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I'm only taking McClanahan if he has better grades, all things equal I'm not taking a pitcher with TJ.

yeah so...gotta bench Yoan for that. I get when guys are pressing so much trying something else, but you can't have him then fail that badly.

This is crazy. At some point regression has to start. Just a lot of knowing they'll fail as soon as they step up to plate.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 02:14 PM) Unfortunately I feel like both of those questions originated from this board. Not a criticism of the askers! You usually have no idea if your question will get answered or what else has been asked when you submit.

I find this to be a very stupid play. So his knees were apparently worth 1 year, 2 million, but not 1 year 3 million guaranteed. You can't really splice that, except that they made a stupid move, once again. Oh but, we have the draft. So glad Pace believes so much in building through the draft but not enough to, you know, stock up on draft picks.

QUOTE (SonofaRoache @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 01:18 PM) Yeah my Cubbie friends sent me about 40 text messages talking crap. Weather had a lot to do with it but fans aren't coming out to see bad baseball, rebuild or not. Just want to reiterate that the game was rescheduled from a night game to a day game 4 days before. There was a lot more than weather working against it, and sox already guaranteed that voucher could be used later. Sox knew exactly what would happen.

I find this exchange kinda funny: PTown 12:54 Would you be shocked if the White Sox took Bohm with the 4th pick even though they drafted Burger last year? Kiley McDaniel 12:54 Nope because that would be smart and not taking Bohm for that reason would be stupid dominik 1:37 should the white sox really consider bohm? I know usually you should go BPA but the sox already have like a million corner bats in their system and really lack up the middle (middle IF, CF) talent. Kiley McDaniel 1:37 They aren't all gonna hit, trade the leftovers when you find the good ones. Pitchers will always be available in trades wait wait, but are the white sox REALLLLY considering bohm???

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 12:47 PM) So maybe they split the odds. Interesting, that means each team could pick at 6 or 7? I had read a few spots that there is a coinflip but maybe that coinflip plays some other small role in the lottery (or works for the 2nd round pick)? My guess is that they go in to lottery with equal odds (if tied), but if neither jump into top 3, their position is decided by coin flip? There are no mentions of tie breakers like NFL that I have seen.

Wow did not notice GenericUsername was continuing to update. Lotsa good stuff there.

Swaggerty one:

Sorry for one-offs

Wow this is definitive

So for all the talk of pitchers, it looks like what was expected in february may happen: the depth of pitching in this draft makes it more likely teams get top bats early and pitching later. We now have word of Kelenic 1, madrigal/bohm at 3, Swaggerty/Bohm at 4. Haven't heard stuff on Giants.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 11:31 AM) If you are tied in the lottery, there is a coin flip to determine who gets the higher "odds". At least I believe that is how it works. Below is a link to a site that has all the current odds. It is a very big deal Bulls don't somehow move down from where they are. Would be great to move up somehow (ahead of the Kings). If we were our odds of moving up to a top 3 pick would be about 20% (vs. 15% at the current 7 position). A reminder on how the lottery works, but if we pick at 7, we can either pick at 7-10 (almost impossible to be at 10) or we could move up to 1-3. There is no ability for the Bulls to pick in the 4-6 range. http://www.tankathon.com/pick_odds FWIW this is what Darnell Maybury from the athletic wrote today: "The sixth lottery spot has a 6.3 percent chance at the grand prize and a 21.4 percent chance at securing a top three pick. But the best-case scenario for the Bulls would be splitting the odds with the Kings, which the league does by taking the average of the total number of combinations for the positions each tied team occupies. In this case, the Bulls and Kings would share a 5.3 percent chance of winning the No. 1 pick and a 18.3 percent chance of landing a top-three selection. But every percentage point matters, and for the Bulls one final chance at even finishing in a tie for sixth has to look pretty sweet given they could have suffered a nightmarish plummet to ninth."

Kileys notes on Alek Thomas https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/far-too-man...raft-prospects/

He just reiterated the CWS/Swaggerty connection.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 11:01 AM) Can we just bank on the NBA fixing the draft lottery in favor of the Bulls? The Bulls are currently 7th worst with one game to go. 6th - Kings 26-55 7th - Bulls 27-54 8th - Knicks 28-53 9th - Nets 28-53 So if the Bulls tie with any of these teams, how would the tiebreakers work? The only write-ups I've seen for this is when you are tied you get equal chances in lottery of #1 and top 3 (tied with kings would be 5.7% and 18.3%). But I haven't found the info at the lottery drawing if neither get into 1 or top 3, how they decide who goes 6 and who goes 7.

Hot take: Castillo's defensive gains last year have regressed and Omar will end up year the superior catcher. Can't stand the amount of past balls from him where he's just straight up stabbing and missing with his mit.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 10:40 AM) That damn winning streak and made free throw a couple of weeks back. He's talking about the seedings for teams actually trying to win.

Tribune staff unionizes, bravo considering the absurd behavior of tronc leadership https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/201...s-to-form-union

That would be nice.

I would side with ss2k5 here on Clinton and TPP. It was a pretty obvious response to backlash, though, it did side too heavily on IP laws on the US side. The annoying part about the push against TPP is the binary nature of either it happens and the TPP changes go into effect or it doesn't and *things stay as they are* and not the obvious China continues to broaden its influence with nearby countries. It's not the end of the world, but I think things would have been better in 10 years with TPP than they will be without it.

Nice. That's exciting for them.

I know I'm like a broken clock on this but really like when at the end of each affiliate there is a bulleted list of the players mentioned and their sample slash line. "ohn Parke opened his 2018 campaign with a strong start, allowing just one run on three hits through seven efficient innings, whiffing six and not walking anyone. Fellow lefty Parker Rigler looked good in his full season debut as well, throwing five innings of one-run ball, striking out four against a single walk. " Were these draftees or milb free agents?

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 08:14 PM) Time to get him out the org. This is harsh.