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QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 09:12 PM) Pretty crazy that in one game, the SS has more hits than all of the other SS's had all season combined. Haha what?

You guys have a lot of hot takes for a player you've never seen

sounds like he's really solid behind plate.

I really hate these day 2 pitchers though, who don't even have the "great command" quotes of a guy like Erwin.

For those that want Bruce, certainly discouraging that the Reds had such dislike for our prospects in the Frazier talks.

Well fair enough, I will stop listening to my coworker who said Hall and Lambert were seniors.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 03:36 PM) Got to save $$ now to sign Curbelo and hopefully one or two more overslot guys. Have to say I'm a bit disappointed that with a comp pick used on a reliever we then have had to use so many other picks on college seniors for signing one third round level high school shortstop. I really like Collins, Hansen and Fisher, but this isn't the haul I was expecting. I'm very open to the fact that I have never heard of any of these players though, but considering the interviews of hostetler I'm surprised to see our strategy of basically slot for top three players then a bunch of college seniors to sign one high schooler.

Kind of bizarre, played all 9 innings last night. Hope we like Avi Garcia in RF!!!

yuck.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 03:24 PM) From mlb scouting report "Over the summer, he displayed excellent bat speed and some offensive upside. He's been inconsistent this spring, starting off particularly slowly. Fairly physically mature, Curbelo does have some power to tap into. " Makes sense. Sounds like this kid will likely be in AZ for a while.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 03:07 PM) The one report said he will start at SS but probably need to switch to 3B where he will be above average. Funny, mlb.com was first thing I saw saying great bat speed and raw power, then FutureSox retweeted a guy saying great defense but not a good bat.

Oooo like what I'm reading here. Don't see anything on defense/athleticism but seeing great bat speed and raw power.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 02:37 PM) To me, the best way to improve is to play against the best players out there, that's where I'll always disagree with everyone. He's proven he's mentally tough enough to bounce back if and when he falters so lets get him up here and play against the best competition possible. He's not fully developed of course but to me this is the best possible thing for his development. I mostly agree but it's hard to try to learn new things when every AB matters so much.

I was excited for Trayce, but was hoping he'd be a really good 4th OF.

Yeah, he was looking promising too. That was a great draft to get Rodon, Clark and Adams, and peter looks like he may be something. Just commenting about how there were many rounds in that draft that had to save money after going in on rodon/adams.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 02:04 PM) I definitely think that is the case. The guy was being touted as a 1.1 pick for much of the winter, so he probably wants first roundish money to sign. OR the Sox are saving money to make a run at someone else later. I hope so. I like Fisher, but reminding me a bit of the post Rodon draft post spencer adams where we where aside from Jake Peter later on it was a lot of these picks. OTOH Brian Clark is near the big leagues now from that draft.

I'm starting to wonder if Alec Hansen is more expensive than we thought.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 01:42 PM) Is it though? 2015 saw Schroeder (71 K to 67 BB), Glines (93 K to 100 BB) as our 1st two college hitters draft. Zavala and Sullivan were next, and they both struck out a lot more than BB, but I think most top college hitters will end up with close to even BB/K rates or better. Glines was an 11th round pick with no power, not really the same as these guys drafted higher.

QUOTE (Black_Jack29 @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 12:49 PM) Nothing I've read about Anderson this year suggested that he was excelling at Charlotte and was ready to take the next step. And you have to remember that Anderson is not your typical prospect. He was primarily a basketball player in high school who didn't play baseball until later. So, development-wise, he's a little behind. For the sake of his development, it would've been preferable to leave Anderson in AAA for the remainder of the year and allow him to continue developing. So while Anderson may be the best option for the Sox (and that's debatable), I don't agree that it's the best thing for Anderson in the long-term. And the Sox's farm system isn't exactly loaded with can't-miss position player prospects, so I wish that they would've handled him a little more cautiously. Especially since he's probably a .700 OPS in a best-case scenario this season, and thus a very modest upgrade over Saladino/Sanchez. He's also defensive downgrade from Saladino, which further lowers his current value to the team. You've read nothing about how he was excelling at Charlotte? Because he was excelling at Charlotte.

I'm just anxious for the random HSer and waiting to sign them.

[LETS DOOOOO THIIIIISSSSS/b] I was thinking this week, there's not much to analyze here, I'm just having fun reading this. 1. Sam telling Baptista to go home was the best part of this so far. That's a hilarious move, and moreso to me when he handwaives the fine even though $2000 is a legitimately painful expense in this league. 2. The most mindblowing thing to me was how much capital you needed to buy a 4th tier independent league team. Reminds me of when I learned you needed at least $800,000 to be a dunkin donuts owner operator. There aren't THAT many rich people in the world, fewer that would then operate a dunkin donuts, and fewer still that would open up an independent baseball team sure to lose money and close down in 2 years. It kinda of sounds like fun, but it amazes me there are even 30+ of those people in the world. 3. The discussions with the manager are great. This reads like a movie script and he is an obvious character. 4. It kills me some of the sacrifices these players are making to continue to play.In your 20s/30s making $600 a month to sleep on someones couch. That's just crazy. Fun read so far. I'm anxious to see how the shifts and alignments work out.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 10:12 AM) I'd rather see the Ass Ponys. No, ponys were better.

I am a little surprised that in a draft weak on college talent and high on high school that the white sox are going 100% on college player.s

I think it's fine for a spell. But I don't want Lawrie full time DH'ing.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 11:20 AM) Funny how all the veteran voices speculated to have said something of Drake are going 1 by 1. Avila should be next, only then Drake will have his full revenge. :lol: