Chicago White Sox

Baseball America had Jacob May ranked 200th overall.

Phillies take Cord Sandberg who was rated 40th overall by BA.

Two picks to go. Hopefully they keep going with high upside prospects.

How much time between picks? Still a minute?

Sounds like Anderson was the BPA when the Sox selected him and that they would have taken him over J.P. Crawford. Glad to see they weren't just targeting a SS with their pick and that they actually wanted Anderson all along.

http://m.mlb.com/cws/news/article/2013060649835322/

Keenyn Walker playing very well over his last 10 games, hopefully a sign of things to come. .306/.419/.472/.891 with 5 BB & 8 K

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 10:43 PM) My sentiments exactly. Perhaps the Sox are now truly picking who they think is the BPA as opposed to what's relatively safe and will move through the system fast. Certainly seems that way with Hawkins, Anderson, and now Danish. Walker and Mitchell to an extent as well. One also wonders if this is alluding to the dismantling of the major league roster, as these certainly aren't reinforcements that are going to contribute soon. Last year was definitely a big change in direction. They took 7 high school players in their first 18 picks. Obviously Hawkins & Barnum were their first two picks, but they also took Basto in the 5th, Barraza in the 7th, and went overslot with Ayala in the 17th. It's going to be fun seeing guys at Bristol who are finally age appropriate for their league and actually have some talent. They may not be able to contribute in the pros for a good five years, but I'll take their potential any day of the week over some college seniors with little chance of being more than organizational filler.

It's refreshing to see us consider high school pitchers early in the draft, even if they are fairly risky. David Holmberg (2009), Nevin Griffith (2007), & Gio Gonzalez (2004) are the only HS pitchers we've selected in the first two rounds in the past 10 years.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 10:26 PM) I thought you had a certain pool of say $5M to sign your first 10 picks or something. I thought I recalled some teams drafted guys w/ hard college committments so they could spend the money on tougher picks. Has that changed? I'm pretty sure each of your top 10 picks is slotted a certain bonus and if you fail to sign them, that money is removed from your total bonus pool. Obviously you'll get a pick back the following year and additional bonus as a result. Now, some teams are going underslot on their 1st round picks in order to take a big name with 2nd round and compensation picks.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 10:24 PM) Danish is 47 out of 50 on Sickels pitcher list. 96 on BA's top 100.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 10:22 PM) OMG what horrible mechanics by the guy the Sox just drafted. I kind of hope he fulfills his college commitment and gives the Sox overslot $$ If you don't sign the player, you lose the money.

I wouldn't mind a high school positional prospect. Two highest rated I believe on BA's top 100 list: 38 Oscar Mercado, ss, Gaither HS, Tampa 40 Cord Sandberg, of, Manatee HS, Bradenton, FL

Wow, that pretty damn close.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 09:59 PM) Austin Wilson must have signability concerns, I would think. I hope he comes to us. 7 more picks to go.

Any big names slip into the 2nd?

And thank god it's only a minute between picks now.

That Cubs pick did not get a glowing endorsement.

Alright, I've seen enough of Flowers taking called third strikes. What a joke he is offensively. I'll admit I was way wrong on him.

Could Flowers be a hero?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 09:35 PM) Of course, a bad bunt That was a terrible bunt x Good thing Conor got a good jump and prevent the DP.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 07:23 PM) Seemed like they were trying against St. Louis in the playoffs. And Strasburg wouldn't have helped them possibly edge out the series?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 08:15 PM) Would like to see Castro or Rienzo get the next shot in the bullpen/spot starter/long man. Doubt we'll see Johnson before August/September unless there's another injury. Yeah, I was just about to post that I think Castro ultimately ends up in the pen where his fastball/slider combo will be much more effective. I'm fine with him getting the innings in AAA, but I don't see him as a starter in the majors.

QUOTE (bbilek1 @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 08:37 PM) Hindsight is 20-20 champ. Named C-USA Pitcher of the Year and Male Athlete of the Year... consensus first-team all-American by Louisville Slugger, Baseball America and the NCBWA... finalist for the Brooks Wallace, the Xanthus-Dick Howser and Roger Clemens awards... appeared in 19 games, making 16 starts... had a record breaking season in which he set new season highs in wins (15), innings pitched (117) and strikeouts (151)... 15 wins was tied for tops in the nation... ranked third in the nation with a 1.62 ERA... was 10th in the nation averaging 11.6 strikeouts per nine innings... had five complete games to go along with one complete-game shut out and four combined shutouts... held opponents to a conference-low .191 batting average... surrendered just 35 walks, 83 hits and 28 runs on the season.. I used to follow the draft fairly closely and hated both those picks at the time. I don't like using 1st rounders on players with limited upside. Also, Broadway had some last-minute hype going into his draft (despite average stuff), but McCulloch was just an absolute terrible pick and everyone agreed the second it was made.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 08:32 PM) Don't forget he had a great year last year, too. And he's still hitting bombs -- he's 19 and struggling with the one thing everyone knew he would need to work on. I couldn't agree more. A guy like Hawkins probably hasn't had to deal failure very often, so I'm guessing he's going to be a bit hesitant to make adjustments initially. That doesn't mean he's not capable of doing so. The physical tools are elite and we all saw what he did last year. I still think he's our top prospect. I would probably go with this personally for our top 5: 1) Courtney Hawkins 2) Erik Johnson 3) Tim Anderson 4) Trayce Thompson 5) Micah Johnson (if plays well at A+ upon promotion) I do think one of Beck, Snodgress, Jaye, & Bassitt could get hot and break into the top 5 though.