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I don’t think there was a demand. Thorpe was the best player offered in return. Nobody was willing to trade a position player package.

He hired Brian Bannister and made multiple outside hires. Signed Erick Fedde who has been one of the best pitchers in baseball. He’s likely to get something for Tommy Pham and Paul Dejong. They already got something for Robbie Grossman. They waited out the market on Dylan Cease and did well on the return. We have no idea if he overpaid on the draft but only the first rounder is influenced much by the GM. Who have they lost on waivers etc that should still be here? I’m sorry but I don’t think it fits at all.

I don’t understand this nickname

Why? I bet some of them got $150K. Theres little incentive to sign otherwise

The White Sox don’t think they overpaid. They thought Saucke and McLain were third round players and Antonacci was a fourth round value. They maneuvered to ensure that they got the players that their scouts wanted. Now they need to be right. This is always weird but I’m guessing they had a deal with both guys and it was more likely that someone would take McLain before their next pick. Yes. Every pick signed. You can’t just look at rankings. Casey Saucke is ranked 53rd overall at BP and some publications have McLain ranked highly as well. The White Sox really like these players. I don’t know who represents Bonemer. Boras represents McLain though.

Hagen Smith had multiple teams in on him for nearly $8 million and the White Sox made a legitimate attempt to land Charlie Condon as well.

The most they can offer him is $847,465.

Where did he say this? I was on every conference call

That's a good deal on Larson imo.

He's already had Tommy John though. I don't think he's an injury risk right now more than any other pitcher would be from being a pitcher.

This is a great example.

What is significant? It's enough to not take $150K on day three it seems.

Oh see I don’t. There was risk that Cease wouldn’t pitch well. Crochet is healthy and awesome. I don’t really see much risk with him outside of the innings load, shutdown etc.

Really? I don’t feel this way at all. They’ll kill these trades or they won’t make them in my opinion. They didn’t want to incur the risk on keeping Cease but that was a good deal and by far their best offer. I believe he did this with Cease already so I don’t see why not.

I’m pretty sure they overslotted Burke, Cannon and Keener in round 3. They definitely overslotted Calvin Harris in round 4, Oppor in 5 and Wolkow in 7. They saved $600K on their first rounder last year though. Doesn’t appear that they did that this year.

I don’t know enough about the players. BP had Saucke at 53 overall and Sox scouts felt he really unlocked something with a swing change this year. McLain is a tweener but he’ll definitely hit. I don’t think they absolutely overpaid. I just think players have leverage now and the team wanted these players so they paid them.

They really like McLain, Saucke and Antonacci

Here's my guess on remaining bonuses: Hagen Smith $8 million Caleb Bonemer $2.8 million Blake Larson $1.4 million Nick McLain $1 million That takes them right to $13.2 million.

The White Sox have signed picks 4-20 and committed $2,078,000 against their bonus pool. That means that they still have $13,244,965 with the first four players left to sign. I'm guessing that they are all overslot.

Okay so I have no idea this year. I was expecting this one to be like $25K. This probably explains a lot.

What’s a normal amount? I think Jackson Appel and Phil Fox as money savers are fine and I like the 11th rounder. He should be ranked. Was kind of surprised that the 12th rounder wasn’t ranked as well.

This is true. It’s almost they decided they wanted McLain, Saucke and Antonacci and did what was necessary to land them all. In the end, it’s 10 players off of the BA 500 plus guys like Shepardson and Fox who could move quickly in relief roles. Lots of teams punted picks this year because there weren’t 10 rounds of players worth slot values. You can still get value out of those picks though. Jordan Appel can help minor league pitchers get better and Phil Fox could move through minors quickly etc. Tim Elko was a “punted pick”. Those guys in 6-10 were basically their picks in 16-20. That’s how you have to look at it.

Skenes is absolutely the exception though. In this draft alone there are multiple instances: Andrew Dutkanych, Gage Jump and Thatcher Hurd all turned down millions out of HS. So did Arkansas 2B Peyton Stovall. If someone is offering you millions to play baseball, take it in the vast majority of cases.

These guys get old and ultimately have to take like $10K in the draft though. MLB isn’t going to wait.

I think increasing $$ allotted for day 3 could help. Most of these kids turning down money are making short-sighted decisions. It’s generally better to start a pro career and get to that potential 1st contract sooner.