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It isn't as simple as that. Abel probably takes up the entire draft slot money. Crochet should allow us to get a greater high school player later on, where with Abel. that probably doesn't happen. Instead of a high ceiling guy in round 2, we are looking at a slot level college pick.

The question becomes is Crochet plus Kelley worth Abel + a lesser college player (mostly likely an at slot deal pick)

The Commish yesterday during the draft flat out stated that there will be baseball in 2020.

That's it. I was a young pup when it happened.

A side bar to this is they interviewed the kid after the draft and he fully admitted to modeling his slider after Chris Sale.

This sounds like a guy that Don Cooper would like.

This sounds like a White Sox draft pick. They regularly dabble in coverting/ed players.

If we save a million on Crochet, that would translate to about $2.6 million available to use on their 2nd round pick without hitting into the extra 5% overage that has been allowed in the past. Who knows what his number looks like, but I imagine they are saving something here.

I love having you on the board. One of these days I need to buy you a beer or something at a Sox game.

Where does Ginn get drafted if he wasn't hurt? Is his injury something that is because of his motion and could repeat?

Probably has a deal with someone and warned off other teams.

The Danish thing is fantasy.

That was the thought, but they are the Orioles, so who knows.

And the Os go college player again.

They have exchanged numbers by this stage for sure. They have a really good idea what he is signing for and are planning the rest of their picks based on it.

When he signs.

Conspiracy now out that Red Sox are punting on purpose with York.

Red Sox drop a bomb.

I will say this much, the Sox know him better than anyone else and passed. Hopefully they know more than I do, despite my desire for Howard.

Wait the Cubs are gonna be in a pennant race in 4 years? This just keeps getting worse.

I don't care as much about the comp, but the deliveries were almost identical.

Ugh, not the Cubs.

The biggest fear factor for Crochet is health, which also happens to the thing the Sox do better than anyone else in baseball.