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And was just demoted to AAA with a 7.08 ERA.

Sure hope they are working on addressing this in some capacity. The state of the pitching development in the minors is pretty abysmal. It somewhat gives me pause on spending high picks on prep pitching if you don't have confidence in development.

Struck out his last 3 batters.

It pains me that the Sox missed out on Sloan. There was a lot of interest at the time I believe. I wonder if they were trying to float him to the 3rd round.

Bruh. Can you imagine what it might be like to have legitimate international prospects? I'm salivating.

I'm hoping the Hagen selection has humbled him. Trust your scouts.

Time to update the injury tracker.

Woof.

Schultz day.

Emerson is not a Witt caliber prospect.

UIC commit it seems. Ranked 325 at BA for this class. They have him as a 4 star. 295 on Over-Slot. Thanks for the intel. Nice to talk about some players other than the usual suspects with 1.1

Hamate. He was in the Combine article today for Over-Slot.

Thome is a legit talent. I don't think he lasts to pick 77. He's ranked 54th at Overslot and 56th at BA. A non-zero chance he's even picked before 41. We've already heard suggestions that he will be telling teams his number is high, but would sign for less with Chicago. But I imagine other teams already suspect as such and might be willing to call his bluff.

Hey @Y2Jimmy0 . I know you are often in the loop on the Sox interest in the local guys. Hearing anything on Dom Battista? How about Ethan Bass? Battista sounds super interesting to me. Sounds like all the tools are there but the in game performance hasn't clicked just yet. Could be a dude for the player development side.

Drafting pitching definitely makes sense, but lets not try to model anything after the Angels please lol.

I know high school pitching is a risky demographic, but it's also a huge strength of this class. I'm popping a few high ceiling prep arms if I'm Shirley. Especially with the savings that are going to come with the first pick. The system is in desperate need of arms.

Saucke isn't a pitcher.

BA staff draft today. This IS NOT a mock. This is BA writers making selections based off who they would pick if left up to them. Will post the top 10 and 41. Boy do I agree with Jacob. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2026-mlb-draft-baseball-america-staff-draft-3-0-for-top-75-picks/

No shot.

This would never happen.

Ooh. This one will be interesting. Time to see how he adapts.

Why are you like this?

He was also an old regime draft pick. Wouldn't surprise me if he was pretty much not in their plans.

Robert discourse aside, posted that because second or third time we've seen the sentiment that Sox won't be dealing top prospects in any potential trades.

I feel like expecting any prep pick outside of a top 5 selection to fly through a level in their first taste of pro ball is a bit greedy. It's going to take time. Jaden Fauske is not Eli Willits.