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I also think we are at a point of the offseason where people tend to overrate what's the presumed "top" of what's available. Once Betances was off the board, the options for what sox needed were all of a pretty similar quality.

Jose Iglesias to orioles for $3 mill...sad to see that happen. He's staying a starter though so I get it.

Definitely one of my favorite follows. Great Falls will be loads of fun, presumably, next year.

Of course they are. They were just trying to sign Rendon.

Definitely needed some more prospect help.

Keith Law joins the athletic

if we did an exercise where soxtalk tried to rank who would perform best of the leftover relievers I'm certain we'd be way off. I liked stammen and was sad to see him not an option, but it's hard to make guesses with the info we have. Definitely scouts signings left at this point. Sox definitely lack strikeout firepower, and I still think cingrani would be a good MILB pickup alongside Salazar.

One - do you think the white Sox are the only team who have dealt with the penalty? It didn’t stop the Padres from signing 16 players in 2018. The Sox made a choice, they decided to punt so they could get marginal relief prospects over international free agency. Two - of course it matters they are 16. If you are 17/18 you have been passed over for at least one signing period for other players or other reasons. There will be late bloomers every year, but you are passing up a ton of the top talent and swimming for the leftovers. It is restricting an avenue of cheap talent accumulation for zero reason. And how is it different? It is cheaper. I’m not sure we even know Rodriguez or Baileys bonuses.

The last 3 years. (And the answer to your other questions is no, most of the signees have been 17/18)

This guy will be under the current CBA restrictions. Will be restricted by team budgets.

Ive written too many screeds on our international operation. I think the important part that gets left off as we discuss money is not only have they been reluctant to give $3 million to one 16 year old, they’ve been reluctant to give $3 million across ten 16 year olds. Their classes have not only lacked top 16 year olds, they’ve been small. I don’t think it’s a moral issue, I think it’s a over simplified risk argument from JR, especially as signing 16 year olds actually means signing 14 year olds now.

Yeah and let’s just pray we get continued production from Jose Rodriguez, Ramos, Guzman, Bailey, and this years class. if Paddy found real firepower (meaning assets for trade, depth, or a bonafide starter) on the margins then this strategy may just work. But it requires these players to keep coming out.

Naw, his history suggests otherwise. Worry more about literally everyone after him.

Astudillo is actually an example of why I think Madrigal might succeed. That guy had zero skills aside from a crazy hit tool. It brought an unlikely guy to the majors.

I should clarify, I will trust paddy ON WHETHER to get this guy.

I will trust Paddy to get this guy, I just hoped they would be able to go after him if they liked him

McCann did so nice be RHP last year, even though it isn’t at EEs level I think if he’s here you can go by pitcher and rest

This is good

Just need it to be in next class (I’ll save the lecture on “maybe this is why you don’t trade away your intl money for cash just because there is nobody currently available”)

As a fan, going to be pretty hard to have a strong opinion on who the best reliever to sign of what’s left will be. Harris makes me nervous in that regard, the workload/the age, who knows what next year brings with him. Cishek is my guess.

I don’t even think it’s necessary. Just put him up opening day if they think he’s ready.

Yeah. Is what it is right now. You have three years of exclusive negotiating. Let’s just celebrate what we have now, which is now all of our top acquired talent in the majors on opening day. If we have to pay Moncada “a lot”, so be it.

This team is going to be full steam ahead on day one. Best home opener since ... 2011 probably

Yessssssssss

The FA options are pretty terrible