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Wasn't it rumored to be the Rule 5 guy we returned?

Kelenic always seemed really uptight.

I would dump Acuna, only if Nishada sticks. I think the IF/OF is helpful. Nishada's outfield D was impressive; showed some arm as well. Grichuk and Hayes are a tossup. Lean Grichuk as he's had a better year and is uninjured. Hill's right there, but he plays better D. Frankly, if need be, they could dump Grichuk and Hayes. Benintendi has a .650 OPS; .682 against RHP. As a DH. That's heavy weight on this team.

I don't think I've even noticed this guy since the draft; not on any of the lists. He has Madrigal power (thus no lists) but he steals bases. If his D is good, why not!

Pitching and homers for the V. Good show.

Schedule a day game the day after a west coast game?

That's half of the Sox pitching staff right now (3/4?). That said, they didn't protect him when they had plenty of room, so I guess they don't want him back.

In what way do you see catcher riskier than other positions?

Even though the Cubs have a lot of national following due to lovable Harry Caray and WGN, they are also kind of a cult team. Goats, Ignoring Sosa's issues then discarding him when they started losing, going after Bartman's throat because Moises Alou couldn't make a play; now blaming a chirping fan for PCA's over-the-top vulgarity.

I don't like catchers early because they usually hit well "for a catcher." But Lackey, at least statistically, hits at least as well as Roch. Plus his athleticism. Tempting.

Hudson's had 25 appearances. He's given up earned runs in 3 of them. 2 of those 3 were his first 2 appearance of the year. The other was v Cubs last week. So why use him as opener. Put Leasure there - if he give up a solo shot, no big deal. If he gives up a few runs, at least we'll have a lot of innings to catch up. Leasure has talent, but let him ease in. When Hicks comes back, let him open. You can limit his damage> But Davis and Hudson are 2 of the better relievers in this challenging bullpen.

They know Leasure's prone to that. Call him up and put him in that situation off the bat. Meanwhile, Davis has been pitching his rear off, and they use him in the 9-0 game.

Mune's double was some professional hitting. It was like he decided when the ball was 3/4 to the plate to just punch it into left. And he did.

Drafting high school pitching early is just asking for disappointment (although I think the Astros knew what they were doing). But were these teams wrong in passing on Rodon? He didn't do much with the Sox until his last year; and that was after the Sox didn't pick up his option and signed him when anyone else in the league could have done the same. As someone mentioned above, Roch has been excessively hyped. I had assumed he was a generational prospect. Don't want to overthink this, but his Cod stats, not returning to Cod, and lack of speed (athleticism? ) give me pause. Roch and Vahn's stats are similar, but Vahn has a higher slug and more speed. And if he can play CF, that's even better.

Nice, big George!

This is the Sox' last late-night game of the regular season.

White Sox get: Luis Castillo, Rob Refsnyder (whom we will release) Mariners get: Jordan Hicks, Andrew Benintendi, Boston Mead

To me the cautionary tale is don't use a first-round pick (much less a high first round pick) on a 5 inning college pitcher who walks too many. I guess his reputed 99 mph tantalized; not so much at 94 mph. But if he can figure out his control and then command, he does have tools. On another matter good to see Pauley with a nice game. Kanny looked like a basket-case team just a few weeks ago.

I know it's easy to say now, but Detroit should have sold Skubal. Not only was that a move for the future, it would have brought in a couple of young player who would have helped the team this season. They low-balled the guy in arb (although I suspect that was so that he would get his number) so there was no real thought of extending him (which is really the only reason not to sell). I remember Williams made 2 throwaway deadline deals for a couple of stiffs in 2012 his swansong year. Well he dumped Devinski (a fantastic reliever for the Astros - but he was over pitched) and Escobar who had several excellent MI years. Between this and Hahn's well-documented moves, they purchased themselves another rebuild.

I get it. I accept that some punting is necessary to do get the players you want in the early rounds. But they need to be sharp and precise about it. This started out with going overslot for high school pitching. High school pitching is the riskiest move their is in the draft

Less reaching. Less using rounds 2, 3, 4 and 5 on the next Kelly.

They certainly need an influx of pitching. Baseball scouting is hard and scouting hghscool pitching is the toughest of all. The punt rounds 6-10 seem to be good places to take a look at some college pitching; maybe not full-punts though.

That would help a lot. Sox could use him.

Not great, but the Sox really seem intent on not exposing him in Chicago. Otherwise, he could certainly be in the majors or at least getting some OF work in the minors. It's just really weird. He might be exposed but worth the risk to find out. On another matter, all this talk of punting picks to select high school pitching gives me those 4-rounds Jared Kelly shakes.

Would Roch have been a high pick out of high school?