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Casey Schroeder, C, Coastal Carolina

Could be a good time to go with Justin Garza. A guy that would have been top 3 rounds (pre-injury).

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 01:08 PM) Wish this team would figure it out and go on a fun run... If only we had some exciting young players on the position front. Sox have to figure out a way to make that happen and unfortunately I don't see how they are going to do it, unless they plan on making some big international splashes.

Sox draft looking up thus far.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 11:09 AM) Jace Fry is much better. Erwin is a projectable lefty. It's fine. Probably under slot. Pitchable lefty, not projectable. Guy is a college pitcher, you can throw projectable out the window in terms of velocity. Sure it happens, but I doubt he'll go from pitching in the upper 80's and low 90's to going into the mid 90's. The key is going to be can command that fastball enough and are his secondary pitches good enough to make up for the lack of a plus fastball.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 11:04 AM) Smells of Jace Fry Fry touched 96 and pitched consistently in the low 90's. Quite a few tick difference from a guy who pitches more in the 88-90 range.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 11:00 AM) #117 on BA's draft board. 7-4 3.04 ERA. Was a reliever up until this year. Perfect game has his fastball at 87 mph, but probably very old report. Meh pick 87-91. Not a velocity guy. Pitchability lefty. I don't like that in round 4. That said, supposed to have some good secondary stuff. Change / Curve.

Zack Erwin, LHP Clemson. Don't like this pick. Reminds me too much of Tyler Lumsden, haha. That said, should have a shot at being a back of rotation guy. Should allow them to save some money hear to potentially use on another guy later.

Sox officially on the clock. Red Sox just took Mike Matheny's son.

Twins with a nice pick in Cabbage.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 10:52 AM) hill off the board. McCarthy the lone college player there. Rest probably be hard to sign All depends on how much homework was done. I'd be okay taking the flyer on Everett. Still a lot of money for a HSer to turn down. That is all assuming he isn't repped by Boras. If he is, nevermind.

I'll guess Joe McCarthy out of UVA.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 10:13 AM) Lol, was it this? I think Fulmer would have better luck.lol. I was at that game and that was what i presumed he was referencing. Hilariously entertaining.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 10:04 AM) i agree, that was another time and in another era of baseball. still it is the sox policy to address the draft this way, i guess it was unlucky that the sox got their marching orders from the owners. They didn't get their marching order from the owner. The front office made a decision to filter more money to the pro side and ignore the development side and it showed. We still haven't hit on the equation or solved the problem as we can not produce good hitters and really need to evaluate what is going on their from a development perspective. The hard thing is, it takes a long time to see if changes you made from a draft to development perspective were the right or wrong decisions. Is their some luck in the process, sure, but over time, it is a skill. Some franchises are better then others and that is to their credit. They put guys in the best position to succeed and get the most out of them more often then others.

Justin Garza is a name I like later on today. JR at Fullerton who has been a horse for 2.5 years, however, he got hurt late this season and needed Tommy John. Would have been a top 4 round pick but now a guy you might get later on and be able to build up. Small built but good stuff and some upside. Might profile more longer term as a very good reliever, but has the repetoire of pitches to be a successful starter with above avg FB / Ch / Slider.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 06:16 AM) Vanderbilt's first CWS game is this Sunday. He just threw 121 pitches on Saturday, but he should be ready to go. Want Fulmer to succeed and all, but I hope my Titans smoke em! GO TITANS!!!

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 03:56 PM) law doesn't have him in the first round. I would think 25-35 Dodgers, Dodgers, Dodgers.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 12:53 PM) http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=72142 You actually had posted this: Oh and one guy the Sox have been linked to, Prep Outfielder Mike Trout (no strong ties, more tied to them based upon needs by other columnists), is demanding $2.5M, which is .1M less than Beckham got. Haha..shows what I remember. I had remember writing about Trout and really being a fan of his. Selective memory haha. Evidently I also suggested we should draft Garrett Richards. Too bad they didn't do that either, haha.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 12:38 PM) From the linked article: Word before the draft that Trout was seeking a $2.5-million signing bonus might have scared off some teams. But the Angels, who got quite a catch when they drafted outfielder Tim Salmon in 1989, picked Trout and signed him for $1.215 million, his slot value. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/19/sp...-trout-20110220 That might be more the LA Times making more of it. he signed for slot and was never viewed as a top 10 pick and largely went roughly where everyone had him pegged (in the 20's). Have a hard time saying teams passed on him cause of demands and he handed given some indication that he didn't have one of those Stanford commits where guys legitimately fall because they plan on going to college.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 12:32 PM) He also had large signing bonus demands. I still would love to know just how close the Sox were to taking him. Trout didn't have any ridiculous demands associated with him, at least not that I was aware of.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 11:58 AM) Sale and Rodon haven't been the problem. You could say something about Beckham, but it's not like all the guys drafted right after him became stars. Not to mention Beckham wasn't a reach at all. Sox have drafted pretty well past few years (although still extremely early to really say that but we've clearly drafted well in the 1st couple of rounds).

Stephenson would be cool. Risky, but cool. I don't love any of the top pitching prospects. They all have their flaws and their upside (then again, so does anyone, especially at this stage in their careers).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 08:51 AM) I'd bet dollar to donuts that Samardjiza doesn 't have an era of 5 at the end of the year. Ok...If his ERA ends up over 5, I get $100 (American, US Dollars)...if it ends up below 5, you get 100 donuts (I don't specific size or freshness of said donuts and me cutting 1 donut into 100 pieces, does qualify as 100 donuts).

Lets hope he gets on a run and we can get something nice for him. Or that we go on a run along with him and it all becomes a moot point. With the way this team plays though, becoming less likely. They'll founder to .500 from time to time but just don't play heady enough baseball to overcome their other issues (e.g., crap defense and at this point, non-existent offense).

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 08:37 AM) Don't confuse the Faceless Men with the Sons of the Harpy, way different groups (Faceless Man is what Arya is trying to become), just an fyi. And why wouldn't one sneak attack be a bad choice? See if one can get by while people's attention are on the pit? If that failed, which took an epic spear throw by Jorah, then they bum rush them which is what they did. They easily would've had Dany if it wasn't for Drogon. I presumed he was referring to the end when they were all in the pit surrounded, but the Sons of Harpy kind of just one off attacked, vs. all of them rushing since they had numbers.