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QUOTE (turnin' two @ May 30, 2017 -> 11:36 PM) Fun fact. Zach Collins struck out in 28% of his ABs his last year for Miami. That is 1% less than Kendall. He struck out in 26% of his ABs for his Miami career. Kendall is at 28%. That doesn't seem like a huge difference to me. Collins's K rate was 19.3% his last year, and 19.5% for his Miami career. Kendall's K rate is 25% this season and 24% for his career. That's a significant difference.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 30, 2017 -> 10:06 PM) I watched a ton of Kendall YouTube videos and I've never seen a prospect video show a guy swing and miss so often Did his pitch recognition seem awful to you?

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ May 30, 2017 -> 08:58 PM) What are the chances he is available? Low.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 30, 2017 -> 09:42 PM) Well, Hostetler's philosophy has (supposedly) changed the drafting process...so we'll know if he or KW is ultimately calling the shots still if they take Kendall over some of the other available collegiate bats that have been discussed. If Hostetler's changes are a legitimate thing, I would think Hiura would be the pick unless Haseley or Smith is there. Hiura fits the Collins/Call/Fisher profile, whereas Kendall fits the Hawkins/Walker/Mitchell profile.

QUOTE (turnin' two @ May 30, 2017 -> 09:07 PM) Gosh, I have to say, I would be pretty surprised if Hiura went before Kendall. Kendall has several ++ scouting ratings, while playing a premium defensive position. Hiura can certainly hit, and has shown a great eye this season. He also may need TJ surgery and doesn't have a defensive position. I think those factors will scare some people off. I would agree with your first 3 (hope I'm wrong and Haseley is there for the Sox) but I would say Kendall, Burger, Hiura. But, who knows. Crazy stuff always happens in the MLB draft, and maybe I am over stressing the importance of Hiura's injury. Obviously it hasn't hampered his hitting ability at all. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/reports/compare.asp Kind of fun. Both with some impressive numbers. I wasn't rating them on talents, I was rating them on how I'd take them. Even with the TJ surgery, Hiura seems much less risky to me than Kendall. I'd rather have a 2B or corner OF who I can easily project to the middle of my order than a CF whose bat I have to hide in the lineup, if he even makes it to MLB. I think Kendall's pitch recognition is bad and the cause of his high K rate. It's also something I don't see the White Sox improving. Based on that, I might even take Burger over Kendall.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 30, 2017 -> 07:11 AM) So you (the collective anyone on the board) would take Evan White over Pavin Smith? Burger and Hiura too? I'd take Smith but I think he'll be gone. Power hitters who don't strike out are rare, especially if they're left handed. I guess my order for college hitters would be: 1) McKay 2) Haseley 3) Smith 4) Hiura 5) Kendall 6) Burger

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 30, 2017 -> 07:00 PM) Well this is where you either trust your new draft director or youi don't. I trust him to do what he did last year. If he's looking for hitters like Collins/Call/Fisher, Hiura will be the pick.

QUOTE (NCsoxfan @ May 29, 2017 -> 10:15 PM) Pretty nice college stats. Slugging % of .693 and OB % of .567. Doesn't seem like a typical white Sox 1st round pick though. He seems pretty typical of the type of picks the White Sox made in 2016.

QUOTE (NCsoxfan @ May 29, 2017 -> 05:28 PM) On that note, I've seen Keston Hiura projected in the 15ish range, anyone a fan of picking him? Very much a fan of picking Hiura. He brings what the org has the most trouble developing: a bat.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 28, 2017 -> 08:21 PM) Davidson in my opinion. I voted for him. I think he can be a productive role player (part time DH, part time 3B) on the Sox when they get good in two or three seasons. Can supply some pop and is very cheaply paid. Obviously it would be more valuable at 3B, but is a .250 BA/20-25 HR/.825-.850 OPS good enough to work at DH?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 28, 2017 -> 07:52 PM) Zavala and Fisher having great nights. Hansen - 6 IP 3 H 1 R 1 ER 0 BB 13 SO 77 pitches. 80 pitches 62 strikes, video game numbers. Hopefully he gets 15 K in 7 innings.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 28, 2017 -> 07:42 PM) He's repeating AAA and has a near 5 ERA. If he struggles the rest of the way, you have to try something different next season. He's had two bad starts and his line suggested he was close to being call-up ready prior to that. This seems a bit overreactionary.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 28, 2017 -> 07:27 PM) Hansen - 5 IP 3 H 1 R 1 ER 0 BB 11 SO. 70 pitches.. 54 (!!) strikes. Doesn't that make 21 Ks over his last 10 innings? It seems like low A isn't giving him much of a challenge, perhaps a move to Winston-Salem is in order?

