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Yeah that was the impression from the chat yesterday. I'm definitely gonna go from wavering on drafting a vaughn profile to having major fomo.

He is absolutely a feather in the cap. Top Sox Development Success stories since Hahn: 1. Tim Anderson 2. Leury Garcia 3. Yolmer Sanchez 4. Trayce Thompson 5. Omar Narvaez 6. Tyler Saladino Abreu I would consider a scout success, same with Kahnle. I think Avi and Rodon have been biggest development failures.

Keith bogans was more valuable than a player not in the league at the time, yes.

2 HS draft picks selected after zack collins in 2016 may make it to the big leagues before or on same time as him.

The other draft I think about which was still one of the more productive when you consider the history, but the 2004 draft we had 6? draft picks in the top 70. We got Gio in the supplementary which help fuel a bunch of trades but the second round that featured 3 sox picks and included dustin pedroia, yovani gallardo, hunter pence, kurt suzuki, (to lesser extents) jason vargas, and in the next round adam lind and ian desmond. Had we nailed that draft as Boston nailed their 2005 draft its just such a different franchise, for one, we'd have had enough capital to probably get cabrera in 2008. The trajectory of this franchise was so often just lost on the margins which is still where I see it struggling.

I'd say the fact that the best and one of the deepest teams in the league is still playing snell 18 mpg while he's hitting 40% from 3pt land shows he clearly is worth something.

He was a 37% 3 point shooter when we traded him. It wasn't the 3point revolution quite yet but yes I think he could have gotten a 2nd rounder. Its actually amazing that the jason kidd led bucks recognized what he was and doubled his 3pa but hoiberg was just in over his head his first year. I don't know why you are amazed they got a player that is basically a contract that just gets exchanged between teams now and are slighting the guy who actually received a good second contract.

I always thought of 2008 as the worst "recent" draft but 2013 will probably beat it as 2008 got some late life out of smoak and alonso.

One hypothetical I've thought about a lot is if we would have performed a rebuild if we drafted (and developed to equal status) Corey Seager instead of Courtney Hawkins.

I also want to get out of this inevitable response (yours was fair, I decided going forward I'd be more confident in value out of anderson), but I think only round 1 picks should be allowed for a redraft, so I don't want Cody Bellinger thrown in my face.

Eh, even so Tim Anderson in a redraft of 2013 would probably be a top 3 pick.

I kinda think AB with Josh Allen would be fun?

The contract has nothing to do with the trade. They traded a guy that had a useful skill (shoots 3s) for a guy who became useless for chicago almost immediately. And that obviously is most hilarious considering the team chicago was already building with wade/butler/rondo they added another "can't shoot" point guard. Trade snell, fine, he's a guy you get a second round pick for but MCW was trash save for his first game. He had 2.5 assists to 1.5 turnovers when he played 18 minutes.

The minutes will stagger and you can have wendell/lopez-esque big come in to play with either at the four, but when that lineup on the floor the other team is going to have to play against it rather than bulls worrying about what the other team has. That lineup I threw out would be an offensive machine, and so it will be about how good it can get defensively and I actually think it could develop into something pretty solid.

This is the year man!

1b/dh. Castellanos can absolutely play 1b. This org has some good prospects but past Eloy there aren't a lot of bats that project as elite.

I think process wise drafting a rb every year and trading them a year before free agency is going to be correct 9 times out of 10.

Honestly you could do both.

Re: Witt Shawn (Kansas): Bobby Witt Jr is on the older side for a high school senior, as he will turn 19 shortly after the draft. Does this potentially drop his stock a bit? John (New Jersey): How has Bobby Witt's hit took looked so far this spring? Still the favorite for the Royals at 2? Matt (Chicago): Bobby Witt Jr. Obviously a great talent. There has been some negative reports on him lately. Is this more "he is not progressing and producing" or "you are on top for so long that eventually scouts nitpick and come up with false negatives." Carlos Collazo: A number of Bobby Witt comments, as always, so let's get to them here. I'll have a lot more specific information on him next week after a few calls, but I have not heard negative reports on him to this point this spring. He just got started up recently and it sounds like the same Bobby Witt. His age is a factor, but it's only one data point that teams are looking at. If there was a player with the same toolset and track record who was younger, sure, go with the younger player, but his toolset is special and no one else in this class has it. I don't think it will hurt him much at all. In my brief time doing this, I think there is definitely some "prospect fatigue" that happens with the top-end guys who scouts have seen over and over and over again. Maybe you start really get critical because you are expecting him to be the best player in the country every time you see him. That happened with Brice Turang last year. I don't think it's happened to that extent with Witt because he's hit with impact during high-level games throughout the summer and fall and his tools always stand out, whether that's offensively, defensively, or on the bases. Personally, I still think he has the highest upside in the class.

Oh, right, good point. Looks like 3/62 mill for ages 32-34 seasons. He may be able to get an additional year and 20 mil, but that's a pretty nervewrecking trade off. Tough call for him.

We don't know the cost of JD yet, he was suppressed his last go around in free agency despite productivity. If he drops off at all this year it will be used against him.

My worry is Edwin Encarnacion. Age 32 has a 150 wrc+ season, then 136, 130, 115 and he became someone you gave away pretty quickly. So you can still get some productive years but you should plan on it being between 115-130 wrc+ when you pay for him.

Man small sample but the Arcidiacano, lavine, porter, lauri, lopez lineup has an offensive rating of 124 and is plus 50(!) in only 48 minutes together.