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QUOTE (raBBit @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 01:47 PM) I really like the Stephens pick. Strong track record at a good school. Big time second offering. Senior signing so should be under slot. I may be reaching but Erwin/Stephens both look like under slot to me, maybe the Sox have some high school upside in the next few rounds. injury redshirted Junior, I believe.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 01:43 PM) Don't think there's any correlation, as you're not counting on the guys picked here to be an impact player. Unless they are planning to go after guys like Eddy Martinez out of Cuba to make up for the lack of drafted prospect hitters.

White Sox are now 5 rounds into mlbdraft without selecting a position player. Does this increase the odds of hitting the Cuban market?

Sox pick Stephens, Jordan RHP Rice (TX)

Sox on the clock

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 01:01 PM) Is he a college senior? Graduated HS in 2012, so I am assuming Jr.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 12:54 PM) Twins with a nice pick in Cabbage. "Twins Picking Cabbage."

JJ Cooper ‏@jjcoop36 44m44 minutes ago Matuella recovering from Tommy John, but his back injury is a bigger long-term concern.

Take a discount and sign quickly, Carson! JJ Stankevitz ‏@JJStankevitz 20m20 minutes ago #WhiteSox 1st-round pick Carson Fulmer wants to follow fellow Lakeland, Fla. native Chris Sale's path to the majors: http://bit.ly/1KZyprP Doug Padilla ‏@ESPNChiSox 20m20 minutes ago Carson Fulmer's White Sox love is real http://es.pn/1JHfm3D

We are now into Round 5, about five picks away.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 11:57 AM) but the development of the hitters is still based on bad luck. It is based on inferior talent, not luck.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 11:39 AM) last time for me. how many times has sox's prospects developed...... lousy drafting, poor luck in not developing...etc... re.... bolded.....it is b/c of bad luck. the skills weren't there to take that person to the next level. That isn't luck. Historically the "poor drafting" was due to refusal to go over recommended slot. That isn't luck. That is a strategic decision to funnel resources to the major league team. It is not a coincidence that we are seeing hitters move through the system now that the rest of MLB is now subject to the slot ceilings. It was also due to not being in a position to draft high on an annual basis, like the Cubs and Astros of the world. That also isn't luck. That is a decision to purposefully field bad baseball teams for a half of a decade.

Doug Padilla ‏@ESPNChiSox 29m29 minutes ago After he was drafted by the W Sox Monday, Carson Fulmer went to a Buff Wild WIngs to watch Chris Sale pitch. He wasn't disappointed.

Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 13m13 minutes ago I wonder if Fulmer is the first black belt selected by the White Sox in the first round. That's a cool side story on him

MLB Trade Rumors ‏@mlbtraderumors 5m5 minutes ago Yankees To Sign Sergio Santos http://mlb.traderumors.com/2015/06/yankees...gio-santos.html …

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 11:28 AM) now you are double talking. my head is spinning on your turn around. That wasn't a turn around. Luck isn't an abstract as far as I am concerned. You improve your odds of success based on how you handle things. When it comes to pitching the Sox are doing something better than almost any other team in baseball to keep churning out top of the rotation talent. Hencing making your own "luck" isn't really luck. It is skill. If it was luck as an abstract, it wouldn't keep happening, luck would even out. Just like it isn't luck that we aren't dveloping hitters. There are clear reason for our failures. Neither is luck in an abstract form.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 11:25 AM) i am acting to respond to your post and the irony of what you are debating. i am sorry you are not seeing it, i am not as intent on winning this debate as you. i am just defending my post. so with that. Irony? No, consistency. You don't get "luck" on one side, but blame on the other. You get credit for both the good and the bad, unless there was real luck involved, such as Mitchell's ankle break.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 11:13 AM) How about no to stupid nicknames!!! Sure EvilJester99.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 11:07 AM) then there is no luck what so ever, uh. so every pitcher they drafted is a certified success. You are just making stuff up now.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 11:20 AM) yes it is, it has all to do with what is being discussed. luck. bad luck and good luck. it comes in pairs. You make your own luck. I am not dismissing Sale, Quintana, Rodon, and company as luck.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 11:05 AM) yes it is, how many times have posters criticized KW???? this system is at what state b/c of KW?? how many successful draft picks been under KW???? have you forgotten all this?? None of that has anything to do with the topic at hand.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 11:01 AM) if this isn't luck, what would you describe it. Skills in drafting. The Sox can draft and develop pitchers pretty well. I call that a skill. They suck at hitters. I call that a failure.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 11:00 AM) yeah it was bad luck..... it was the sox's bad luck for not having a good GM at the helm. That isn't a consistent line of thought at all.

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 6m6 minutes ago The #Cubs sign closer Rafael Soriano to minor league deal

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 10:51 AM) Plus 10 SO, 9 BB, 5 HBP, 2 WP. Wow.