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Thanks man

He’s transitioned to the mound apparently. Just could never hit

Yeah they’re gonna be brutal. This is kind of what happens when you employ the strategy the Sox do though. Most teams top international signings are in the complex league now but the Sox guys are stateside because they were older

Here is the AZL preview I wrote today for anyone interested: https://soxmachine.com/general/2022-white-sox-affiliate-preview-arizona-complex-league-rookie/ And here’s the DSL preview: https://soxmachine.com/general/2022-white-sox-affiliate-preview-dominican-summer-league-rookie/ No Erick Hernandez or Loidel Chapellí in DSL today. Weird

Yes. They signed a bunch of players out of Venezuela recently. Here's the roster: https://soxmachine.com/general/2022-white-sox-affiliate-preview-dominican-summer-league-rookie/

They also have the Sox taking Florida prep Roman Anthony in round 2. I would be ecstatic with that draft.

The White Sox international class is 20 players. My roster preview for FutureSox should publish today.

Hahn and Getz were in Tennessee watching this week. I wonder if they’re going to Charlotte

$2 million isn’t very much money though. If he’s a big leaguer at all, it’s a great signing.

I tweeted this but Lenyn Sosa is giving me Marcus Semien vibes

If the board falls this way, I think the White Sox take a prep hitter.

Our latest mock draft at SoxMachine/FutureSox: https://soxmachine.com/2022-mlb-draft/2022-mlb-draft-report-mock-draft-ii/

They went way overslot in rounds 2,3, and 5. It’s the only way to do that. I’d rather have Kath, Burke and McDougal instead of playing it straight

Didn’t Lopez get hurt? Maybe he’s replacing him and VV stays in pen

The third day 11-20 is basically more beneficial than late day two now. The White Sox will absolutely be “punting” picks. With a tiny bonus pool, they’ll try to spend close to $6 million on their first 4 guys. To pay for those players, you need to draft seniors in 5-10 for like $10K. It’s smart and lots of teams do this. In rounds 11-20, you can spend $125K without it counting against your pool. For example, taking a college arm ranked in top 200 in 7th round and paying him $200K costs $200K against the pool. Doing it in round 11 counts $75K only. For FutureSox, I always list the names in order of bonus given instead of round because it’s much more significant. In order to use the pool space, you have to sign all the players in the first 10 rounds. That’s basically why it’s done this way. Even the punted picks have value though. Horn and Weems were used in trades. Sousa is in the big leagues. Gil Luna will pitch in the majors. My advice is to pay more attention to the players chosen on day 3 than in rounds 5-10.

There are some issues on the pitching side for sure. Can’t make chicken salad out of chicken shit though. They needed more from the prep arms but 2020 really hurt. Just haven’t spent a ton of resources on college arms that weren’t cheap seniors.

Yeah it’s tough to do though with their draft strategy. They never have much money to spend so if you give slot bonuses in round one, take a bunch of prep players and sprinkle in a 5 round draft, it’s puts you in a bind.

In this scenario, I’d move any reliever and Jose Abreu but I doubt they’d trade anyone under control. They’ll be division favorites once again next year regardless.

I know, right? That James Fox is annoying as hell.

They actually don’t. I can’t account for like $300K though so they must have an additional signing

Yes. Snelling would likely be cheaper than Jared Kelley was in 2020 though.

The White Sox will either miss the playoffs or host the 6 seed for 3 games. I'd take my chances in that first series with Giolito, Lynn and Cease.

I just meant that they're doing team top 30's like regularly. Not sure I like that though

They're actually updating these every month I guess from now on which is interesting but I'm not sure how reliable it is.

If he starts at Schaumburg over Memorial Day weekend, I’ll be there