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QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Jun 12, 2017 -> 07:07 PM) Can Evan White play another position? Scouts think he has the speed and range for CF.

QUOTE (Sockin @ Jun 12, 2017 -> 07:05 PM) Angels taking Adell according to Passan. Hello, Evan White.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jun 12, 2017 -> 07:04 PM) Adell is the official dropper. Better than Kendall or Bukauskas.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Jun 12, 2017 -> 06:59 PM) Hoping it either Bukauskas or Kendall. Anyone but these two, please.

QUOTE (PolishPrince34 @ Jun 11, 2017 -> 12:58 PM) I agree both players have some major concerns. I'm somehow crossing my fingers Haisley or Beck fall to #11 And if not, pick Hiura. You'll likely be able to get him underslot, and his unknown defense is better than Kendall's known bad swing or Bukauskas's known bad mechanics.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 10, 2017 -> 09:41 AM) I think Beer's season was good enough that he will entering the 2018 season as the best pure hitter in the Draft. However, that does not guarantee him being taken No. 1 overall, let alone being in the top 5 or top 10. As this year has shown, Huira, the best pure hitter for 2017, isn't a projected Top 15 pick, largely due to his arm issue. But Beer also has defensive limitations and questions. If the alternatives are Kendall or Bukauskas, the White Sox should pick Hiura. The defensive stuff is overblown because no one has seem him play defense in over a year. An unknown is better than a known negative, like Kendall's K rate or Bukauskas's mechanics.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 12:55 PM) Fangraphs called Avi's demise a month and a half ago. I think the projection then was .255 with 15 or 16 homers. The guy said sell for anything. He is going to come back to the pack a bit, but he's been awesome. If you can be "lucky" for a third of a major league season, I'll take it. He's been almost a 3.0 WAR. I think it's time to give him credit rather for what he's done rather than someone trying to project what he "should" have done. His last 405 plate appearances .302/.345/.515 Very hard to buy a .392 BABIP as sustainable. That said, with improved speed and contact quality, a significant improvement in BABIP from his career norms is something I could buy as sustainable.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jun 8, 2017 -> 09:42 PM) In 249 PA, Avi Garcia has a wRC+ of 146. That's good for 7th in the AL right around Carlos Correa and Nelson Cruz, among others. Def time to look at the peripherals again. Hopefully post it tmr morning. Looking at the batted ball and swing data, I found the following: BABIP is well above career norms and likely unsustainable. Unless K rate comes down, average is likely to regress, but Hard contact% increase paired with Soft contact% decrease totaling about 5-6% support sustainability of some increase in BABIP, maybe to .320-.340 range, which would make him a .260-.290 hitter, though that could be higher if he can sustain his well above career norms IFH%. LD% is slightly above career norms, but not significantly so. FB% is near career norms, and while IFFB% is above career norms fairly significantly (?????), even more significantly above career norms is his HR/FB%. I believe this to be supported (and therefore hopefully sustainable) by the large increases in Pull% and Hard contact%, both of which are significantly above career norms. I think these increases combined explain the .213 ISO, and if he can sustain them, point to an improved power hitter. Contact% is significantly above career norms, likely as a result of significantly above career norms O-Contact%, Z-Contact%, and Z-Swing%. His Swing% is also significantly above career norms as a result of the significant increase in Z-Swing%. This seems to explain why his walk rate is well below career norms despite his SwStr% being significantly below career norms. All in all the data suggests that Avi has gotten a tick quicker both as a runner and with the bat which has turned him into a pull power hitter who makes lots of hard contact but still has the speed to force the defense to make a play on him even when he makes soft contact, and has made him overall better as a defender. Does this seem right to people who have watched more of the games than I have this year?

If it has to be between Beck and Kendall, I hope they go Beck. I'd prefer to see one of the more refined college bats, but I think Beck is the better bet to make it to MLB, mostly because of Kendall's alarming strikeout problem.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 6, 2017 -> 07:11 PM) The dude Dunning threw at, hit a 3-run homer. That must've angered him. 10 Ks for Dunning through 4.

Haseley if he's there. And I'd take McKay with #1 overall.

