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That podcast also has them all but directly stating that KW wants Singer an everyone else wants Madrigal.

I see where you're going here, but I think you can get a Miguel Gonzalez type for 2-3m on a one year deal.

Idk man, I mean what if he had workouts and stuff all day? What if the call for him to travel came on short notice? There's all kinds of reasons that people are late for flights, some are good and some aren't. I don't think you have nearly enough info here to hold it against him.

Definitely not just you. I've thought that every time I've seen him batting. I always figured he just used a big bat and held it all the way at the knob.

And I know Kiley McDaniel at least has mentioned the possibility of Collins being deployed similar to how the Astros use Evan Gattis -- backup catcher who DHs full time when not catching. That type of a guy would look great next to Bart.

That's true -- but I think that nearly all of the failed hitters have been of the same type: high upside speed/power guys that needed to learn to made consistent contact. It's definitely a bit of an experiment, but I feel like they'll do better on a high-end contact guy. I guess Gordon Beckham is the example of them ruining that.

When the talent available all falls in the same "tier," I think choosing a hitter is the objectively correct choice. Pitchers simply have more that can go wrong with their health. Among the hitters, I think the Hit tool is the rarest, most difficult to develop, and the one the White Sox have shown the least ability to develop. Therefore it is most coveted, IMO. The clear answer then becomes Madrigal.

We can keep all the discussion in the main thread, but I thought it would be fun to have a poll to see where the board stands prior to tonight's draft.

Well, neither of those guys has fallen for the same type of reasons as Romero. Romero, by the way, has NOT worked out so far, for the same reasons he fell in the drat in the first place.

Probably a game

FWIW, the Sox feed isn't working on mlb.tv either, I had to choose the Brewers one.

Oh my god this guy is so bad at framing. He's turning strikes into balls.

But who will be the new Tank Commander?

Jose Rondon Clean-up Crew

lol

Caulfield, the way you format your posts is some kind of abstract modern art.

www.tankathon.com/mlb

I saw most of his last start in person. He threw 86 pitches, I believe, over 5 innings. He was absolutely cruising through 3 2/3, with 7 K's and no hits, and then threw a really wild pitch and looked like he might have pulled something. Stayed in after a mound visit, but walked a couple and gave up 3 or 4 hits before he left the game. I definitely think giving him another rehab start is justifiable.

Greg this isn't a matter of opinion. Media market is defined by target, demographic, and literal media reach. Cubs have a larger footprint and compete with the Sox in bulk of the Sox footprint. They live in a major city, but their media market is mid-sized.

Great post, much more detailed and accurate than anything I could describe.

There are way too many good reasons to take a hitter, given our position in this rebuild. And since we're all but guaranteed that one of Bohm or Madrigal is available at 4, choosing Singer will be extremely disappointing.

I'm not sure how much you know about Chicago, but uh -- it was still that way BEFORE the Cubs got good. You know, when it was 100+ years since they won a World Series? When they were on the longest, most famously pathetic championship drought in sports history? They still outdrew the White Sox, and they very much enjoyed a larger media market. They still do, and it's got absolutely nothing to do with winning.

Right, but you and Steve Stone are ignoring how marketing works. Every shopping mall has a Sephora make-up store, but Sephora's market doesn't consist of everyone in the mall. That store could achieve 100% market saturation without selling to half the people that walk by it.

That the Sox reside in the city of Chicago does NOT mean that their market is the entire city of Chicago.

No -- but those are the guys you're trying to get if you go underslot early, especially in this class. I don't think the Sox would do this. It's too dumb. I think this is another example of a lack of Mayo's understanding of scouting that's causing bad info to float around.