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Yeah back to this. This is the exact same draft we have done since 2020.

Too late to cancel.

OK Wild Thing, I see you. Let's go!

Yeah, that wasn't it.

For the record, if the choice is between a specimen with flaws, and a 5'9" reliever throwing 92, give me the flaws all day.

Welp, I guess this draft is over as a Sox fan.

Are we talking the X games or...

Agree 100%

That one hurts still.

Front page of MLB.com will have a link to the stream, though the draft tracker is typically the fastest thing during these rounds.

More like Ricky with Tony.

Jason is really, really, really good at what he does. It took me hearing him with other guys and some time to really appreciate his style, but he is one of the best there is.

I hope they are right, because even the seniors seem worse than usual

For a cheap franchise this should be the top priority and not another Tim Hill.

That's a lot of wasted picks for that few guys.

Here's the thing. If they really blew it all for these two high school kids and Smith, they have changed absolutely nothing about their draft philosophy. This is the exact same thing that happened under Getz.

Showing some work... If we sign the Seniors for 10k, which is typical Sox behavior, we save about... 6th- 365k 8th-222k 9th-189k 10th-175k That totals out to 951k in savings. The 7th round pick Fox is also the Jr 5'9" reliever who goes 89-92mph, so I can't imagine he gets full slot either at 293k either, but even if I don't count him, that is where the extra million dollars comes from. I would guess we have an extra million dollars to spend today, as a complete educated guess.

The 2nd round pick comes with a $2.173m slot on its own merits. The next is $1.2m basically. There is probably some overage, but I don't think they will have no savings from Smith AND $1.7 million in overage from these two picks. Say Smith is $7.2 million (slot was 7.7, next pick was 7.2, so he wasn't getting more than that if he went past the Sox. If he got past KC that number dropped to $6.8m. That is an extra 500k. If Bonemer is $2.5m and Larson is $2, that leaves the Sox about $500k over there, which would leave them like $1.2 more past their overage plus late round savings. If Smith is more like $7 million, his savings alone would basically pay for Larson at $2 million.

The sentiment going in was he would be full slot.

They get an overage of about 730k, plus they saved around a million dollars on the back end picks. They almost have to have room for SOMETHING