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I'm quite fond with how mlb gameday handles balls in the dirt.

Man I really thought Toronto was gonna have two aces with Norris and Sanchez.

I knew mccann was gonna do it.

Reminds me so much of rodons first appearance.

breaaaathe

Exactly. A dunn that embraces his role could be very valuable, a Dunn that still tries to prove he's the dude and should be controlling the offense and holding the ball sucks and should be off the team.

Thabos probably better than I think they will get.

Yes, I think White at PG is more likely off the bench, and we may see Dunn traded to allow more wing depth. But it is much improved. It was such a drop off from every other non-knicks team.

Going to guess a portion of it is Robert should have a good boost in baserunning value which is a part of wrc+.

Man that’s some BS you need to pay twice.

The rest are 18 and 17. It’s always exciting when 18 and 17 year olds swing above their weight.

They are related. The original signing created a relationship with the tatis family that Paddy was able to use to sign two additional prospects. Bloodlines are often a plus in projecting 16 year olds.

I would have to imagine a trade is in the works. I would guess Phx or Memphis, and hopefully we don’t need to send out assets aside from Dunn.

Yeah, have to say so nice that Vaughn is giving us what we expect to start. But the very pro starts of Ramos, Diaz, Gladney, and Ramirez make this a group to dream on. It sure what we’ll even see out of Dalquist and Thompson this year.

Man @Rankin I don’t know if Sean is on here but it’s so awesome having a futuresox writer in AZL

Right, and he faded a bit at end of DSL season. It was hard to get any info on Sosa for a while but at least he had an initial Badler writeup.

He’s a total mystery man too. Anxious to hear how Sox or other evaluators think of JR

Arci is back. Three years is annoying but I’m sure it won’t be hard to shed. Trade dunn.

The shadow of michael jordan has hurt the front office and ownership more than any part of player legacy. The front office takeaway is that the 90s bulls were about defense and grindyness. And if you were a part of it you can tag along forever. Not that it was the most talented.

I think Madrigal probably will have less than ideal power production even by standards for him until 25 or later.

Just to put a bow on our discussion, the yankees signed 13 guys despite signing Dominguez for 5 million (nearly all of their pool). The quantity aspect of the sox just never seems in the top 15 of everyone else (who also seem to have top guys)

do we really have to chase ron all over for this?

So another reason for optimism on Madrigal offensively is Kevin Newman. He was a name mentioned in the Q to Pitt original deals. He had high contact rates but low power. His power really become an issue last year before turning around, and now is looking at a 3 WAR season despite being less of a defensive ace as Madrigal (though has SS adjustment). High contact rates I really think have the ability to increase power production through better selectivity. Newman also only has a 6.5% BB rate, which is in line with what he did in the minors. Madrigal recently has improved to nearly 8%. Newmans k rate was 7%, while Madrigals is 2%. So main point is you have some comparison points for a recent highly rated contact hitter. Though I'm sure that doesn't excite everyone too much.

Did we all see Sanchez' writeup? https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-to-sign-fernando-tatis-jr-s-brother-elijah?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

Kawhi has rings with two different orgs. I think what is attracting him to LA lakers is he wouldn't have to be the guy. He clearly wanted to go play in LA regardless.