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Imagine the Sox announcing they took a guy that was projected to be a mid to late first round in the four spot. Lol.

Go back and look at the draft projections. Nick was a safe pick at the time. Many considered him the best player in college baseball. Easily one of the top five players in the draft. I'm not debating Bill as an owner. I'm just pointing out that we love everything he did and hate everything the current ownership does.

Fitting Fitting that this picture is in the fire Hahn thread. It would have been another reason to fire everyone. No plan! This team has become a laughing stock!

In general thinking outside the box and experimenting in practice is a solid strategy. For all we know Burger has been asking for an opportunity to work out at 2nd and find more playing time. I doubt the plan back in March was to wait until June and have him be the everyday guy at second. But adapting during the season is a necessity.

Wasn't he moved to 3rd when we drafted Madrigal?

I'm all for giving guys opportunities to improve their versatility and ultimately their paychecks.

Hahn should have known as soon as Vaughn was moved he'd turn to crap.

Really. It seemed like he cared that baseball was increasingly becoming a money driven sport and realized without lots of money teams would struggle to compete. At least publicly he seemed to care about money and how to be competitive without it. To not care about money would make someone a disaster as an owner in the age of free agency. If "all he cared about is money" is a lie, then he wasn't a very good owner.

Just for fun I found the 2018 draft thread. The board was 100% behind Madrigal. It's in the former sox drawer thread. The board was really upset that Kenny wanted Singer over Nick. @southsider2k5 predicted the future for Nicky as a bust.

If anyone wants to take a trip down memory lane. There are a couple threads. By the way in a thread I didn't link @caulfield12exposed concern about Nicky before the draft. Page 13 starts the cheering.

Nick Madrigal, Oregon State In a sense, the Reds have the easiest decision in the draft. Bart, Bohm, Madrigal, Mize, and Singer are the top five players on the board, and they're all expected to be taken within the first five picks. The Reds will simply take whichever one of those players is still available, and in our mock draft, that's Madrigal, an undersized hitting machine and one of the "safest" players in the draft class.

Before and after the draft baseball experts loved the guy. He was a safe pick that didn't pan out.

From just after the draft 2B Nick Madrigal, Oregon State University Madrigal is the best player in college baseball, and he's the best pure hitter in this Draft, hitting a cool .406 this year for the Beavers with 13 walks and just five strikeouts. He may be only 5-foot-8, but size isn't an issue because he can hit, he can really run and he can really play second base. The Jose Altuve comparisons are a bit much because Madrigal doesn't have that kind of power, but he's not a slap-hitter, either

Anyone want to look at a draft projection from that year? https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2779285-2018-mlb-mock-draft-brs-final-round-1-picks

We need to take more chances on guys with histories of never playing a full season because of injuries.

Occam's Razor Injuries

What a shame. Such a great college player.

Jim Brown.

Wait, were still playing? I thought the season was over.

I'm trying to project the next few years for the Spurs and when Pops will retire. Seems like you'll want a guy here for the next six to eight years of rebuilding and competing. I don't see him sticking around that long.

When I think of Frank I remember being in bars all over the region and when he came to the plate the bar got quiet and people watched. I never saw that before it since. Baines was beautiful at the plate. I remember watching a batting practice session and he just effortlessly crushed ten balls that all landed deep in the seats, same section, within three or four rows of each other. I remember an interview with a Sox coach who claimed Baines hit the same seat three times in a row. Probably hyperbole, but not totally far fetched.

There's a little bit of excitement here.

Garrett must be so pissed.

Spurs.

What a day of golf. One of my current players was in the first round of the state finals. Struggled a lot but gained a ton of experience. Highlight was holing out an eagle shot from 125 yards. A former player won a sudden death playoff to advance with her partner to the match play portion of the USGA Women's Four Ball. Another shot -2 in the NCAA D1 Regionals with his team now in first place with a great chance of advancing. Live scoring is my favorite bit of technology. I can keep up with them all.