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"The class looks strong right now, the deepest overall since 2011, although the upper tier is less certain right now and heavier on the high school talent some teams have shied away from in recent drafts." I have to keep reminding myself this. Every poor write-up I shake my fist at the sky.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Feb 14, 2018 -> 04:51 PM) Yeah, Robertson's workload is a problem, but also Geist just isn't a very strong ballhandler. I'm also terrified for next year because Barnett and Robertson will be gone. Gonna need to find some 3-point shooters to survive in Cuonzo's system. Might be a return to mediocrity next year, although Jontay/Tilmon inside could be dominant as they continue to improve. I'm not that concerned about Robertson. He was a horse at Cannisius too, is a senior, and is playing only 2 games a week. Next year will be a lot different though. From what it sounds like players like kj santos should be able to shoot the three. I haven't heard watson is bad from 3 but you never now, but hopefully he can drive, since we don't have any wing that goes to the rim. If they have Jontay and Tilmon not getting in foul trouble, and an offense that goes through JOntay, could be good. Worth remembering that this team has made a near 200 spot jump in kenpom's offensive ratings under Cuonzo and Cornell mann. They get stagnant but this is not the same offense he was running at cal.

The podcast is helpful listening for context to this list, came out a few weeks ago: https://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/whit...00DfLYcBvjKT.97 They mention as a throwaway line that Zevala is behind Collins defensively. They aren't particularly high on anyone after our top ten, but mention Adolfo. That's one of those things about the rankings, Adolfo is probably the one stnadout they'll talk about in that latter tier, but clearly the ranking is a sign of the volatility with him.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Feb 14, 2018 -> 09:44 PM) I am calling it... 2018, the year of Mickey Moniak I hope so. Seems like this has been a bad decade for #1 overall picks, hasn't it?

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 13, 2018 -> 02:28 PM) Yep. The last 4 years are like the years on Heyward's contract. Darvish will only take them if he plays poorly and the Cubs will be stuck with them if he plays poorly. Except Heyward was to be in his 20s getting his second big contract, Darvish will be 33. And a pitcher.

According to Hahn in the athletic, he implies the players filed for numbers lower than they were giving the White Sox.

SOSA Surprised Adams is that high.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 14, 2018 -> 09:42 AM) I will have to downgrade this article for not containing any Hamilton/Burr references with their profiles right next to each other. But it does indeed have one.

Something I've struggled with, do markets freak out more at the prospect of over 2% inflation or how the Fed will react to going over 2% inflation?

QUOTE (danman31 @ Feb 14, 2018 -> 02:18 AM) Another near miss against A&M. This one was a little cleaner at the finish, but only a little. Mizzou is gonna be in barring a 1-5 finish. A win Saturday at LSU probably gets them ranked. They've come a long way in one year and Michael Porter Jr. has played two minutes. Not bad at all. A 5 game conference winning streak is incredible considering “please just one conference win?” Had become the norm. Losing two point guards has exacerbated end of game issues, but something to be said for just having a set 8 man rotation where players know they have no help and need to go out and perform...and then do it too.

Beckham was a shortstop in college. No idea what your response has to do with moving corner guys to up the middle positions.

Great news. I hope he can get to another contract.

Trib article is heartbreaking: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/b...0213-story.html I don't think the commander started it. I think he just heard on radio from another team that was going to do a street stop and cornered them on run. Was off duty.

No I'm with Jason. In baseball they play a bunch of young players, get rid of their vets. But they are playing. This sitting half your team garbage is crap. It's the way NBA teams tank that is so much more obnoxious. No one is saying they shouldn't try and be bad, but these teams don't even care about the development of any of the pieces and would just not play the rest of the sesaon. It should be punished.

Yeah this is a strong group of arms. Would be really interesting if it panned out as they expect. You can see with some of the emerging teams like the cubs, they had to pay out a ton to build a bullpen. Either we have a lot of great depth and build a great bullpen or can swap them for needed pieces. We'll see if this becomes a thing.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 13, 2018 -> 08:42 AM) So if the Bulls fall back a bit and say they get the 9 and 14 as an example. Any teams in front of us that would trade their pick for both of those? Am I stewpid? Unfortunately I think most front offices are fairly smart about valuing these guys now (especially since mid-level guys seem to get max deals), and the days of trading decent vets for a pick are gone.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Feb 12, 2018 -> 11:20 PM) I don't mind Liberatore, but I'm a bit risk averse with prep pitching. The fact that McClanahan had his TJ freshman year, than came back his sophomore year with even better stuff and posted the numbers he did excites me. I see a bit of Sale in him as well, especially with that build. All things being equal I'd prefer a position player but I'll be following McClanahan closely this season. Yeah I'm nervous on this draft at the moment, hoping some position players shoot up draft in the spring. I like Liberatore and this isn't a reason not to draft him but man that writeup sounds like Brady Aiken.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Feb 13, 2018 -> 03:56 AM) You're assuming we forget how to develop high draft pick starting pitchers. That's always been this team's bread and butter and I don't see it changing as long as key personnel remain in place. Not sure Rodon and Fulmer are a feather in our cap at the moment.

Grant is my least favorite type of point guard, where his assist stats look good, but you watch him and realize he just holds and dribbles around until he can get someone a midrange jumper fairly open.

Guy I'm hoping is stateside for AZL start: Kleyder Sanchez. Sox converted him to catcher, as a 17 year old had a contact heavy profile in DSL, batting .342. Hoping that it showed up to scouts and isn't just a random weird approach that won't work.

QUOTE (GenericUserName @ Feb 12, 2018 -> 02:20 PM) Did they devalue pitching overall or did they devalue starting pitching while also adding value to relievers to better reflect the current game? On Effectively Wild they said pitching overall and it was due to injury or velo loss. Really would like to see burdi be able to go 2+ innings. What a weapon that would be.

Is Zangari on pace to play for ST do you know? Unsure if the road back for position player TJS is different.

wow! I couldn't even begin to think about something this big. The one that surprised me was you putting Zangari at 1b in Kanny. I think looking at something like this is why it's probably hard for sox fans to hear we aren't that deep. Compared to 2 years ago, super deep, but probably just have way more 40 FV guys than before and less 45's than others.

You know what's really interesting is McDaniel and Longehagen made a point to devalue pitching overall in their top 100, and still ranked Burdi in it. They must really really like his stuff.