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Grossman is MUCH worse than Rosario out there... Engel at a 622 ops...would be content with 675. Had two shots to break this game open, just have to imagine Jimenez hitting there instead of Thompson, or Avi.

Other two 10hr/10sb guys along with Anderson? Trout and Betts.

Even if his peak stuff is 96 from left hand side rather than 94?

Hostetler’s scouting sweetspot from time with Braves...GA.

Belle in his lone season?

Are you sure it wasn’t Felix Diaz, haha? Just joshin’. Epic battle for the MLB doubles lead heating up.

Moncada ops crawling back up at 782...923 peak April 26th.

Engel is the new Beckham on that front...

Nah...Melido never threw that hard. Also lacking the Soul Glo jheri curls Eric LaSalle sported in Coming to America. Hopefully six inning rainout no hitter against Yankees is forthcoming.

White Sox excel at scouting doubles hitters...Escobar, Abreu, Madrigal, Voldemort Jr.

If he can make that slider more consistent, his K numbers will pick up nicely...

Unusual for Cards’ system product...

Moncada 433 feet homer (second ball hit extremely well too) Palka 117.5 mph exit velocity Lopez 98 mph fb Twins’ broadcasters picked up on Narvaez being a lousy pitch framer...fwiw.

Imagine a championship team with no minorities, East or West Coast liberals/progressives, celebrities/Hollywood elites, women, Muslims or LGBTQ on it speaking out against Trump...how could he possibly respond?

The last time the unemployment rate was at 3.8%, as it is now, was in 2000. But back then, a combination of strong growth, low unemployment and solid earnings produced a federal budget surplus for four years in a row, from 1998 through 2001. The annual surplus peaked in 2000 at $236 billion. There are no surpluses now, which suggests the Trump economy might have a hollow core. The federal deficit this year will hit around $800 billion, up from $665 billion last year and $585 billion in Obama’s final year. And the Congressional Budget Office expects deficits to rise to more than $1 trillion per year by 2020, and go nowhere but up. That’s one big reason some economists think strong numbers on jobs and growth won’t last. “These solid numbers look increasingly illusory,” Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist of the Economic Outlook Group, wrote in a recent note to clients. “A healthy economy does not generate historic deficits.” He places the odds of a recession in 2019 at 55%. That’s a reminder that you only know how strong or weak the economy is with a few years of hindsight. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-wrong-greatest-economy-history-140003521.html

Hopefully he can put a jersey on more gracefully than his teammate Bohm...

Nice pick...needed some high floor LHP starter candidates who could potentially up move fast. Especially if A stuff returns from earlier in collegiate career at MSU.

https://sports.yahoo.com/convicted-child-molester-likely-chosen-mlb-draft-151015468.html Passan article on teams considering Luke Heimlich (which would also be a terribly difficult question for Madrigal to have to answer...should the White Sox select your teammate, too?)

If any free agent won’t be here through at least 2021...pretty pointless to acquire them unless simply reclamation (pitching) projects we’re hoping to flip for more prospects.

Polo isn’t ready to be promoted...but he’s more or less organizational filler level right now and he’s not going to be allowed to block a real prospect’s playing time. Sometimes kids respond by actually performing better in AAA than AA...no guarantees, but it should be looked at more as an opportunity if he does get the chance, since most of the AAA guys are veterans/retreads and just filling roster spots or providing depth for even more major league injuries. And, upon further reflection, since Basabe already had had significant time in High A, he’s undoubtedly the one that moves to AA before Adolfo IMO...

One thing that really stood out was his coach’s belief that he could play SS, 3B and CF. Basically, both he and Grenier (the kid who went in the 2nd round) were recruited together and both wanted to join a program where they could win (go to CWS, etc.) The coach’s explanation was that Grenier, because of his size and arm strength, would have a much more difficult time switching to 2B than Madrigal had...that basically having Grenier at SS and Madrigal at 2B was their ultimate defensive alignment, but that Nick could really play SS well. The other thing that really opens your eyes is the quote from the scout when he was a senior in HS saying that he wanted to draft Madrigal early but the organization wouldn’t go for it due to size concerns...that scout said he was the best high school baseball player in the country (they were in Mexico for a UA Tournament, Grenier I think was on the same team.)

https://art19.com/shows/white-sox-podcast/episodes/f78279f2-b94c-4c4b-988e-eeb0ab4e96f8 Found the Garfien interview....

Hard to keep Burger in the Top 10 until he proves he can actually come back, stay healthy for a full minor league season and put up at least an 850 OPS at Winston-Salem. Burdi belongs somewhere in that Top 10-15 probably...

We still don’t know if Adolfo will stay at DH, get surgery or continue rehab... Should be Gonzalez, Robert, Rutherford, Adolfo at Winston-Salem. Move up Booker and Call to AA. Jimenez to AAA. And Steele Walker to Kannapolis because he’s going to be coming off that oblique injury and they’ll want him to build some confidence starting out against lesser pitching before he hits High A. To me, the toughest decision is Basabe...whether to push him up to AA as well, or let him share time with Robert/Rutherford/Gonzalez in the outfield.

Sorry, The Beast, not sure why it opened the quote box from earlier... https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paul-kerr-democrats-california_us_5b12c1a9e4b0d5e89e200a8d Democrats are blaming a big-spending candidate (Paul Kerr) for a potential disaster in one of the Southern California districts where Dem’s might get shut out of the general because too many are running and also using millions of dollars on attack ads against each other Problem affects 3 critical California districts that voted Hillary for president and need to be flipped.