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QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jun 23, 2016 -> 11:56 AM) Yeah I think Odor/Profar and Gallo is a good start. And then probably 3 of their top 5 prospects. No interest in Gallo, he is a Matt Davidson clone. Mazara, Profar, Matuella, Taveras, Tate and Josh Morgan. Mazara is more expendable to them with Brinson waiting in the wings and they can use Gallo there to fill in until then.

First baseman -- K.J. Woods, Greensboro (104 games): Drafted out of a South Carolina high school in the fourth round of 2013, Woods broke out in his first season of over 44 games. He moved from the outfield to first base, and his bat really began to shine. "I thought he was terrific for us," said Randel, who didn't see much from Woods in Spring Training because of a hamstring issue. "His approach was outstanding. He had such a presence in the box for a 19-year-old kid. He looks like he's going to hit the ball hard every at-bat, and he has a very good awareness of the strike zone. http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=2...;vkey=news_milb

Its the difference between productive outs and non-productive outs. If a guy hits to the right side and gets double up, no one is happy. If be bunts down the line at least you still have a runner on and now in scoring position.

QUOTE (captain54 @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 02:51 PM) Again, as I posted in the another thread.. the capital gains tax that JR would incur upon sale of the Sox might wipe out the federal deficit… The Sox are now worth a little over a $1 billion .. JR bought the Sox for $20 M… the capital gains tax is 20% .. You think the big hang up in selling is that they would only make $780M?

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 02:35 PM) Do you think JR sells to the other owners or do they all sell? Forbes estimates he owns 19% of the team. He wouldn't really benefit much personally from a sale. JR has laughed at those estimates saying that they have no idea how much he really owns. "Reinsdorf reportedly owned 4 percent to 5 percent of the team at the beginning but has gradually increased his stake. Four partners told the Tribune that Reinsdorf now owns 14 percent. Reinsdorf said that figure is "significantly understated" but declined to provide another amount. "No partner knows what I own," Reinsdorf said"" http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-07...chael-reinsdorf

QUOTE (Black_Jack29 @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 12:47 PM) Of course, JR has done that before and the meatballs have returned as soon as the Sox have become competitive again. It's almost pointless to care what the meatballs think about a rebuild when they won't show up to watch a .500 team that's only three games behind in a weak division. My guess is that JR pulls the plug sometime between July of 2017 and July of 2018 and that he puts the team up for sale afterwards. I definitely think the team is sold before 2019. Just looking at the way the dominoes are falling: The number of dollars committed drops precipitously in 2019 down to $26M. It also coincides with what the Sox were saying over the winter that they wanted players on a two year deal at the max. A low salary threshold makes the team more appealing to an incoming buyer as they have fewer financial obligations after paying a kings ransom for the team. A new TV deal will take affect in 2019, this will increase the bottom line for the team and get JR a lot more money (perhaps) if he gets a deal along the lines of what other teams have been getting. I think that JR's push right now to get the team into contention is to try and boost TV numbers to use in negotiations to get a better deal. JR has mentioned that he does not want his family to continue in baseball long term. JR lost his friend and comrade Bud Selig as commissioner and actively campaigned against Manfred. I think JR sees baseball going in a way he doesn't approve (labor costs) and realizes his allies are dwindling among the owners. All of that leads to me coming to the conclusion that JR isn't long for the Sox. It also would likely prevent the Sox from trading Sale as he is the type of player that a new franchise owner would love to have on his new franchise.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 10:34 AM) No, It doesnt. Betts or Bradley is in this deal or have fun with Wright and Bucholz. Sales success and contract demands the best return You are not getting core players from any team in contention. They are not going to create a hole to fill another one.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 10:17 AM) http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/i...ding-chris-sale Hard to argue with that.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 20, 2016 -> 12:57 PM) All this would do is clear salary. It would not come close to actually replenishing our farm. No, it would not replenish the farm, but those are all players that can be plugged into a team making a playoff run and their value for such will inflate their trade value to get a decent prospect for each. You replenish the farm in the off-season when you move the big names and have a more wide open bidding war. Sale on the market in July probably gets serious interest from 10 teams that are trying to make a run whereas that number likely doubles at the winter meetings.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 20, 2016 -> 03:43 PM) There are a lot of our top picks, plus a ton of guys from Latin America signings of recent years. Otano, Castillo, Reyes, Mota, Carlos Perez, and Alfaro, plus a lot of pitchers headline this group. http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?cid=1997 Interesting that Blake Hickman is listed as a C.

