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It happens all the time. I don't know who the exact player would be but it happens. If the Sox paid Schnell say $3.5 million, they'd still have $7 million in their pool for rounds 2-10. The possibilities are endless.

I think and have thought that Brady Singer is their guy. If Mize, Madrigal and Singer are somehow off the board though or if they don't want Madrigal, I could be talked into Nick Schnell at #4. If he were willing to take $3.5 million to be the #4 pick, I'd consider it. That gives them $3 million to play with. You could theoretically sign the 2nd and 3rd rounder for over $2 million a piece or really splurge at #46 and pay someone like $4 million. It's an interesting way to maybe get two top 30 talents instead of a top guy that you might not love anyway.

McClanahan will go in the top 10 somewhere still. Throws hard. Was inconsistent.

Probably. I like India. Good track record for SEC 3B. Only one year of really great production though.

MLBpipeline is very lenient with their grades and they have him with a 40 power tool. Keith Law has him with 20 power and relegated to 2B. Doesn't mean Keith is correct but in general, he's pretty solid with position player scouting. He has Madrigal as #11 in the class overall. He's not a fan of Singer either though

This is your opinion. He might be. Madrigal can really hit. If he's a 2B with 20 power though I think there's an argument to be made.

I don't really understand much of the negative reaction to Brady Singer in here. If that's who they choose, I'm totally fine with it. I've seen Fulmer mentioned in here in comparison. Those guys aren't similar at all. Fulmer didn't even throw strikes in college. Singer doesn't walk people and has ideal 6'5 frame and could likely get to 200 pounds or so. 65 FB with tons of life and movement, really good slider graded as plus as well. Needs to work on 3rd pitch. Some reliever risk I guess because of the delivery but I think he's a starter. He could also be in the big league rotation at some point in 2019. I think the pick is going to be one of Singer or Madrigal at this point and I also think we should be happy with either.

You left out a huge part though. He said that the other player sat by himself sulking and brushed off and ignored his teammates. Singer isn't that guy.

This is all totally dependent on what type of contract he wants. Carlos Santana just signed a 3/60 deal in off-season. Abreu is better than him though. Jose is the best 1B in the AL. Some thing that trading him would be crazy. I think it's crazy to not do something. If they plan on keeping him, then I'd be fine with that but until I hear about extension talks, I'm going to assume they will trade him. On the other hand, if they are going to trade him, it should be done at this year's deadline with 1.5 years of control. Should be an interesting situation.

I have some info on Jose Ruiz here from when I did a deep dive on bullpen options: http://www.chicagonow.com/future-sox/2018/02/future-pensmen-aplenty-in-deep-white-sox-system-part-1/

Swaggerty is a college bat. He plays for South Alabama

Interesting updates. They have Madrigal as #3 in the class and give him 65Hit, 60RUn and 40Power. I've seen 20 power elsewhere. That changes things a bit if he can stay at SS. They have Singer at #2. With the rumors of Detroit possibly passing on Mize, I would hope that the Sox jump on that opportunity if given the chance. Mize is 60FB, 60SL, 70SPL and would be in the big league rotation at this time next year.

They are basically a High A team playing in Low A though. This is what happens when you draft as many college players as the Sox do

Did you read the article? He seems nothing like what you are suggesting. He may not stick at 3B but there aren't many worries with the bat

Keith Law released his top 100 today: http://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/23583441/casey-mize-tops-mlb-draft-class He has similar concerns that I have about Nick Madrigal and Brady Singer and those are the two likeliest picks for Sox IMO. 11. Nick Madrigal, 2B, Oregon State. Madrigal missed about 25 games with a wrist injury but has performed when he has played, hitting .435/.496/.620 in 123 PA, with just four strikeouts this spring. He's an above-average runner whose arm and footwork limit him to second base, and at 5-foot-8, 165 pounds, he doesn't have or project to even fringy power. However, he has consistently been among the best hitters in college baseball since arriving at OSU and is one of the highest-probability big leaguers in the draft class. 21. Brady Singer, RHP, Florida. Singer has been famous since high school, when the Blue Jays took him in the comp round, but the two sides couldn't come to an agreement, so he matriculated at Florida and was an impact freshman in a swing role. Singer has performed well as a full-time starter the past two years, taking over Friday nights this year from Alex Faedo, though the stuff and delivery are both real negatives on his pro outlook. Singer will touch 95 but has pitched at 90-92 both times I've seen him, showing two breaking balls with a slider that's occasionally plus, but no changeup to speak of and real difficulty with left-handed batters. He has a short arm action that he repeats well but that puts stress on his shoulder, though his low 3/4 slot makes him very tough on right-handers. Some teams think he's a high-upside starter; I think it's more likely he's an impact reliever.