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ May 28, 2017 -> 05:51 PM) Different caliber of player, in my opinion. If I included him in the poll I think he would have been the fairly obvious choice. I disagree. While he is currently having the best season of the four, he also has the most evidence suggesting this is a fluke.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 28, 2017 -> 06:44 PM) Beginning to feel that you if Haseley isn't there, they're gonna take Kendall. And he's gonna be a divisive pick I really hope Hiura is the pick if Haseley is gone.

Just watched video of Kendall, didn't see anything super concerning in his swing despite a few here mentioning issues, though maybe I just don't know what I'm looking for since I've always had problems identifying a "hitch" in a swing. Further, I think his bat speed and control would help him to negate any swing flaws. The big problem I saw with Kendall, though, was pitch recognition. He swings at way too many bad pitches, which is what led to every strikeout I saw. If the White Sox think they can make him a more discerning hitter, he might be worth drafting.

How is Avisail Garcia not included in this? I personally don't think he'll sustain it, but I'm sure some here do.

He gets himself in trouble sometimes when he gets too psyched up. So he'll either have one of his best performances of the season, or a slightly disappointing outing.

It seems a lot of people on this thread are trying to oversimplify. I would agree with the people like ptatc and wite in that regardless of what weight or importance you assign to it, outright ignoring any information is an unwise decision. The best way to do it I would think would be to consider all information and assign appropriate weights to each, almost all of which should be non-zero.

Hitters did well tonight. Pitchers...not so much, except for the great performance by Adams.

Root for development of the young ML players and top prospects which will (hopefully) make up the core of the next successful White Sox team. Root for good decisions in the front office, like smart trades, successful drafting, and smart spending in the international markets. Hopefully some of these ML average or above average players (or hot hands like Holland) on the roster can return some quality prospects to add to the core and raise the overall talent level in the org, and hopefully they'll lose enough to have high draft position (top 5 or better, preferably #1 overall) to add quality that way as well as spending some of the surplus they'll get on the international market, i.e. signing Otani. Finally, root for the team to really push into "go for it" mode when the star studded 2018 FA class happens, my hope being they'll sign Machado to be the face of the franchise and really kickstart things in the right direction, plus he's still young, so it's not just a "win now" signing. I think surrounding the young talent the team will have in 2019 and beyond with Machado, Abreu, and possibly Quintana will provide the veteran leadership the young core needs to rally around and really (hopefully) become a successful franchise for a very long run.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ May 26, 2017 -> 01:42 PM) If they go the underslot route, I wouldn't mind seeing them select Hiura at 11. Bat is as close to a sure thing as you can find, and his injury/defense concerns are overblown IMO — eventually he'll be able to at least hack LF. Baseball America seems to think Houston would not let him fall past them, so maybe he's not that much of a reach? I'm all for getting players that have a great hit tool into the org. The White Sox need as many of them as they can get. No more "toolsheds" who can't hit.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 26, 2017 -> 07:23 PM) Zavala already with 9 home runs. 2 in 2 days. Joel Booker is scorching hot. Also 2 homers in 2 days. Kannapolis is the only bright spot tonight. Jimmy Lambert is pitching well for them, any chance he could become a major league contributor?

QUOTE (GermanSock @ May 26, 2017 -> 04:04 PM) One of the main knocks on him is that he needs Tommy John surgery and he only played DH his final year so you can not really evaluate his fielding. But his bat is very good and developed already, and the White Sox have a very difficult time developing hitters. Getting a hitter whose development needs to be mostly focused on finding a defensive home might not be the worst thing for this organization.

Charlotte's doing a Game 2 after a 6:05 start?