by possibly the best pitcher in the majors thus far, Esteban Loaiza. Loaiza will take his league-leading ERA into tonight’s game, and if these pitchers continue their current trend … it should be fun to watch. Game #2: Jon Garland (2-3, 4.88 ERA) vs. Curt Schilling (4-3, 3.04 ERA) --The White Sox anemic offense will be facing arguably the best pitcher in the league over the past five years. Unless Jon Garland can limit the number of offensive opportunities he allows, and the offense can scratch across a few early runs, this game could get ugly. Game #3: Dan Wright (0-3, 6.57) vs. Elmer Dessens (4-5, 5.45 ERA) --This game will pit two pitchers, that were expected to do things much greater than they currently are. Dessens was the go-to-guy in Cincinnati last year, and since coming over in an off-season trade – which was supposed to sure up a shaky end of the rotation - he has struggled. Danny Wright was supposed to build off an encouraging 14-12 season, but has not been able to due to injury. A win for either pitcher would go long ways to build their confidence. Should be interesting to watch. KEY TO THE SERIES Be aggressive. The Sox are six games under .500, 6.5 out and just 1.5 games above the far less talented, fourth place Indians, so if they are going to somehow raise this sinking ship, which in many eyes is already sunk, they need to take chances and make aggressive mistakes. The Diamondbacks have one of the better defensive teams in the majors. The only way to beat that is to keep the routine plays at a minimum and always keep the pressure.

20th pick Jeffrey Schmidt - SS - Mira Mesa Highschool (San Diego?) This is the last pick of the day. We'll be back tomorrow will full coverage from day two. In a few days we'll begin spotlighting a lot of the picks over at FutureSox.com

No prob. I'm working with a few other writers on getting together a full page with short notes on all the Sox picks. Thats going to take a few days though cause we got a ton of research to do for it. Once its done though, I'll get it up on futuresox as well as put it up on Soxnet. Man I love the draft. Another thing to help take my mind off the White Sox problems

19th Mike Moat - RHP - San Diego State He was taken in the 11th round by Texas in the 2000 draft. COMMENT: Athletic. Pitchers frame. Rounded shoulders. Similar to Brian Boehringer. Quick arm. Average fastball, mostly 89 mph. Hard, sharp, late breaking slider. Sets up other pitches. Competitor. Can spot pitches, always around plate. Steady improvement.

U going to any of the games 427? Or are you gonna just hit the ones in Anaheim?

I think the Sox will have to give him something like a million buck bonus, but I think they are going to do it. They wouldn't of went after him if they didn't plan on paying him first round money. Just my two cents. I think they realized how good he was and decided it will be worth the money. If we sign him, he could only play 4 highschool games in his senior season since his baseball season is just starting up. I think its a tough sign and they may wait on him, but eventually they'll lock him up. I'd like him to play a full shortseason this year. This guy has the talent to play a full year next year, but thats only going to happen if they lock him up early (My guess). Another real tough sign is the shortstop we drafted in the 6th or 7th. It was nice that we drafted someone else from the school (Hopefully his buddy) that way we could hopefully pull some leverage and bring both of them in. Don't know what the Sox were thinking on that though.

I'm loving the draft. Key to this is signing the guys. I'll finish up the rest of the draft. I'm assuming it ends in a bit. Good luck with the finals Cerb.

The guy we took in the 2nd round is a STEAL.

Well I think that Yan or Pedro Lopez are the future 2nd base guys. I think Hummel will be like Tony G. A solid bench player. Just my two cents. I'm a big Hummel fan though so I'd like to see him come through. I love him more off the bench though. Its just great having guys that can play 3rd, 2nd, and SS. Also, confidence shoudln't be too low. If the Sox decide to rebuild, they have some very marketable guys that could quickly rebuild this team. I love the way Cleveland did things last year, and the Sox got a ton more to unload. The only fear is will KW make the right moves.

He was a teammate of the guy we drafted earlier. Talent wise he'd be a higher pick. I think we'll have some trouble signing him and his teammate, but I'd love to nab the two of them. Mix them with Gonzalez, Yan, and Pedro Lopez and we have some damn good (Toolsy) middle infield guys. This kid is supposed to be a slick fielder with some offensive potential.

A ton of work goes into these drafts. The Sox are going to have to spend some big bucks on this draft. I sure hope they can get quite a few of these guys signed. The big risk with all these highschool players is most of them should be committed to very good schools so they have plenty of other options as leverage. College players don't necessarily have that.

Big Lefty. 6-7 and should develop some good velocity. Already hits the low 90's. I like this move. I love going with big strong pitchers and him being a lefty is a plus.