Chicago White Sox

New thread for a new day! Hopefully we can snag someone fun in the 3rd (Joey Oakie?)

Fully agree. It’s wild how little we are getting out of our LatAm program. If you look at BA’s latest update, we only have two LatAm signings in our top 20. It’s almost like the program is non existent. I get Reinsdorf is probably a roadblock there to some extent, but at some point you can’t turn a blind eye after years of lackluster production.

Smith is going to come fast and should hopefully fill in the TOR gap left by a Crochet trade. With him, Schultz, & Thorpe all but guaranteed rotation spots (if healthy), it’s going to be interesting to see who can claim the remaining two. It’s a good problem to have and we could have a really good, entirely home grown rotation ready to compete by 2026. Taking high upside prep players in 2nd was also a great strategy. Gone are the days of going overslot for college bats like Gavin Sheets & Steele Walker. The only real concern with this approach (other than the higher risk profile) is it will take time for these kids to ever sniff the majors. Still, if your goal is to build a sustainable, highly productive farm system this is the way to go. While overall it was an exciting day 1, the big question right now is how they expect to build an offense that will be ready to go at the same time the rotation is. It’s unlikely we’re going to land anyone at this point in the draft who is a high probability to fill lineup spot long-term. And the farm system remains very weak on the positional side (and doesn’t help that Montgomery, Ramos, & even Gonzalez are all underperforming at the moment). Getz will have to kill it on the trade front this deadline and offseason, because outside of Lee there isn’t anything to really build around offensively on the major league roster.

Baseball America has him 36th overall

I hope you’re right, but it kind of feels like most of these mocks simply missed on how clubs valued Burns & Smith (hope I’m wrong though).

It’s pretty wild. Hopefully they are just waiting until the trade deadline or something to make a move. No way this clown should be give a single inch of rope at this point.

Maybe a little, but I personally can’t imagine Smith was a huge underslot. To get someone like Ryan Sloan at #43 will requiring going college senior with a couple mid round picks (which I’d be ok with).

Yes, assuming those rumors are in fact true. But we still need to see him actually make a move that proves that out. I have zero concerns on the pitching side of things with Bannister’s influence on moves. I have much less confidence in Barfield and even moreso Watson to help us identify the right positional prospects via trade at the moment. Hope they prove me wrong though. It also doesn’t help that the one dude I have trust in (Shirley) is going to have a hard time addressing the system’s positional need with the remainder of this draft given how weak that crop of players is come #43.

Getz basically has add four or five legit positional prospects (including a couple high ceiling ones) this deadline or during the offseason from trading off Robert, Crochet, & Fedde. Just feels like that could be a very tall task. I do love Smith’s upside, but it is a bit terrifying that we still don’t know Getz’s view on building an offense. I 100% get the risks that come with Jac and Griffen, but at least it would have signaled Getz is willing to swing for the fences for high impact positional players. Right now, his biggest additions on the offensive end are a pair of highly questionable, low upside OF prospects in Fletcher & DeLoach.

Holy f***

I’d assume Condon, but also thought it was all but certain he’d go #2

Wow, Burns going second is a shocker

Would have loved to see Weatherholt go #1.

You literally do no research and just spit out pessimistic bullshit. Go look at what free agents are signing for. Jorge Soler got 3/$42M this offseason….if you think a $20M option for Luis Robert is negative value then you are totally lost.

$50M of surplus value is like one 55 FV positional prospect and a 45 FV pitcher. You’re saying you would accept that for Robert?

Way too little. I wouldn’t trade for less than $80M or $90M.

Yeah god forbid those $20M options…?

I don’t see why the Mariners would trade for more pitching

The Dodgers’ injured list is absolutely wild. Feels like Fedde would be a perfect fit for what they need right now.

That’s really shitty to hear

I’d be super nervous building a trade around Snelling right now. Without having all the facts admittedly, I’d worry there could be some sort of injury contributing to his problems. Too risky in my mind to be a co headliner.

As for the Padres, I just don’t see a good fit even if they were willing to give up De Vries. Baltimore remains the best theoretical fit, but obviously doesn’t feel very practical with how Elias operates.

I will say that Jones’ lack of hit tool development this year has tanked him value some and he would not be an appropriate headliner for Crochet. While Arias is not mentioned, he is another guy many here wanted and he’s currently striking out at a +30% rate in Low A, so another guy unfit to headline a Crochet trade. Feels like we’d Dominguez as a centerpiece and there is no chance in hell that the Yankees would do that.

Figured this would be a fun one to discuss, so splitting out from the other miscellaneous threads. Couple quotes from Bob on a potential Crochet trade:

Small nugget from Bob on Fedde: Nothing really new there but always nice to reaffirm that the return should be good. I will add that Bob also speculates the Mets, Rangers, & Cubs may not sell, which would definitely help boost Fedde’s value even further.