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I'm extremely encouraged about how Colas did in his 1st year after so much rust and once again switching cultures . What he accomplished is nothing short of amazing .Sosa could end up being very good as can Ramos and Rodriguez. But that's less than a handful of guys and the chances that 3 of the 4 of them can contribute on the MLB level isn't that high. That fact that it's only 4 that are in the level you mentioned can also be seen as discouraging when the IFA can make or break teams. Cleveland is on the rise because of it and Houston has crushed the IFA market. Maybe you count more than 4 like Romy or some I am missing. There is strength in numbers and the numbers will never add up when you field only 1 DSL team and showing disdain for minor league players and the whole system of development of giving them the best available tools to succeed is the Reinsdorfian way. It is not a nurturing environment to enable getting the best out of these young men when so many of them are like fish out of water when they come stateside.

I don't know about better results until some guys actually play with the Sox and play well. I think there's initial excitement about some guys recently that give us the impression that they are doing better but that dies down when these guys fizzle. Everyone liked the pitcher Norge Vera but he has an incredibly long journey ahead of him. But yes extremely shortsighted but when the bottom line rules every decision in order to increase profits for investors . Jr's shortsightedness is deliberate so you can't call it shortsighted. JR isn't a dummy. He's knows extra money in key areas can be more beneficial to winning but that's not his concern. Perhaps he thinks that he doesn't get enough credit for keeping the Sox in Chicago and all us fans should be kissing his ass instead of whining about how cheap he is. He's actually pretty lucky. He escapes a lot of criticism because the popular media can't say anything bad about him because they are afraid of him hurting their careers. No one would dare say on TV what we all know to be true when you do a historical deep dive on JR's practices. Hahn,KW, they can shuffle the deck chairs among minor league player coordinators, trainers, coaches, managers and they all get the brunt of blame year in and year out because, yes, in the short term some of them have been very incompetent but the over riding factor is JR creates incompetency when he expects people to do their jobs with one hand tied behind their backs.

You overlooked JR and the answer to why less of anything dealing with the Sox is always Reinsdorf. We have 2 recent examples of it right in front of our noses and yet we have some on the board still bringing up Wilder and preferring Leury over Andrus and being fine with Marisnick as the 4th OF and talking about sunk costs. The Sox one have 1 DSL team when the clear majority of MLB teams have 2. With a large IFA class you can't roster and play and develop that many guys. If you draft 20-25 guys a year instead of 10 that's an extra 10-15 guys. Over 5 years its an extra 50-75 guys that can become a superstar . And there are plenty of example of guys who signed for a pittance in the IFA market that have become stars in MLB. Reinsdorf always wants to sink as little as possible into developing minor league talent. That's just the way it is. On the 26 man roster he sets a hard cap of what they will spend with no regard to going the extra mile to insure the team is capable of handling key injuries. Winning isn't the priority . If it was they'd be investing more in the minors, player development and the 26 man roster. Duvall is a perfect example. He's 34 and we keep hearing excuses from water carriers that oh well Duvall went where he can play the most. BS.He's 34 and the opportunity to earn more guaranteed money is always the key incentive when you have people to support for many many more years of their lives . Even people who have made millions of dollars cannot afford to give up $2M extra when they may have grown accustomed to their big houses and living the life of a rich baseball player. When the well runs try before you turn 40 that extra money means so much more than being a starter. Contracts with incentives are all well and good but a team controls your playing time and your ability to reach those incentives as do injuries. The whole reason Andrus got DFA'd was because the A's didn't want him getting AB's to guarantee him more money. It's Reinsdorf, it's always been Reinsdorf ,so expect less not more. It's not Paddy it's Reinsdorf.

The latter.

And this is not talked about enough either. When you talk about commitment to player development and investing in the international market it all starts here. This has been and always will be about money. 1 less team = drafting less players = spending less money. Instead of a bunch of under $50K signings and getting lucky once in a while that some pan out you get 10 guys and hope you can nurture them into good players. That well hasn't exactly been overflowing for the Sox in their pitiful history of getting young international talent to blossom. This has always been about JR controlling the purse strings.

This looking for a starters role is sooo overplayed in arguments by fans. Just because he went to a team where he might start the season as a starter doesn't mean he also didnt go to the place that offered him the most money. Money talks and bullshit walks. A 34 year with a chance to make extra millions when he may have people to support besides himself for many many more years is what talks and I'm hearing a lot of BS. The facts are that the Sox don't care about going the extra mile and every extra dollar on the payroll matters when you can't suck it up for $10M guaranteed for such a vital role. They have Adam Engel types all over this team in too many important spots ! Just a lot of excuses being made for the Chicago Cheap Sox.

I think he would've played plenty here. Colas hit LHP very well in the minors and he would still get the majority of AB's against RHP. Duvall probably would hit more HR's off of LHP than Colas would plus it's natural to expect Colas to struggle at times even though I think he'll be a stud but we thought that about Eloy, Robert and Moncada too and all of them came with a lot more fanfare than Colas. There's been a question about Colas' defense and it's been hard to get a true read on it but I read where he had 11 assists last year. That should tell everyone a lot about the strength and accuracy of his arm . Duvall also could've played all 3 OF positions and has a strong arm at least equal to if not better than Colas'. Now any time Robert, Benintendi or Colas need time off who can play OF and hit like Duvall ? He probably would've been playing 3 full games a week and the top Pinch Hitter off the bench and even more if someone gets hurt which they always do or Colas struggles more than I expect him to. If Duvall craved full time work as a starter and that was his biggest motivation then I understand his decision but more guaranteed money plus more incentives could've made him change his mind along with perhaps the Sox having a better chance to make the playoffs than the Red Sox do especially if Duvall had played an integral role here. But water under the bridge now.