This happens all the time but if you listen to Callis talk about him, you'll come away wanting more. However, the Fangraphs guys are very high on him and aren't buying into their being defensive questions at 3B. The differentiation in the power grades is interesting too. Pipeline put a 55 on him but it seems that most other outlets put a 70 on the power

I wrote about Alec Bohm for today: http://www.chicagonow.com/future-sox/2018/05/2018-draft-preview-alec-bohm/

Singer will not be taking an underslot deal. I actually think Kelenic underslot would be great. You could possibly sign Kelenic for like $5 million and potentially push a $3.5 million player to #46. I'm all aboard going HS early and often. Need to balance out this system.

Jim Callis mock draft at pipeline: https://www.mlb.com/news/college-players-lead-in-mlb-mock-draft/c-276190214?tid=151437456 He links the Sox to the college hitters but says they are also on Singer, McClanahan and Kelenic. 4. White Sox: Nick Madrigal, 2B, Oregon State Chicago figures to pick from the same group of hitters as Philadelphia, though it also is looking at Singer, South Florida LHP Shane McClanahan and Wisconsin high school OF Jarred Kelenic.

David Wildman is one of our writers at The Loop Sports. He recently published an interview that he did with Hostetler and there is some interesting draft stuff in there. It sounds like he's taking an extended look at Jarred Kelenic: https://theloopsports.com/2018/05/05/white-sox-director-of-scouting-nick-hostetler-talks-draft-prospects-and-ice-cream/ TLS: Are you able to tell me if you have a list right now of potential targets at number four overall? NH: Yeah we do, we’re probably at about seven or eight right now. Seven comfortably. There is another one that we’re looking at that could fit there as well, depending on how the season goes and the weather breaks, we could finally get in there and get us some good looks. So we’re about seven or eight right now that we’re digging our teeth into, and like I said before, so I’ll say it over and over again, with my staff I can essentially focus on all of this. What we do from a first pick I can sink my teeth into that, I trust my guys that they’re going to get all the right information on anything extra that we need for those later picks. The Loop Sports: The draft is in a little over a month. Where would you say you guys are right now? Nick Hostetler: We’re still with the northern kids. We’re still evaluating those guys. For really the first and second time just due to the weather. With the warm weather guys we’re running some different guys in there now just to get a different opinion. It’s kind of more of the monitoring situation now with the warm weather guys, we feel really good where we’re at with the amount of looks we’ve had, and we feel comfortable that even if the draft were today, we feel really good where we’re at as far as our evaluation process.

One of our writers at The Loop Sports, David Wildman just interviewed Hostetler and he had some interesting stuff to say about Collins: https://theloopsports.com/2018/05/05/white-sox-director-of-scouting-nick-hostetler-talks-draft-prospects-and-ice-cream/ TLS: Zack Collins has really picked it up lately, what do you think about him right now? NH: Yeah it’s been great. You know I love Zack, he started out slow this year. You know you’re a scouting director and as a scout you are personally involved in these players. And once you draft a guy you hang on to every single box score for your kids. You know, does he get a hit, does he strike out. So, Zack’s slow start was a little tough, and its funny, I talked to Zack and he laughed it off. He’s like, “don’t worry about it my timing, it’s getting there.” And about three days later, he starts raking. He sent me a text two days ago, two or three days ago after he had a two-hit game with a couple of doubles, maybe even a triple. I think it was the triple game. He actually said, “see I told you, you knew you drafted a good player, but I bet you didn’t know you drafted good speed too.” I mean, you got a 21-year-old, 22-year-old keeping it light-hearted when he’s struggling. You got to take a step back and take a breath. Trust the process. It has been a lot of fun to watch these guys. It’s going to be more fun once they end up in pinstripes.

.351/.460/.609 with 12 homers and 42K to 30BB at this point for Bart on the season

If true, what it tells me is they think Madrigal fits best as a 2B. They aren't going to move the likely face of their franchise in 2.5 seasons to another position to accommodate Nick Madrigal.

I need more power than that at 3B. Madrigal might be the best player available but you can't really take him unless you're confident he sticks at SS in my opinion.

http://www.espn.com/blog/keith-law/insider/post?id=8328 He has the Sox taking Joey Bart from Georgia Tech: Also hearing them mostly associated with picking college players, but as with the Phillies they're unlikely to take Madrigal given their MLB middle-infield duo. Has Mize #1 to Detroit, Singer #2 to San Francisco and Alec Bohm to Philadelphia at #3