GreenSox

92 per Law; 69 per MLB

Sign me up, but are there signability issues? Thanks for the list. These competitive balance picks piss me off.

Well, who else are you looking at?

Reachy

He's got a sweet swing (Bleday doesn't). I presume the bat speed and all off that are up to spiff. Same risk of a 1B that exists with a corner OF. If you don't hit, you aren't going to make it.

Whew. Strange pick.

Presuming this is the Cubs' pick, I had my eye on him for round 2.

Except that one could move to 2nd.....

I'm afraid that you are correct

Prep

Hostetler's comments are ridiculous.

Sox made the right pick. If not Vaughn, I'd have gone a lot lower for some under-slot action.

But he may not. Let him do that first then he's a top 5. At this point, with the attendant risk, no.... As for saving money, I'm all for it (draft Bishop, e.g.), if they use it wisely. But last time they did that, they got Burger for under slot and used it for Sheets who had little leverage anyway.

He should have kept Narvaez and signed McCann. If he had done his work on FAs seriously instead of Santana, Alonso, and Jay, the Sox might actually be a contender for that last WC spot. The Alonso trade looks like the classic lose/lose. The Sox got a bad player (as expected); but the salary relief induced the Indians to delay their retooling, apparently for naught.

I can see the qualms: undersized RH hitter who can only play 1st or DH has its attendant risks as a top 5 pick. Ideally, I'd like to see the Sox draft someone like Bishop, sign him for under slot, and use the savings to get premium prep in rounds 2-5 and/or thereafter. I doubt they'd do that, so Abrams (preferred) or Vaughn would be fine. No Bleday.

If the Astros were interested in Abreu, that would a be a good break for us. Houston has so many prospects and so many that are blocked that they are usually willing to trade some pretty good ones.

Sell high for a change, please.

If it's legitimate interest, they probably should pull the trigger. Big IF though. But they can replace Colome. And what we're seeing out of Colome might not have much more staying power anyway. It's not about a perpetual rebuild. It's about making a real contender, instead of some faux 78 win team.

I agree with the first sentence.

He's one of those guys who ideally would be moved, but his value is probably higher to the Sox than other teams are willing to pay. In pure throw-away seasons, he would be moved anyway. But this year he'll probably stay.

I think Lopez is ultimately a reliever....and probably a pretty good reliever.

Plenty have been...if you use it and not trade it.

Fulmer needs to up his tempo. Good lord he's slow.

yes, but you can fill that in later. You need the foundation first.

As prep athletes are so hard to sign after the first round, yet ideally picked after the first round (most have "lottery ticket" traits, undeveloped, not ideal for an early pick), and if one doesn't think there's a sure fire all star in the draft, the Orioles' strategy is probably best...IF they can pull it off with the prep players picked with later selections. You really have to know what you're doing to execute that strategy. The Sox kind of did that when they reached for Burger...but they used the savings, inexplicably, on a college player who had little leverage.