Y2Jimmy0

7 years at $210 is bullshit. He's just quoting Levine and media reports. He has no idea what the offers are. I wouldn't necessarily bet $$ that he's coming to Chicago at this point but I'm fairly confident that he isn't going to the Padres. Machado has made it pretty clear that he's not a fan of the west coast.

My issue with Rutherford is that he's a corner outfielder and I don't think he'll hit for enough power. I think the ballpark at Birmingham is going to do bad things to him. I obviously hope I'm wrong. He'll be 22 in May. My problem with a Yelich comp is that Yelich put a 118 wRC+ in the majors when he was Rutherford's age.

He had Madrigal in the 30's I think as a draft prospect. I doubt he's on the list.

My personal top 30 is below: 1. Eloy Jimenez OF 2. Michael Kopech RHP 3. Dylan Cease RHP 4. Luis Robert OF 5. Nick Madrigal INF 6. Dane Dunning RHP 7. Zack Collins C 8. Micker Adolfo OF 9. Luis Alexander Basabe OF 10. Alec Hansen RHP 11. Luis Gonzalez OF 12. Blake Rutherford OF 13. Steele Walker OF 14. Jake Burger INF 15. Zack Burdi RHRP 16. Seby Zavala C 17. Jordan Stephens RHP 18. Gavin Sheets 1B 19. Ian Hamilton RHRP 20. Tyler Johnson RHRP 21. Jimmy Lambert RHP 22. Konnor Pilkington LHP 23. Bryce Bush INF 24. Lenyn Sosa INF 25. Kodi Medeiros LHP 26. Jonathan Stiever RHP 27. Spencer Adams RHP 28. Bernardo Flores LHP 29. Luis Curbelo INF 30. Laz Rivera INF 

I try to do this every year to show where the White Sox picks will likely be. We'll just do the first two picks for now. Bryce Harper, Dallas Keuchel, Patrick Corbin, Craig Kimbrel, Yasmani Grandal, Hyun Jin Ryu and AJ Pollock all received the qualifying offer from their clubs. Arizona is the only team that will receive a pick after round 1 for their players. Boston and Washington would receive picks after round 3. Houston and Los Angeles would receive a pick after Competitive Balance Round B. The White Sox would forfeit their 2nd rounder and the bonus pool attached to sign any FA that received a QO. UPDATES: Corbin to Washington (AZ receives compensation), Grandal to Brewers (Dodgers receive compensation), Pollock to Dodgers (AZ receives compensation). Harper, Kimbrel and Keuchel remain unsigned but none of the 3 will affect the Sox's top picks. 1. Baltimore 2. Kansas City 3. White Sox 4. Miami 5. Detroit 6. San Diego 7. Cincinnati 8. Texas 9. Atlanta (Comp for not signing Carter Stewart) 10. San Francisco 11. Toronto 12. Mets 13. Minnesota 14. Philadelphia 15. Angels 16. Arizona 17. Washington 18. Pittsburgh 19. St. Louis 20. Seattle 21. Atlanta 22. Tampa Bay 23. Colorado 24. Cleveland 25. Dodgers 26. Arizona (Comp for not signing Matt McLain) 27. Cubs 28. Milwaukee 29. Oakland 30. Yankees 31. Dodgers (Comp for not signing JT Ginn) 32. Houston 33. Boston 34. Arizona (Patrick Corbin Compensation) 35. Arizona (AJ Pollock Compensation) Competitive Balance Round A 36. Miami 37. New York Yankees (FROM CIN) 38. Minnesota 39. Tampa Bay 40. Milwaukee 41. Oakland Round 2 42. Baltimore 43. Kansas City 44. White Sox 

Agree with this 100%. There's no need to add anymore relievers. They already have Colome, Herrera, Jones, and Hamilton as near roster locks from the RH side. On the left side, Fry, Frare and Bummer. This doesn't even take into account: Minaya, Covey, Fulmer, Burr, Vieira, or Randall Delgado. They also have Burdi and Thompson who are really close to the majors and guys like Tyler Johnson, Medeiros and Schryver who really don't need a ton of minor league time. I'd be pretty surprised if they signed anymore relievers, especially to major league deals.

