DirtySox

Schoolcraft at 10 with Jojo on the board seems wild. This would have to be a substantial savings no?

Agreed. Jace is such an Orioles pick.

I'm not sure they've really employed the strategy you are suggesting. They definitely seem to like the idea of grabbing someone with 1st round grades with pick number 2 at a premium price (See Bonemer), but it wasn't at the expense of not taking the BPA with the first pick. Hagen Smith wasn't second tier. He was even paid over-slot by $300K. The money for Bonemer and others came from "punting" later picks. See picks 10, 9, 7, 6. We talk about it a lot during draft time but I don't think we've seen the White Sox truly reach and get a player that isn't arguably the BPA with pick #1 with the goal of it being a large savings to spread to later picks. At least not in recent years. Jacob Gonzales was under-slot, but he wasn't a reach. Just uninspiring. I think it would be pretty fascinating if they did get a substantial savings with pick 1 and see how that plays out. I imagine Kayson Cunningham would take a pretty big haircut. Steele Hall maybe saves you 500K since he probably has a landing spot with the Rangers? I'm really into the up the middle prep SS guys currently, but I still have this feeling it's going to be BPA college pitcher at 1 at little to no savings, then prep position player that needs to be over-slotted with pick #2, and punting some of the 6 through 10 picks again. Pretty much a duplicate of what they did with the 2024 class.

This sure sounds like they might take Seth Hernandez if he falls. Though I wouldn't expect that to happen. @Harold's Leg Lift You alive brother? Don't let the trolls win.

New Callis mock. https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/mlb-pipeline-mock-draft-july-3-2025?t=mlb-draft-coverage

I think this coming 1st round pick will be quite telling. Especially if there is a prep hitter target on the board amongst a glut of solid but not super exciting college pitchers.

Yea. I don't hate the pick. But still stings a bit.

Nah. @Timmy U is the OG when it comes to the Baldwin fan club.

Kayson Cunningham is interesting to me. Seen quite a few assessments of him possibly having the best hit tool in the class. Sounds like the arm might be light for SS though.

Both Colson and McDougal on the hot sheet for BA. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/ranking-the-20-hottest-mlb-prospects-hot-sheet-6-30-25/

I don't think Hall is drafting for need. He might line up favorably with who the BPA is at this point based off who is still on the board. All things being equal give me the tooled up high ceiling up the middle player. That being said I wouldn't be unhappy with a Witherspoon selection at 10.

Haven't seen Harold in a while. Unfortunate if the troll chased him off.

Yea. Give me Hall over anyone else if the board falls this way.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025-mlb-mock-draft-5-0-updated-first-round-picks-after-college-world-series/ 1.) Nationals - Kade Anderson 2.) Angels - Liam Doyle 3.) Mariners - Aiva Arquette 4.) Rockies - Ethan Holliday 5.) Cardinals - Eli Willits 6.) Pirates - Seth Hernandez 7.) Marlins - Billy Carlson 8.) Jays - JoJo Parker 9.) Reds - Ike Irish

I actually don't mind Colson spending more time in AAA. But good god does the major league club need some thump in it.

Call him up!

New Doyle mock. https://futurestarsseries.com/mlb-draft-mock-draft-3-0/

New Pipeline mock. Mayo version. https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/mlb-pipeline-mock-draft-june-26-2025?t=mlb-draft-coverage

Just saw the other thread. Delete.

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