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The Sox won't forfeit the 44th pick to sign a closer. The bullpen should actually be the strength of the team this year.

Fathom you've been warned.

LOL

20 names total so far and nobody linked to the White Sox as of yet. Badler stated at the top that every team other than Atlanta will be active. Just because these are the 20 players mentioned, it doesn't mean these are the top 20 guys available. It's still pretty frustrating to see the Sox linked to nobody though since they've had two years to figure out signings for this class. Fangraphs has a piece out with some of the top names for 2020 and 2021 and it says many of those top players had agreements in place at the age of 14. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/updated-july-2-prospect-rankings/

After they sign Manny I think the best realistic outcome would be trading for Joc Pederson and signing Ervin Santana or Gio Gonzalez to round out the rotation.

I would bet that he debuts on Monday April 15th vs Kansas City FWIW

Manny Machado is a 26 year old with no $300 million offers. He's not going to willingly go back out on the market as a 27 year old with a QO attached. He's not taking a 1 year deal.

He was. It was like $1.2 million though.

True. Nobody wants to hear this but Paddy did identify Tatis (27th in the class) and pay him $700K He's almost major league ready though and 22 years old. I don't really see room in Chicago for him. They should be spending the $$ on 16 year olds.

I hope he signs with Baltimore. I don't have much interest in the Sox signing him.

Ok. I don't disagree with you. I'd just prefer to wait.

The White Sox aren't listed for any of these "top guys". Most of them are landing bonuses of upwards of $4 million. It'll be curious to see how Sox play this. They only have like $5 million to spend so they may just have multiple $1 million expenditures.

Hahn told us that they have commitments. I don't think this is an issue.

Good post. We discuss these topic at length when finalizing FutureSox lists. I put Adolfo first because he has the highest ceiling by far and I don't think it's close. I put Basabe next because of proximity to majors and he can play CF. I have Gonzalez 3rd. He's older than Rutherford but he can play CF and has shown more power. Rutherford holds steady at 4 for me but if you believe Walker can play CF then I would understand Rutherford being 5th. Those are the same things I look at.

So basically someone guaranteed him $2 million if he waits until the next period. 29 teams don't have that amount of $$ left in current signing period. Baltimore has like $5 million. They can also get him to the majors quickly. I think he probably goes to the Orioles. People don't turn down money. That's what separates us from the animals.

It doesn't say that. It says Baltimore is the only team that can do that. That's not really true though either. Teams can still trade for available funds in this period.

He hasn't released those yet. He'll have it like this though likely: 1. Eloy Jimenez 2. Michael Kopech 3. Dylan Cease 4. Luis Robert 5. Dane Dunning 6. Nick Madrigal I would imagine he'll have Adolfo and Basabe next.

Nope. Patiently waiting. Badler usually has something in February. On our podcast though, Hahn made it seem like they'd have multiple additions. They should have roughly $5 million to spend.

21 year old Cuban SS Yolbert Sanchez is the latest defection that can sign as early as tomorrow. I think he will probably end up in Baltimore because they can pay him well over $5 million. The White Sox are mentioned as an interested team if he waits until July 2nd though. https://www.mlb.com/news/yolbert-sanchez-soon-eligible-to-sign/c-303499974?tid=282421090

Kopech will stay on these lists through next year. They include players until 50 IP in most cases. Kopech will be using up service time but he'll be a rookie for awards purposes in 2020.

He hits absolute bombs in batting practice. I feel like they believe it will translate. I have fears that the ballpark in Birmingham will do very bad things to him though.

He counted Kopech. He has Eloy at either 4 or 5. Cease and Kopech in the 20's and Robert at 50. He had Madrigal and Dunning around #110. He likes Basabe and Micker. He doesn't like anything else though apparently.

It's far too early to determine that the drafting has been atrocious. I wrote about this last week. Some of the drafts lack upside in nature but they will provide trade pieces and likely big leaguers. They leave something to be desired but it's still too early. A lot hinges on Zack Collins, Zack Burdi, Jake Burger, Gavin Sheets, Luis Gonzalez, Nick Madrigal, Steele Walker though for sure. Your part about growth is accurate though. I disagree quitea bit here. They need more depth for sure but they have two top of the rotation arms at the top of their system in Cease and Kopech. I think Dunning is a #3 starter barring health. Hansen is a complete wildcard. They have lots of back end types as well but I think Jimmy Lambert, Jonathan Stiever and Konnor Pilkington have much more upside than #5 starter. I think those two guys are pretty good.

100%.I think Rutschman is a no brainer if he's available next this June and it's too early to predict for sure. If Witt and Adley are gone though, I want CJ Abrams. That's the type of guy that you need to add with top 5 picks. Reminds me of Royce Lewis. I'm pretty confident that Andrew Vaughn will hit and I wouldn't be surprised if he's ultimately the pick but I'd go Abrams.

We could do it. My article was about the draft as a premise. Robert, Adolfo and Sosa were all listed on top 30. Amado Nunez and Luis Mieses were on the Just MIssed. Hahn was funny about international market specifically over the weekend. A guy said that Sox have been lacking in that area in the past 20 years. Hahn countered and say that he believes they are right up there with the top of the industry over the last 5 years but said the fan was correct about the prior 15 years. The last two years is a big hit but at least they've spun the $$ into some guys that should help the big league club in some order. They have never had the big class that we've wanted but Paddy has identified Robert, Adolfo and Tatis. That's pretty good. They really need to hit in the next 5 years to keep the system pumping when they are competing on the major league side though.