QUOTE (GermanSock @ Jun 5, 2017 -> 04:54 AM) The good thing about Kendall is that his defense and position raises his floor. Even if his OBP is below average and his power maybe a bit above so that he is overall an average hitter he still can be an above average player. If a first base type becomes an average hitter he is a 0.5 war player. If his hit tool doesn't improve, his floor is organizational filler.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 4, 2017 -> 10:01 PM) That's one of the beauties of MLB, fwiw. Even in the NFL, so much of a team's success revolves around the QB position. In MLB, you can have Sale/Eaton/2014 Abreu/Q and not even get a whiff of the playoffs. NFL and MLB are very similar in that respect. Sure, QB is important, but you can have a great QB and still not win many championships. Hell, having a great QB isn't even a prerequisite for winning a championship in the NFL.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 3, 2017 -> 07:48 PM) 6 innings, 4 hits, 1 earned, 2 walks, 7 strikeouts. He needs to go to A+ 32 Ks in his last 18 IP with a 6.4 K/BB ratio. He has nothing left to prove in Kannapolis.

It's encouraging that despite a slump, Moncada still had an OBP of .400. Looks like pretty much everyone else had a good week.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 1, 2017 -> 03:39 PM) http://m.mlb.com/news/article/233792904/pr...opicId=27118122 Lots of great quotes, Robert puts out a hyper aggressive timeline for helping the White Sox in one year's time I like the self confidence and I hope he's right, because that would mean we have a star.

Strong performances tonight from Lambert and Guerrero.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Jun 1, 2017 -> 08:07 AM) Scouting reports I've seen seem to think Burger could actually stick at 3B, which would help his value a ton. Huira by all accounts is a below average defensive player and currently does not have a true position Ideally Haseley is on the board for us, although I doubt he falls out of the top ten. I am not shutting the door on selecting a pitcher either if they are the best player available. The scouting reports are negative on Hiura's defense because it is a complete unknown, though the guy at fangraphs seems to think his speed and footwork are adequate for 2B based on the fielding work he's done in practice. No one knows anything about his arm, though, because he needs surgery to repair it. He doesn't need much of an arm for 2B though, and there's still a small, outside chance he could play CF. His bat should develop in such a way to make it adequate or better for a corner OF spot, so if he can play either of the more premium defensive positions, he's more valuable.

QUOTE (turnin' two @ May 31, 2017 -> 03:37 PM) I understand the sentiment, curious as to why Hiura out ranks Burger in most people's minds. Or at least that is my perception. To me, Hiura has the better bat and the better chance of sticking at a non 1B position.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 31, 2017 -> 10:07 AM) The comp I read was John Olerud. So 20ish HR power with lots of doubles, high average, and good defense. Sounds good to me.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 31, 2017 -> 11:32 AM) I kind of take exception to this. We shouldn't rule out all future athletic players because of Jared Mitchell. Jared Mitchell, Courtney Hawkins, Keenyn Walker...

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 31, 2017 -> 08:23 AM) Three draft prospect previews, three outfielders so far. Here is the profile on Jordon Adell, who is younger and far more raw than the previously discussed pair but has tantalizing tools. This is exactly the type of player the White Sox have trouble developing.

Wow, quite a pitching day. Only way it could be better is if Hansen was on the mound for Kanny. Hopefully Lopez and Dunning can right the ship, while Giolito and Kopech continue to build on recent strong performances.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ May 31, 2017 -> 12:48 AM) Any time I think of Pavin Smith, I think of recent 1B prospect in our system, Rangel Ravelo. He was a high contact, low strikeout, no power 1B type as well. He is currently in the Cardinals farm system hitting .349 in AAA with 1 HR and 16 K%. He has a total of 30 HR across 8 minor league seasons. Smith's power projects much better than Ravelo.

QUOTE (turnin' two @ May 30, 2017 -> 11:30 PM) OK, I thought you were projecting how they would come off the board. Admittedly I haven't seen either guy play but have just been paying attention to mock drafts and reading some scouting reports and such. His record certainly shows that he can hit, but he has never hit double digit home runs. He also K'd in 20% of his ABs this year, so swing and miss is there for him as well. Does he project as a middle of the order run producer, or more of a Melky type that is a real good hitter but more doubles and such? I think I would prefer (again, just based on numbers and reading scouting reports etc) Burger over Hiura. More power, plays a more valuable position better K/BB... But I'm not a scout, I just looked at their numbers... Hiura's K rate is 14.5%, he doesn't have significant swing and miss issues. He's no Pavin Smith (he of the 3.4% K rate), but who is?