QUOTE (NCsoxfan @ Jun 20, 2016 -> 12:00 PM) This has probably been addressed in the thread already, but IF we chose to be deadline sellers who would make sense to trade? Robertson? Anyone else? Robertson, Melky, Navarro, Shields, and maybe Frazier if he picks it up in July. The rest would be on the market after the season when there would be more bidders available.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 20, 2016 -> 08:37 AM) The Sox suck, they haven't made the playoffs in blah, blah, blah. Hahn and KW are horrible. They don't know what they are doing. Here's how you fix it. Have the guys you don't think you know what they are doing trade away all their good players for prospects. That will work out perfectly. Another 10-20 years of daily whining. All you need to know about prospects is to go back to the Matt Davidson thread. He was called the best available 3rd base prospect. A can't miss. Hahn was praised for his new core which included Davidson and Avi Garcia. A guy the main concern was to avoid the super 2. That cost Addison Reed. A loss, but not a Chris Sale, Q type loss. Keep the good players. Draft better. Sign foreign free agents. Develop better. Learn how to make decent trades. Blow it up is not wise. The problem with this approach is that by the time the kids you draft and sign as foreign free agents are going to be ready to contribute, your good players are going to be FA's. So it is either move them now when they have a lot of value or roll the dice at being able to re-sign them and if you can't there is a risk that they will walk away and you get nothing in return with the impending CBA negotiations.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 20, 2016 -> 09:50 AM) I'm guessing Burdi is slightly under slot, and zach remillard is 10k to fit in curbelo. I think the Sox can go over by $470,830 without sacrificing future picks, they would just need to pay a 75% tax on that amount.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 18, 2016 -> 11:54 AM) Can we get an updated list of who signed? Thank you. I have been updating a post in this thread, putting the players that have signed in bold.

23 of 41 signed so far.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 16, 2016 -> 03:56 PM) For those keeping score at home, according to BA the Sox are up $279,300 in the bonus pool for the 4/5/7/8/9 picks being signed. They also say the Sox saved $84,500 on Hansen in round 2.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 16, 2016 -> 01:15 AM) Would think Gourriel/Gurriel will end up signing with the same team as his brother...probably the Yankees. The Yanks are in a tough position to make that happen with no apparent place for either to play. If they do sign as a pair, I think the Dodgers would be the favorite with holes in LF and at 3B.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 16, 2016 -> 01:12 AM) With his bat-to-ball skills and ability to manage the strike zone, Fernandez is a potential high OBP threat in the major leagues, although his power is below-average. Speed isn’t part of Fernandez’s game, and his thickening lower half (listed at 5-foot-10, 185 pounds) has hampered his range at second base, where he’s at best an adequate defender. Fernandez also spent time at third base during the 2013-14 season, though his arm strength is better suited at second. -Ben Badler, Baseball America I don't know where our Cuban +23 year olds page went...? Jose Miguel Fernandez, 2B....agent comparing him to Ben Zobrist Lite, seems to be reminiscent of a Carlos Sanchez physically. Twins, Dodgers and Royals all expressing interest so far. Ben Zobrist with zero positional flexibility and without the ability to switch it. Reminds me more of Carlos Baerga physcially, but the dude can hit and doesn't K.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 16, 2016 -> 01:15 PM) A chance at that arm is well worth one and a quarter million dollars. Again, this could be the best pick of our entire draft. I totally agree. This guy was the pre-season favorite to go 1.1. His arm is probably the best in the draft, if the Sox can get him right mechanically and develop some consistency, you are looking at a TOR guy. Well worth the lottery ticket.

Harper. Young left handed power bat with great contact skills, good defensively. In the toss up between Harper and Trout, I give Harper the edge for his left handedness and campaign to make baseball fun again.

