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If no one is willing to pay up, you still own him for four more years after this one, and you just keep playing him.

I want two of their top non-Catcher, non-MLB position player prospects as a starting point.

Me too.

If someone wanted Beni, he would have already been gone.

Has anyone told the Bulls they are allowed to sign people other than their own?

Was just looking at KLaws top 100 rankings (not draft projection, but actual rankings) and the interesting thing is he has Steele Hall 36th by far the lowest of the mentioned White Sox potential targets. Others include: Parker 10 Carlson 11 Irish 5 Arnold 7 Witherspoon 9 Cunningham 15

Not to mention even the personalized camp just for him.

Nicely played.

This is my problem. Even if by some miracle, ALL of the guys hit, I think we are still majorly short in the OF and corners for bats especially.

Then why are we supposed to believe they will now?

The Bulls haven't traded for a true superstar in this century. The Lakers have done it multiple times in the last times years, as have the Suns, the Rockets, and others.

And the Bulls? Why are they unable to do this?

Stop it. The Lakers haven't had cap space since the concept was created, and still managed to land everyone from Shaq to LeBron to Luka.

Here's the thing. TODAY I would much rather give Baldwin a shot over Colson, simply because of how up and down Montgomery has been. Baldwin feels like he has nothing else left for AAA, while Montgomery still has some consistency and fielding issues for sure. That could change, but I would absolutely suffer through a mistake ridden and learning Baldwin over Capra, for sure.

Did he make it to .150?

Hence why they aren't looking for small projects there.

This close to the draft, is there anyone out there who is has a feeling who the Sox top priorties are vs who THEY would pick if available (realistically of course)

This. If you consistently fail in trades, the problem is you.

Both are 5 years past this one, assuming nothing weird happens. They do have the Rule 5 roster requirements this year, which include not being on the IL for too much of the season. So far, so good.

It would be a good start to get him with a Color guy who actually worked with him more.

Colson is so odd. He's either Martin Maldonado or Barry Bonds at the plate, it feels like no in between. I wonder what the consistency hang up is?

Again, he has to learn how to go 100 pitches. This is the downside of him only going to 50/60 pitches his first two years in the system. It is much easier to pitch when you can always go all out. It is much tougher to go 100/110 pitches and deep into games trying to make your stuff last. Dude is 4/5 starts away from his career high in IP and we are about half way through the season.

Keith Law LOVED the dude. Someone sure saw him as huge right away.

Boy is history repeating itself then.

No matter what you thought of his technical skills, the kids loved him and they played a much cleaner game than they do now.