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So you're against a Wall Street transaction tax, a removal of the cap on social security tax, and an increase in income taxes on (now) corporations and the wealthiest 1%? Why? So much this. We pay less taxes than most developed nations, but we get so much less for our tax dollar as well. We need to raise taxes AND reprioritize how taxes are spent.

He hasn't really shown he can hit with a wood bat and his defense limits him to 1B. I'd rather get something more exciting at 46 than a bat only 1B whose bat might not be all that great.

Still unsure what you're against. Can you clarify what you mean when you say "anything that is free"?

Ben Carson is a brilliant neurosurgeon who should stick to neurosurgery.

I see you there, Rick, slyly admitting to things.

Well this should be fun...when is the last time the White Sox successfully developed a player with a questionable hit tool, Greg?

Ideas such as?

Booker, who needs to be pushed anyway if he's going to be anything.

Because he's really good. He doesn't walk anyone, strikes out a lot of hitters, and has at least 3 plus pitches to work with. That's better than anything else this draft has to offer because Nick Madrigal is 5'7" or 5'8", not 6'1".

Either 2 or 4. The other options make little sense. At least there's some smart team building strategy involved in 2 and 4.

Yes. He was around .100 at some point in April IIRC.

There's a built in variance component to it. The further away from the Majors a player is, the harder it is for them to get a good FV grade because of how much can happen between lower level minors and MLB. That said, these FVs are old and I would expect some of them to have changed based on the first few months of the season. For example, I'd think both Kopech and Cease will move up at least half a grade. Maybe Dunning will as well.

The White Sox have been especially effective at not letting people know who they want the last couple of years. So all the Singer talk might be the best evidence that it's not Singer. Like I've said many times, I'll be happy with Mize, Madrigal, Bohm, or Bart. The only one of those 4 who I'm absolutely sure won't be available at 4 is Bart, and even them, maybe everyone has the "Bart will go 1 or 2" thing wrong, as well.

I always found this to be the best and easiest way to keep track. IMO, the White Sox are up a game for the #1 pick right now, because the team with the fewest wins at year end will get it.

No thanks. McMahon's K issues came back in full force this year, and Pint has been nothing if not terrible and consistently so, and he's injured. McMahon can be a piece, but that package is WAY too risky to trade Abreu for.

Wow. Hopefully this is the new Collins and not just some hot streak. Hot streaks don't tend to last 20% of the season, though.

I'd like to see whoever of Mize, Madrigal, or Bohm is available as the pick.

Adley. Rutschman. This seems like prospect fatigue to me. Bohm clearly has the better track record and the body is much more projectable as a middle of the order bat. Plus India has a 20% K rate. That's kind of high for college. Bohm's K rate is 10.53%

The White Sox would be crazy to take Singer over Bohm or Madrigal.

MLBPipeline is very hedgy with their grades. They rarely give a grade above 60 or below 40 unless it's a pitcher with a 100 MPH fastball (80 fastball) or a slugger with no speed and poor athleticism (20 speed). The best thing to use their grades for is to determine if someone has a freakishly good or bad tool. They don't think that about Madrigal. I trust Fangraphs a lot more than MLBPipeline or Law (who I think is worse than MLBPipeline), and they gave him 70 hit 70 speed 60 field 50 arm 50 game power. That sounds a lot more like the player I've seen than a guy with 20 power.

All three are college pitchers.

Stats are not the only measure, but they're used. Here are the Fangraphs grades for each: Pitcher A: FB 55/55 CB 50/55 CH 50/55 CMD 50/55 Sits 90-94 Tops 95 Pitcher B: FB 55/55 CB 45/50 CH 45/50 CMD 45/55 Sits 91-94 Tops 96 Pitcher C : FB 60/60 SL 50/55 CH 55/60 CT 60/65 CMD 45/50 Sits 92-96 Tops 97

Rank these pitchers: Pitcher A: 16 G 15 GS 104.2 IP 139 K 21 BB 78 H 29 ER 2.49 ERA 0.95 WHIP 11.95 K/9 1.81 BB/9 6.62 K/BB Pitcher B: 13 G 13 GS 88.0 IP 92 K 18 BB 59 H 22 ER 2.25 ERA 0.88 WHIP 9.41 K/9 1.84 BB/9 5.11 K/BB Pitcher C : 15 G 15 GS 102.2 IP 140 K 10 BB 73 H 35 ER 3.07 ERA 0.81 WHIP 12.27 K/9 0.29 BB/9 14.00 K/BB

No one is grading him as 20 power, nor should they. That's about as logical as saying "If Singer is 20 control, you don't take him." Well, obviously, but no one is grading him as having 20 control.

If you're choosing between Madrigal and Singer, Madrigal is the far superior player.