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your list would be my list down to your honourable mentions (i'll even honor the brit spelling). Robert's late surge is the only other consideration I'd give. And i'd also give big thanks to Zevala, Martin, Burger who gave us really good sub production at different points.

Rangers only have 9.5 mill, but the difference is just due to having higher draft picks than the sox. When the sox were top 3-5 in the draft they had top ten bonus pools. Teams like the padres and cards get bigger bonus pools because they are the fortunate teams with orgs that spend like top 10 payrolls but get treated like poor small market teams that get additional first round picks because the yankees / red sox sign away all their talent (or so the thought goes)

Haven't seen anything. I wouldn't be surprised if he's slot, overslot, or underslot.

I would say college does develop pretty well. That's why the reds stole derek johnson from vandy, and the tigers took michigan's pitching coach. There was a thought, not sure if it's been closed, but that college had begun doing a much better job at player dev than mlb minors were. That was the thought in 2018 at least.

I don't disagree with paragraph 1, I'm just much, much more ok with it at 26. Did not want prep arms when we were in the top 15 ever. And I'm not sure I agree with paragraph 2, I know the acquisition is different but Cease/Kopech are huge ceiling arms, and they were still in A ball. Obviously had shown more than, say, a Kelly at that point. I don't really know what to do with the sox ever though. Ideally we create a pitching machine like the indians and draft uber command pitchers and develop velo and stuff into them. But the sox don't have that, but they have some track record, some, of harnessing big stuff at this point. Not sure where on the spectrum Giolito falls.

Alright so we aren't starting today at much of a deficit, will be interesting to see how today unfolds.

if he is being declared a fa he must have defected a while ago, so I don't think it's that crazy there is already a deal in place.

@Y2Jimmy0 any chance we'll get Schultz signing amt today?

future good hitter is the kind of analysis I love

It's not quite literally built on that. It also doesn't artificially cap player earnings like in NBA or have non-guaranteed contracts. And the earning power in MLB destroys the nhl. When we get to day 3 you can cry about this with me, but Noah Schultz is much better off being given the choice of millions to go play pro now or going to vanderbilt for 3 years. He chose going pro. Chose. Jack Leiter chose to go to college, I wonder why?

I think sox should try with Dunhurst, but I know in 5 years I'll be bored by him hitting .500 OPS in birmingham.

Forcing kids to go to college because you don’t want to pay them full salaries before they are productive vs giving them an opportunity to be paid while they learn the trade at lower levels is 100% better imo. The nba wasn’t being noble, they didn’t want to draft guys not yet ready to play and he “forced” into re signing them after only four years.

But they aren’t forcing them.

Also he chose to enter the draft

I would like to see the sox try on Trey Dombrowski and see if they can get a velo jump during his progression. Seems like Jake Madden feels more sox. Otherwise, I guess Cameron Smith.

Arizona Complex League

Except for the HS first baseman

Wow actually surprised. Has he backed off hating any pitcher that isn’t 6’4-6’6 with a beautiful compact delivery?

Before anyone looks I will just assume Keith Law hates the Pallette pick (and that’s ok)

With so little season they can do this year anyway he basically should be ready for next year for some moderate build up. Not the worst schedule.

Not a huge smaller RHP guy but after the first round I don’t care as much

It’s worse cause he’s their guy like every year. He just has nothing to do and has no friends, the perfect yankee rep.

Pick is in

Here we go, yanks pick is in.

Really rude of James not to consider our feelings