DirtySox

Hagen sitting 92 to 94 and not being able to find the plate makes me so sad.

You can credit Mike Shirley for this. He's been in charge from 2020 onwards. He's very good. If you want to get into some of the rumors/dirt, Jacob Gonzalez was supposedly dictated by Haber, and Hagen Smith was a Getz selection. Believe what you will though.

Unsure if this is pay-walled or not, but Kiley posted a pretty solid article detailing how scouting and development have pretty much merged into one entity as far as the draft goes. Notes the recent shift into desiring tools over performance while working in tandem with the player development side to identify which of the tooled up players they can work with or fix. Konnor Griffin being the obvious recent example of this. Will post a bit of it. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48771509/2026-mlb-draft-buzz-scouting-reports-intel-analysis

Don't worry Ron. Roch will be up for the playoff run.

I actually adore Lackey. I think he might end up being the best player in the class. With his athleticism and arm I wonder if there's a world where he plays a fine CF? Though that's a tough ask when he would provide so much value at catcher. Why even begin to mess with what looks like a slam dunk in that regard.

Keith Law has posted his top 100. We are two months out. Will post the top 15, including the notes on White Sox relevant players. Will also share some writeups/rankings of players we've talked about with the White Sox, and some players that interest me if they make it to 41. Some thoughts as well. Keith Law seems much higher on Becker than others. Has him 6th versus 33rd at BA. Similar situation with Tyler Bell who he even has in front of Grady. He has Lombard all the way down at 17. Fearful of that hit tool. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7271408/2026/05/14/mlb-draft-2026-top-100-prospects-roch-cholowsky/

Kiley Mock. 50/50 Roch/Grady? Sharing the top 10. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48742802/2026-mlb-mock-draft-10-kiley-mcdaniel-first-pick-chicago-white-sox

Insanity. In favor of who?

Albertus does exist and just smashed a line drive RBI double.

Billy just missed his first homer.