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Man that is a great start to a rebuild of the system.

He is going to get $3.5 million if he takes a million dollar haircut. If he didn't agree to that with the Sox, where was his next landing point? Who else was willing to pay him that much? Slot money for $3.5 million only exists down to about pick 17, so he would have had to have a full slot deal with one of the six teams below him to be worth it to tell the Sox no at that price. You got a lead on who would have taken him above that price?

He's a college JR who had two really medicore seasons, and pitched like a god for three weeks. He also had a shoulder injury in that time. If he goes back, he has zero leverage next year as a SR. I have no doubt they saved some money just by the fact they obviously have a deal done with Kelley as well, so they know they can make him fit.

I am going to say 3 good slot level college players, or at least for rounds 3-4.

As a college Jr with his lack of a history in this draft, I bet they did.

Very nice.

If we saved a decent amount on Crochet, no. Not even close.

Crochet has a slot of $4.5 million. If he takes say a million dollar haircut, they can pay Kelley $2.5. If Crochet signs for $3 million they can also push about $3 million to Kelley. Both of those figures are without the extra 5% they can go over without penalty, which amounts to about $385k extra. So a scenario like Crochet signing for $3.5 means they could move the other million over to Kelley, plus the other almost $400k they can go over without penalty would put Kelley right at $3 million.

Depends on how much they save with Crochet.

Ew, Rochester? I am sorry.

Glad to see this happen!

Also this

Coop is a fan

This is a pretty big gamble for the Sox. The kids track record is pretty minimal. He added a lot very recently, and hasn't had much time to show it off. This is the kind of kid that could have been a top 3 pick with a 2020 season, or he could have fallen into the middle rounds if he reverted back to his freshman and sophomore seasons. I would be curious, if the Sox didn't pick him, where would Crochet have been picked?

Stand in against Crochet https://twitter.com/GarrettCrochet/status/1265441521769340928?s=20

2020 MLB Draft Day 2 Coverage Date: Thursday, June 11 Time: 5 p.m. Eastern TV: MLB Network, ESPN2 Streaming: MLB.com

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.