The only one missing from this list so far is the Catcher from Venezuela Angelo Hernandez and I didn't see a $ figure for him. The 7 listed comes to $2,300,060 subtracted from $5,284,0000 = $2,983,940 - whatever Hernandez signed for. So far those 8 guys only I've seen multiple teams on the list with 20+ signings including the Guardians. So far looks as though the Sox have signed the least amount of players. Some teams have 2 DSL teams is that correct ? So they can keep and play more guys. If you only have 1 team it's hard to make a lot of signings. How many teams have 2 DSL teams if I am right about that ?

We've had 3 years of Robert and Eloy together and not once did they even come close playing well at the same time or 130+ games. One year was the Covid season of 2020 even though they both played in most of the 60 games it was Robert's rookie year and he did great in the field but didn't play to his potential like he did in 2021, which incidentally was Eloy's worst year and they both missed significant time that season. You'd think after 3 years the Sox would take a quality CF/OF backup seriously. Training staffs can only do so much to prevent injuries. OFer's are diving and battling walls constantly and I doubt the training staff could've done much about Robert's weird dizzy spells last year. A little power from the bench from a backup OF who is likely to get a lot of PT would be really nice too. I have little doubt Colas and Benintendi will have nice seasons and that Eloy won't play the OF that much but counting on Robert to play a full season and other injuries in the OF is expecting too much.

As least Duvall got some incentives that could get him up to $10. You could tell the Sox probably weren't even at the table. That's how you do a contract for Duvall. You offer him $7 and show him Robert's injury history and tell him he's going to get plenty of AB's.

That's the only reason I keep looking in this thread. Damn White Sox. Injuries to Robert every damn year and we're going to have Jake Marisnick and Leury as his replacement.

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Thanks off my game a little bit with the site being down so much. Reyes was the pitcher Nunez SS.

All I saw was Uribe and i forget the other guy they signed for 700K. edit Nunez the pitcher .

i'm getting mixed message i saw that jesse Sanchez quote too yesterday but Soxtak has been down so much I couldn't post it, so i guess they can trade pool money ?

He's a relief pitcher who really hasn't proven anything yet.That said he is a FA next year and this year should determine how valuable he is going forward. In 2021 he had vision problems and was a terrible starting pitcher in the minors. Once that problem was corrected he's done much better.

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Just going by how they both hit RHP over the past few years (small samples for Marisnick) and defense I'd give Marisnick the edge over Leury but it's mostly a defensive edge. Marisnick appears to be a little faster and has a stronger arm and better fundamentals.

The hard part is not knowing his birth date. He was born in 2007 so some time in 2023 he'll turn 16 and eligible for IFA so he should be drafted in July 2023. Definitely by January 2024.

Both Kopech and Ruiz slightly lower than their projected salaries. Dylan Cease also received about $2.4M in from the pre-arb bonus pool but that should have no bearing on his projected $5.3 salary. I expect it to be more though. Edit: Just saw after posting the tweet from Heyman that says $5.7M

Although MLB entered into a new collective bargaining agreement in 2022, the system from the previous CBA carried over for the 2022 and 2023 signing periods. SO therefore : Can MLB teams trade international pool money? Teams are not allowed to trade their pool space during this signing period, which opens on Jan. 15, 2022, and runs through Dec. 15, 2022.Jan 11, 2022.

I think that arbitration salaries on some players are potentially holding up the trade market . Starting tomorrow I expect to see more trades.

Not at home. I'll take the .900 OPS at home from Sheets. More playing time for the (1.1) fWar. Yay ! But we do have Marisnick also so no Leury. The person sticking to his guns that the Sox will try to gain the extra year and that it is right to do so on Colas could be right although we are seeing indications that Colas starts the season with the Sox. I'll give it 50/50 . I think a strong spring is needed from Colas and even then it's no guarantee they don't send him down.

The injuries to Eloy and Robert have basically ruined the rebuild. They have played in only 57.8% of eligible games since signing their extensions. What makes it even more devastating is how few games they have played together when each was at their best. This cannot be emphasized enough !!! Not even going to try to figure out Moncada at this point. I have compiled this from the 2020, 2021, and 2022 seasons. any games with 1 PA or defensive replacement games I didn't count. Basically trying to get at least 5 innings played together each game. I may have missed a game or 2 but this is very accurate compiled from batting game logs. 2020 was the year they played the most games together. It was only a 60 game season and they played 49 games together. That "year" was peak Eloy. Unfortunately it was Roberts rookie year. He flashed a great glove but still was raw at the plate, .738 OPS. Also unfortunately despite this being the short season it would be the most games they ever played together. Eloy at his best, Robert a rookie and .738 OPS 2021 Roberts break out hitting "year", .938 OPS. Unfortunately his year only lasted 68 games. The torn hip flexor kept him out over 2 months but surprisingly he hit even better when he came back. Unfortunately 2021was Eloy's worst year (55 games played .740 OPS) due to the torn pec he suffered in Spring Training. Only 29 games played together. 2022 More injuries for both. 84 games for Eloy and 98 games for Robert. Once again we saw near peak Eloy. Unfortunately Robert tried to play through injuries and dizzy spells and was barely better than he was his rookie year. This was the singles hitting Robert. Swinging at everything. BB% worst of his career but K% best of his career.ISO 1st time under.200 was .142. Together they only played 32 games and once again couldn't get both at their peaks at the same time. They have only played 110 games together of a possible 384 games in 3 year. Not once where each of them playing their best at the same time. Both at their peak performances together in 140 games would go a LONG way to making the Sox so much better. But injury free years and both at peak performance at the same time has never happened. One of these years maybe that can happen and if it does watch out baseball !