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Agreed. Highest upside college starter for sure. I think he goes top 10 next year if he returns.

Any advice on how to rank him? This isn’t usually a struggle for me he’s a tough case.

No change in the latest Prospect's Live mock draft for the White Sox. These guys have lots of intel on the Sox usually. Good sources. Tucker Toman and Roman Anthony would be a very solid first day.

Crochet is on record as saying he wants to be a starting pitcher next year. Good luck with that.

Okay fair. I just don’t think it’s feasible to build him up as a starter on a contending White Sox team. You have to plan for like 7-8 starters because he’ll be really limited. What’s a feasible innings load for 2023? It just makes more sense for a team like Oakland than it does the Sox

Kopech started throughout the minors. Crochet didn’t even start in college. There’s just no innings base

Good point. I would’ve limited his innings with a plan to insert him in big league bullpen down the stretch. Do you think he’ll ever build enough innings to start because that’s what he wants to do next year. I don’t see it

What they did in 2020 was fine. As soon as Jerry Reinsdorf forced Tony La Russa on the front office though, his starting chances were basically over. No way Tony was going to allow that dude to pitch in the minors. Crochet needed to be in Double-A pitching every 5th day last year. Now he may never start because of it. That's a fair point on Shirley though.

Yeah I mean Mike Shirley took a reliever 11th overall in 2020 so who knows.

He hit two homers in a game last week

Hughes is realistic. Melton would surprise me. I'd be surprised by any college hitter at this point. I think it's prep bat or college arm.

He's not even close to ready for Chicago. He's not even likely to be a top 100 prospect right now.

Yoelqui Cespedes has nothing to do with when Oscar Colas gets promoted. And that’s not just my opinion.

This is ridiculous. Colas wasn’t great in May and missed a bunch of time. He should be in AA but the White Sox aren’t doing anything nefarious here. If he were ready to play in the big leagues by midseason 2023, that’d be a huge benefit for the organization and they know it

Kansas City is my guess

If Tucker Toman is in the board, I think he’s the pick. College pitching is definitely an option though.

Just like always, our team has written a bunch of draft profiles for this cycle. I will leave them believe as they publish: Justin Campbell, RHP, Oklahoma State: https://soxmachine.com/general/2022-draft-profile-justin-campbell-rhp/ Tucker Toman, 3B, Columbia South Carolina (prep): https://soxmachine.com/general/2022-draft-profile-tucker-toman-3b/ Blade Tidwell, RHP, Tennessee: https://soxmachine.com/2022-mlb-draft/2022-draft-preview-blade-tidwell-rhp/ Logan Tanner, C, Mississippi State: https://soxmachine.com/2022-mlb-draft/2022-draft-preview-logan-tanner/ Gabriel Hughes, RHP, Gonzaga: https://soxmachine.com/2022-mlb-draft/2022-draft-profile-gabriel-hughes/ Dylan Beavers, OF, California: https://soxmachine.com/futuresox/2022-draft-profile-dylan-beavers-of/ Jett Williams, SS, Rockwall TX (prep): https://soxmachine.com/futuresox/2022-draft-profile-jett-williams-ss/ Drew Gilbert, OF, Tennessee: https://soxmachine.com/general/2022-draft-profile-drew-gilbert-of/ Sterlin Thompson, OF, Florida: https://soxmachine.com/2022-mlb-draft/2022-draft-profile-sterlin-thompson/ Robby Snelling, LHP, Reno, NV (prep): https://soxmachine.com/futuresox/2022-draft-preview-lhp-robby-snelling/ Justin Crawford, OF, Las Vegas, NV (prep): https://soxmachine.com/2022-mlb-draft/2022-draft-profile-of-justin-crawford-of/ Brock Jones, OF, Stanford: https://soxmachine.com/futuresox/2022-draft-profile-brock-jones-of/

Much different guys though. Hernandez was a $1 million heralded signing out of the DR. Bailey signed for barely anything out of Panama.

How high is he going to go and who is interested? Boras wants like $3-$3.5 million. Anyone going to do it?

I don't see a scenario in which they trade Colson Montgomery this year

Sean Burke for Birmingham tonight

The White Sox might take a college pitcher in round 1 but I doubt it would be Hjerpe

Someone will take him as a money saver at some point. He's 22 years old, hits right handed and plays 1B or DH only. He might be a big leaguer but guys like this just aren't that valuable because their only value is the bat.

I’m guessing they’re out of money.

I like him. I’ve been a fan since he was doing well as a 17-year-old in the DSL after coming straight stateside. I just don’t think he’s in top 100 consideration. It’s hard as a corner profile in High-A. He was power but not ridiculous power and that’s usually what it takes. He’s young and he could absolutely break out more in AA or something but I’ll need to see it first. He’s probably the prospect I would trade at the deadline though if he’s super valuable to the industry. He needs to be added to the 40-man in December and I’m just not sure Sox can afford to carry him for years while competing. I’d probably rank him in the 4-6 range right now but the system is definitely better than preseason