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I doubt they draft Jace without the ok of the director of hitting; I doubt he would give the okay if he didn't have a good idea of how to fix the Ks. He would come underslot, which gives them the room they need to fully utilize drafting first in rounds 2-20. And if the draft plays out as BA suggests, they really need to go underslot. Arnold isn't that compelling even under BPA.

If they don't straighten this out quickly, they'll be marching into the All-Star break on another patented 8 game losing streak. And not even using the time to maximize experience/audition for young players.

And 1/2 of the starting 10 for this rebuilding team is 30 or over. It's ridiculous. They just aren't serious.

They were both in the majors the year they were drafted. Nowhere near the development required for a prep pitcher. And we drafted one of these guys in round 2 last year.

The 2 big success were close-- to-the-majors college pitchers. Schultz is the prep guy and he's still TBD. Schoolcraft wouldn't be my preference, but if he's the pick, it's got to be at a substantial discount. Sale and Crochet were each drafted around #10 and prep pitcher brings far more risk. Also, what other team likes these low slot guys? I think we could get them at a discount regardless. I also wonder what their plans are for position players for this outfit. Because they need a lot of them.

So much so (c $3 million) that they probably couldn't use it all without further overpays and reaches. I just don't get how an org. that is so historically poor at drafting and developing still thinks that they are the smartest guys in the room.

Schoolcraft wouldn't surprise me; but I hope they don't. Their success with lefties has been identifying major league ready lefties, not developing high schoolers. Let's let the Schultz story play out before using more resources (including likely punting multiple rounds) on what is the riskiest profile in the draft. I do hope they go underslot with the first pick unless Parker, Carlson or maybe Irish or Killen are there. After the top 10 or so, the next 20 look similar.

Not to get ahead of ourselves, but that's something they'll have to figure out. Putting one at DH really isn't the optimal answer either going forward. It may be keep one, trade one.

My comment directly after the pick: "The absolute last of the possibilities i wanted the Sox to draft. Lord I hope I'm wrong about Smith." He just looked like a reliever to me (delivery; rarely went deep into games in college), from my highly amateur look.

Not to nitpick, but the first of those teams won 94 games; and had just drafted Frank Thomas, Robin Ventura and Jack McDowell.

Dalquist and Jared "4 rounds" Kelly from that Birmingham pen are also R5. They're having decent years statistically, although I have no idea if their stuff warrants optimism and/or need for protection.

I like the Flaherty comp. What about a Fedde comp? Houser's a little light on Ks and doesn't have Fedde's story to explain the marked improvement. A month ago I said no way to that comp., but Houser's nearing that territory.

Sox don't need Rojas even if he was good. Same with the OF: At least 2 of Tauchman, Slater and Taylor need to hit the road. They may be tradeable (not for much but perhaps for something), but that's secondary. We have a backlog of OFs in Charlotte (Julks, Fletcher, DeLoach, et al) that need a final look in the majors. And Getz traded for all 3 of those guys so I would think he'd want a final look. As for Capra, at least he had a discernable skill: defense, including SS.

It should have been Rojas. He serves no purpose on this team and his play is abysmal. Still should be. Getz needs to stop with the carnival act.

I can tell you how the Sox can fix it: have a steady pipeline of young players, which is mostly via a good farm system (along with some churn). I’ve been following for 50 years and the only period in which they were consistently good is also the only period in which they had a good farm system: c. 1990-2010. The idea that the Sox have struggled because JR wouldn't spend $ on the team is off-base. And you don’t need a DH per se, but you need a position player who hits well enough to DH, usually an extra OF or corner OF.

That's true, but we are still unsettled at 2 IF, 3 OF and DH and bench and depth. There's a point where we will have to slow down the churn (although we should never completely stop the churn), but we aren't there yet.

I didn't realize that you had done a 2nd mock. I was still looking at the Hall mock. sign me up for Carlson. Anyway, Teel the younger looks interesting for round 4.

I take it that you see these pitchers as a level below Smith from lasty draft? From your piece (btw link in your post above is bad): “15 homer potential in the future but his aggressive style comes with some swing and miss concerns.” Sounds modest.

Rojas. Capra can play SS.

Oh I've talked about it plenty. It was worse if for no other reason than what in the world is a 73-win team doing trading 4 young players (when it has so few to begin with) for a 1 year rent in the first place? There really was no realistic scenario in which that trade could possibly have had a positive outcome for the Sox. And Hahn was strutting after that trade.

In this scenario, the available SS look like reaches to me. Either take a college pitcher (if we passed on Jac for a college pitcher, we could pass on one of the 2nd tier SS); or, even better, go underslot (Jace, e.g. risky, yes but we need hitters; or a different HS SS). A good HS SS should be there for our 2nd pick; plus we’ll be able to use each of our 2-10 picks.

How has it been a disaster for the Sox? A lot of middle infielders turn into excellent outfielders. That’s one reason why teams load up on them in the draft. Thank goodness Vargas can play multiple positions.

Leasure has a big arm- he's just wild. Way too soon to throw him away. Are any of these infielders (Sosa, Montgomery, even Gonzalez, whomever) athletic enough to play some OF? OF is where we have zilch arriving anytime soon.

Hard to believe, but Robert has an .870 OPS against Left-handed pitching. That's sellable.

Based on the need to maximize Wilson's trade value over the next month. Closes have 30-40% of the value of a tor starter and keep their form longer. Prefer a Skenes to a Mason Miller.