Chicago White Sox

Holy shit, I totally forgot we had Leury on the team.

100% agree. Got to give the young guys chances in 2019. Right now, we’re looking at a rotation of Rodon, Lopez, Kopech, and two of Giolito, Covey, & Stephens to start the season. We’ll also have Dunning knocking at the door and hopefully Hansen not too far behind him. Let’s not block these kids. Now maybe come 2020 we decide to add an arm in things don’t go as planned, but absolutely no reason to jump the gun here.

Agreed. Got to add one impact bat to the mix.

Then you won’t be getting these guys. The extra years are simply insurance policies if shit goes wrong for them. These guys want to get a haul in the short-term and then hit free agency as 29/30 year olds for another big day. Unfortunately, that’s reality of today’s market.

I’d rather just give Kopech the innings and let him work on his command.

Sure, no one though he’d be this bad, but his offense was already trending in the wrong direction. They actually believed he would return to peak form.

Remember when Fangraphs said the Red Sox would be crazy to trade him for Abreu? I bet wish they could do that deal now.

Bummer with a perfect inning of relief including three swinging K’s. Kopech with a nice start despite the five walks.

Ricky gonna Renteria...

Have you been watching the game? He could be working on his changeup or something. You just never know with minor league pitching.

RBI double for Robert!

I mean, what part of it do you think is true? That KW simply preferred Singer? The Fangraphs seemed pretty convinced that KW was going to use his power to supersede the pick. They even said it was pretty much a certainty we were picking him the 15 minutes before we took Madrigal. I honestly don’t get why you & a few others are so passionately defending these guys. I’m sure they’re fed a ton of bad information, that’s just the nature of the beast when it comes to rumor mongering.

Kahnle + Robertson + Frazier >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> James Shields

What’s funny is I was thinking of Basabe when you said B prospect and I was like “fuck no” not for James Shields ?. We got Ta’Quin Forbes for Miguel Gonzalez, I wouldn’t expect much for Shields. A C- maybe if we eat most of the contract.

I would be enraged if my time spent a B prospect on James Shields.

Yeah, I agree with this. But I think Nick has far better tools across the board than Eckstein ever had.

I hope he’s much better than Eckstein.

Great recap. Very interesting to see the amount of BA/MLBpipeline top 200 guys we got in rounds 11 to 15. Maybe we're seeing a bit of a competitive advantage later in the draft by being more scouting focused than analytics focused. It's much harder to to evaluate guys that may require mechanical tweaks to unlock their potential by simply looking at numbers.

I like this move. I personally don't think Bummer pitched as well as the peripherals might indicate. I honestly think he could use a bit more seasoning down in AAA. As for Cedeno, I believe he's under control for another year, so he wouldn't simply be a rental. Might be able to get a decent wild card prospect for him if he has a strong month and a half before the deadline,

The plan this offseason should be to bid on both Machado & Harper and hope you can land one of them. Obviously a huge long-shot, but given our payroll flexibility you don't let Madrigal impact our decision to pursue these guys. However, just for the sake of fun, here's how I'd see things shaking out if we added Machado: 1B: Davidson 2B: Madrigal SS: Anderson 3B: Machado LF: Jimenez CF: Robert RF: Moncada DH: Abreu ? Collins That lineup would be absolutely bonkers and wound't even include a half dozen high-end prospects (Burger, Sheets, Basabe, Adolfo, Rutherford, Gonzalez, Walker).

Adam Eaton hit one HR in 2014 and still put up a wRC+ of 118 & an OPS of .763. I think that’s the type of player you are looking at if the HR power never comes, which is still fantastic when you account for Madrigal’s defense & speed on the bases. If he can ever get to double digit HRs (which should be realistic with time) then we truly have something special.

That’s pretty terrifying.

Any idea on velocity?

I know very little about this kid, but I’m getting a Bernardo Flores vibe with him.

I actually like this pick. Obviously the secondaries aren't good right now, but at least he's got some velocity and theoretically some upside.