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Rookie status eligibility is 130 at bats, 50 IP or 45 days on active roster. Those are the parameters that we use for prospect eligibility at FutureSox and it's basically what everyone uses other than BA. For example, Drew Thorpe and Brooks Baldwin aren't eligible to win rookie of the year because they aren't rookies. Therefore, they shouldn't be on prospect lists.

Baseball America is the only publication who ignores 45 days of service. It makes no sense. They go with 130 at-bats or 50 ip. It's weird.

It was always a 100 loss team. When Cease was traded, we said on the FutureSox podcast that it might be a 50 win team. Nobody thought they'd go 41-101 but I mean, 50-112 isn't much different.

Sure but I never had any delusions about this team winning anything last year and nobody paying attention should've either. This plan has seemed pretty clear. It's unfortunate that it's necessary but there's only one way out of this mess.

Did they? I don't remember Chris Getz ever saying they were competing last year. They were always going to be awful and they got nothing from Luis Robert, Yoan Moncada or Eloy Jimenez.

Very few from last years international class are coming stateside. Jurdrick Profar is and Yhoiker Fajardo was going to prior to being traded.

He was their hitting coach last year and they won the Southern League title

If the Blue Jays are trading for space without having a commitment from him, I think that's nuts. There's nobody to spend $2 million on if he chooses the Dodgers.

https://www.futuresox.net/2025/01/17/white-sox-international-class-comes-i/

I think they’re much more likely to spend more money on prospects than trade it at this point.

I’ll have an international article out in the morning that offers plenty of context with Keller quotes etc.

This is definitely a thing. Guys get money at like 14-years-old. Sometimes they get way better and sometimes they get way worse. David Keller has been all over the marketplace He won't rank. We will have a tough time ranking Alejandro Cruz at this point. The system is pretty damn good.

A few things I found interesting. 1. He spoke to David Keller that morning about signing someone on international market. Sox were in attendance to watch Cuban teenager Cristian Rego. 2. Peyton Pallette is a dude in relief 3. He expects to sign someone to a $100 million contract 4. The story about his buddy from the day he was hired was tremendous

Definitely the best appearance Chris Getz has had anywhere

Gross

Ownership is just not spending that type of money this offseason

Yeah but it makes more sense when you're better. They won't be signing free agents with QO next winter either. True. I think it's more about the bonus pool lost than anything. There's zero reason the Sox should be forfeiting draft picks right now though.

Correct but the signing team still forfeits the picks.

Here's the thing about the free agent market: it would be Santander and Alonso plus forfeiting the first pick in the 2nd round, first pick in the 3rd round and $1 million in international pool space so that you might win 65 games.

I know that most fans always want their team to go for it but San Francisco has hurt themselves in free agency. They keep signing players with QO atatched to short-term deals and forfeiting 2nd round picks. They have a smaller bonus pool every year and now their system isn't very good.

I think Schultz makes big league starts in 2025

I previewed the international signing period for the White Sox at FutureSox. It's currently available on Patreon: https://www.futuresox.net/2025/01/03/2025-white-sox-international-signing/ The White Sox have $6.2 million to spend and their agreements total around $4.2 million so far. The group is headlined by Cuban 3B Alejandro Cruz. They've also signed Cuban righty Yobal Rodriguez. Pitching has been a focus and they've given some other bonuses as well. Cesar Familia RHP Dominican Republic $350K Jhonny Morao LHP Dominican Republic $300K Roderick Medina RHP Panama $275K Yordani Soto SS Dominican Republic $750K Diego Natera C Venezuela $225K Jeremy Aponte OF Venezuela $200K Igor Escobar Inf Venezuela $70K. I'm curious to see how the presence of Roki Sasaki affects the White Sox. Can they trade money to help someone sign him? Can they sign a player that gets their deal voided from the team who actually signs him? I'll be curious to see that.

The Sox literally don't have anywhere for Cartaya to play.

The owner is claiming that they don't, yes. Has nothing to do with the front office. They're spending what has been budgeted.

The front office just doesn't have this type of money to spend unfortunately.