Who else were you expecting? I think Collins will be on Fangraphs' list and Adolfo will be on Keith Law's list. Rutherford probably will still be listed at pipeline.

Yeah I don't see any way the Sox give up the pick for anyone other than Harper.

Kind of a rule for me is that guys either need a chance to start or have to be high leverage types to make a top 30 list. Medeiros likely ends up in pen but he has a chance to start so I included him. Burdi, Hamilton and Johnson are all closer types.

Why would the Sox forfeit a high 2nd rounder for 2 years of Pollock?

Sure it is. He destroyed the AFL this year though. If he's healthy, I'm fairly certain he's a top 20 prospect in the sport at this time next year. The BA list has Victor Victor in front of him. That's nuts to me.

They list Robert at 55 Hit, 60 Power, 70 Speed, 60 Defense, 55 Arm. That's a 1st division regular in CF. They have him too low especially with some of the names before him.

There are 5 White Sox listed on this one: https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/2019-top-100-prospects/ 3. Eloy Jimenez OF 21.Michael Kopech RHP 38. Dylan Cease RHP 43. Nick Madrigal 2B 76. Luis Robert CF They are way too low on Luis Robert considering some of the players they have in front of him in my opinion.

I doubt it would be to facilitate. The Sox want to add Joc Pederson to their team. Will they trade what it takes to get him? No idea

I think in 2020 they realistically contend. It's not even about that for me. Adam Engel shouldn't be playing regularly for the Sox even if they aren't expected to be good. In 2017, he posted a wRC+ of 38. That number improved to 68 last season. He's not a major leaguer.

I'm not positive that they would have an inability to develop high school position players. They just haven't even really drafted many.

Yes the draft pick thing is a problem. The following players were drafted after Zack Collins in 2016: Alex Kiriloff, Forrest Whitley. These guys were taken after Burdi: Carter Kieboom, Taylor Trammell, Bo Bichette and Jesus Luzardo. There is a common trend among all of these guys. These guys were all taken after Jake Burger: Shane Baz, Heliot Ramos, DL Hall, Drew Waters, JB Bukauskus, Nate Pearson. The biggest problem with that year though was that Keston Hiura and Jo Adell were the two picks before Burger. They just weren't bad enough. The Sox refusal to choose HS players in the early rounds is unfortunate and lowers the ceiling on the rebuild a bit however.

Probably not for only two years of control on Pederson. I'd do something like the rumored asking price of Bummer/Bush though for sure.

Luis Robert is their CF of the future. Luis Alexander Basabe might play some there as well in late 2019 and 2020. I'd rather have Jon Jay and Joc Pederson in CF than Adam Engel though over the next 2 years and that's the real question here. Adam Engel is the best defender. He's also unplayable from an offensive standpoint. Joc Pederson is the more valuable player regardless of how fast he is or isn't. The Sox have also shown that they don't give a shit about defense with some of their personnel choices in the past.

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/46653/2019-prospects-the-top-101/ 4. Eloy Jimenez 15. Nick Madrigal 24. Michael Kopech 26. Dylan Cease 45. Luis Robert 76. Dane Dunning

No. He bought his followers.

You should post more often!

We don't need Palka to play vs righties. They have Alonso, Jay and would theoretically have Pederson to do that. They do need someone to hit vs LHP though.

No worries.

I saw something on twitter about Manny's 305 guys that he works out with. Alonso and Jay are already here. Gio Gonzalez and Danny Valencia are others. Gonzalez is still an option IMO. I actually think Danny Valencia makes some sense as well. He should play somewhere vs LHP. 132 wRC+, .365 wOBA, .202 ISO.