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It might not be, but it is exactly where he was being checked, and they didn't let him put any weight on it.

Looked like they were working on the Achilles tendon of Teel before he came out. Looks like his cleats stuck on the pivot to make the tag.

No idea there.

There is a big drop off there. The last three are effectively throw ins

And to expand back to where I was originally going with this, what if Gonzalez could have been the main piece in a Clay Holmes/Reid Detmer type deal, where this saves a current top prospect, such as a Bonemer, Carlson, or someone else in that range. So while you can make the case for getting these picks if it saved you trading other top prospects for a SP later, I would 100% factor that into the equation. We heard all of the last three years that the premium on young hitting is so massive that teams don't move these guys, which easily goes to say that a guy like Gonzalez who was one of the top AAA hitters, playing an absolutely massive premium position, and a guy seemingly blocked from any real playing time in the system, but we also kept hearing how much progress he had made as a hitter since he settled in after his debut, absolutely could be looked as a centerpiece for a SP deal that keeps other current top prospects in the system.

If this went chalk, Thome essentially signed for the #41 slot. You can argue that Thome wouldn't have been available at #41, but then very clearly Prosek would have been, though again, he was 800k over slot at that pick, which without the Thome savings meant ANOTHER pick would have been sacrificed. Also the 5% bonus is on the slot itself, and not the signing amount. That is not accurate. It is 100% fair to say that this pick either got us Prosek or Thome, but the Prosek pick also came with a significant overslot cost that was above the slot value.

I don't feel like anyone has said differently. It is more like could it have been an asset today for a potential playoff team.

On the IR is the most likely place.

Except we had all of that except the one extra pick, before the Gonzalez trade, and the extra pick ended up almost exactly fitting Prosek in, minus $300k. Thome signed for almost exactly what he would have slotted at if he had been picked at #41. If you look at the slot for the #35 pick, it is $2.9 million, or $300k less than we got Prosek to sign for. That $300k came from another pick somewhere else. The math is such that paying $3.2m for a pick slotted at $2.4 (again, you can even add back the extra $400k from the Thome pick moving up, that is still $300k short. If you believe that we planned on drafting Thome all along, which we have zero reason to doubt, the net effect is Prosek and a loss of 300k towards the rest of the pool. Who that ended up bumping out potentially? Who knows.

The whole theme the last few trade deadlines is how that no one is will to trade young and under control bats for just about anything, suggesting that a guy like Gonzalez could have absolutely had value in a trade for a starting pitcher who could help this year, especially if he was never going to have a place to play with the White Sox anyway. I would absolutely listen to the idea that a guy like Prosek will be a potential huge piece of a future playoff team, making it worth the gamble, but also it is fair to remember this point in time as a point where we could have helped THIS team TODAY without hurting either today's team, or tomorrows. Now if they want a legit SP, they will have to dig deeper into the minors to do it, in all likelihood.

That is very true, but not for the reasons you think.

I am not going to claim to like it all, but if my kids want me to check something out, I listen and keep and open mind. Hell if I can see someone like Paul McCartney in his 80s at a Taylor Swift concert, what room do I have to claim everything from today sucks?

That always seemed like the weirdest flex to me. You are proud that you refuse to try something new? I wouldn't let my kids get away with that crap, why should I?

We all know that isn't true.

It's not that weird. It's a question of is A greater than B + C. It's just no other draft does this, but MLB is it's own entity because no one is the draft contributes instantly. Literally no one. No other league is like that. In the NFL 100% of the top picks are on a roster from day 1. The NBA is like 80 to 90%. The NHL is a bit less, but still a lot do. There is more of an unknown factor, and a much longer runway to get there.

It's not going to be long.

I wonder how it affects them down the road?

Put money on Kanny or Arizona. It might be short, but they won't shove him into High A on day 1.

Ew no you hairy kiwi.

Is this standard or savings Baker Time?

So Perieria wasn't having symptoms a week ago if he is playing now.

It's a feeling, but my guess it that Acuna is benefiting more from selective usage off of the bench than he is having any kind of a major resurgence.

I was thinking Erick Fedde's breakout season, but yeah, something doesn't pass the smell test.

The Testaments was a great follow up to Handmaid. I can't wait to see the next season.

The Alex Honnel climbs Taipei 101 was a fun watch too. It is just wild watching him go.