1. (10) Zack Collins C University of Miami - $3,380,600 ($0) 1. (26) Zach Burdi RHP University of Louisville ($2,128,500) 2. (49) Alec Hansen RHP Oklahoma University $1,200,000 ($84,500) 3. (86) Alex Call OF Ball State University $719,100 ($0) 4. (116) Jameson Fisher OF Southeastern Louisiana $485K ($26,300) 5. (146) Jimmy Lambert RHP Fresno State $325K ($57,800) 6. (176) Luis Curbelo SS Cocoa H.S. (Fla.) $700,000 ($286,700) ($413,300) 7. (206) Bernardo Flores LHP USC $200K ($14,900) 8. (236) Nate Nolan C St. Mary's $170K ($11,100) 9. (266) Max Dutto SS Menlo College (Calif.) $10K ($159,200) 10.(296) Zach Remillard 3B Coastal Carolina University ($157,900) 11 (326): Ian Hamilton RHP Washington State $101,800 ($1,800) 12 (356): Mitch Roman SS Wright State 13 (386): Michael Hickman C Chipola College (Fla.) 14 (416): Bryan Saucedo RHP Davenport U. 15 (446): Jake Elliott RHP Oklahoma 16 (476): Ben Wright RHP UNLV 17 (506): Brad Haymes RHP Gardner-Webb U. 18 (536): Lane Hobbs RHP Concordia U 19 (566): Anthony Villa 1B St. Mary's 20 (596): Matt Foster RHP Alabama 21 (626): Michael Horejsei LHP Ohio State 22 (656): Joel Booker, OF Iowa 23 (686): Sam Dexter, SS, Southern Maine $$ Unknown 24 (716): Brady Conlan, 3B Cal St. Dominguez Hills 25 (746): Charlie Madden, C Mercer 26 (776): Zach Farrar, OF Caroll HS (Texas) 27 (806): Mike Morrison, RHP Coastal Carolina University 28 (836): Aaron Schnurbusch, OF University of Pittsburgh 29 (866): Earl Henderson, 1B Central Arizona College 30 (896): Pat Cashman, RHP, Southeastern Louisiana University $$ Unknown 31 (926): Brandon Bossard, SS, Nazareth Academy (Illinois) 32 (956): Sean Renzi, RHP Central Michigan University 33 (986): Ryan Boetler, LHP Gardner-Webb University 34 (1016): Jaxon Shirley, 3B/2B Frankton-Lapel HS (Indiana) 35 (1046): Garrett Acton, RHP Lemont HS (Illinois) 36 (1076): Reese Cooley, OF Chipola College 37 (1106): Leo Kaplan, OF Harvard-Westlake HS (California) 38 (1136): Tyler Gordon, C Simeon Career Academy (Illinois) 39 (1166): Justin Lavey, SS Tremper HS (Wisconsin) 40 (1196): Drew Puglielli, 3B Gulf Coast HS (Florida) (Pool money remaining) $61,300 over slot if the number for Curbelo is correct.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jun 13, 2016 -> 11:13 AM) Lourdes Gurriel should be available in this class I believe. He's 22 so an older but more likely to help you sooner prospect. Might as well try to snag him and any other top International talent and go over the limit. Speculation is that he won't sign until October when he will be exempt from bonus pools.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 13, 2016 -> 11:56 AM) could be partially true. although, KW and Hahn worked together for years before so you would think they worked well together as they both had chances to leave the situation but didn't. Also, JR didn't bring Hostetler, KW and Han did, so again you would think that they would work together. I think this past draft has signified a new direction for the group. The recent past way wasn't working so they decided to change it. thisd is some of what I don't get about the KW issues people have he has shown the ability to change his thought process when something isn't working. He tried the safe college picks, didn't get results. Changed to high upside picks to find a superstar, didn't work. Brought in Hahn to lead more, didn't work. So now they've brought in Hostetler to change it up. He needed to let each step take a few years to see if it would work or not. He really has shown the ability of a good executive. now the point can be made that they want to go in a new direction and change leadership because all all of them are hired to be fired. JR brings everyone in, at the end of the day, not a single exec is going to get hired without his approval. One of the larger issues I have with JR is that he just shuffles the chairs on the ship rather than bringing in guys from the outside with fresh perspectives and approaches. Yes, Hahn and Hostetler are relatively new at their jobs, but their bosses in their former positions are still the same people they are reporting to today and still have as much input to the conversations as they had with their old positions. To me what is not working is having too many opinions at the top which creates a Frankenstein approach to running an organization.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 12, 2016 -> 10:13 PM) This is Hahn's 4th or 5th year as GM. Is that enough time to determine this? I really don't feel like the problem is Hahn. I think the problem is that JR has brought in a new group of decision makers like Hahn and Hostetler and kept the old guard around Williams, Lauman, and Bell, which just leads to having too many cooks in the kitchen and and a hybrid philosophy to running an organization that doesn't really excel at anything. The problem probably isn't RV, but there are not a lot of other moves to be made to get the ship righted at this point. I am so ready for JR to move on from this team. He has mentioned that he wants his family to get out of baseball so I wish he would just hurry up and do it.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 11, 2016 -> 06:21 PM) Posey's smaller in terms of overall size/build, a better all-around offensive and defensive player. Hard to make comparisons between one of the 2-3 best catchers in baseball over a 5 year period and someone who hasn't swung a wooden bat as a professional yet. Right now, Collins' game is 2/3rd's offense and 1/3rd defense, roughly. However, from everything Hostetler says, they plan on him sticking there as long as possible and won't contemplate a switch to 1B/DH/3B or corner of. I think the better comp would probably be Evan Gattis.