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Wheeler will be no where near $126 million Darvish signed with the Cubs. More close to what Evoladi signed with Boston.

I would have big time interest in Zach Wheeler really put together last year in the 2nd half.

Tim: After that driveline analysis, the White Sox need to fire their whole development staff, right? 1:05 Eric A Longenhagen: that’s an extreme course of action but I agree it’s not working

Other than Robert and a couple weeks of Bush, it’s scary how bad our top hitting prospects have been performing for first 6 weeks of the season. I know it’s somewhat early, but God Dam this is dreadful. Hopefully we see some numbers change once it warms up. If it doesn’t big changes need to happen with getting rid of Getz and company. I know he’s been here a short time, but haven’t been impressed. White Sox need to go after player development personnel from top organizations. also see what the Dodgers are doing on the medical side with keeping their players healthy and guys coming back to their top form after major injuries.

Any update on Tyler Johnson?

Vaughn plays at California

Yes they have too many 1b type players, but are they 1st division caliber players. I would say no to that answer for Burger and Collins. People keep on mentioning Eloy going to 1b that’s not going to happen. Vaughn has the potential to be a Goldschmidt/Donaldson type hitter. Sign me up. I really like Abrams, but I’m scared as hell the White Sox can develop him to his highest potential.

This from the live chat today: HoHahn: What’s happening at AA Birmingham? Everyone’s suddenly bad! 11:57 Eric A Longenhagen: I’m not sure that player dev situation is working out. Getz probably hasn’t been running the shop long enough to be critically certain, but lots of their arms have gone backward the last few years. Driveline just published a study on player dev that had them last in value added. 11:58 Pols: Are you buying the rumors of the Sox taking Abrams at #3? 11:58 Eric A Longenhagen: I think he’s in the mix, yeah.

Completely agree with you, but Vaughn is in a different tier.

Very sad. That’s what happens when you only produced 1 player internationally during that period-Yolmer Sanchez and he won’t even be with the team next year. I agee with Kiley how many of our top prospects took a step backwards (Fulmer, Burdi, Rutherford, Hansen, Collins, etc) and how we can’t hit on one signing internationally other than throwing $30+ Million on Roberts. Really need to look at other top organizations at developing and stealing some of their player development talent (Astros, Dodgers, Yankees, Atlanta). On a good note I’m very happy with the improvements of Moncada and Anderson this year.

These trades are so in favor of the White Sox. Pipes dream

Relax everyone. Roberts has only played 13 games this year in A+. People are going bonkers because he hasn’t been called up to AA. At the earliest I see him getting called Mid May. It’s great that we are seeing the power being developed. We now need to work on that 3.6% BB rate. Patience friends because he’s not getting called up in 2019.

I can see Baltimore cutting a deal with Witt or Abrams. The big issue is Arizona Diamondbacks having 4 picks and $16 million to play with before they get to Baltimore’s 2nd round pick.

Have to go hitter at #3. Too much risk drafting a pitcher that high (Injuries). Need to hit on this high draft pick and load up on the hitters even if that means we draft another OF. 1. Rutschman 2. Vaughn 3. Abrams 4. Witt 5. Bishop We have money to spend on free agents and pitchers (Cole, Wheeler, Strasburg, etc and Rendon are the strength of free agency next year

http://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/26465134/law-brennan-malone-jack-leiter-standouts-prep-showcase write up from the HS prep showcase. Law down on Abrams flat swing

Great read by Kiley McDaniel on impact and the value of investing internationally over the years. Three part series and next will show a ranking of the organizations on their performance of their signings. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/we-analyzed-the-value-of-international-signing-bonus-money/

You must be the person in the front office that pushed for Shields.

Witt concerns me with how he’s always out in front of the ball. 2-3 years of video and that flaw in his mechanics hasn’t been corrected. He is going to have trouble with off speed with major league arms. Yes I know he’s almost 19 , but it’s a big flaw that needs to be fixed.

Good call on the Headley!!! I think San Diego received a $500,000 back so it came it out to $12.5 million. Also, more recently I forgot the Reds and Dodgers deal that was made where the Dodgers received prospects Downs and Gray in the deal. The Dodgers traded outfielders Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp, pitcher Alex Wood, and catcher Kyle Farmer to the Reds for the salary of Homer Bailey plus minor league prospects Jeter Downs and Josiah Gray. Bailey — who has battled injuries and has a 6.25 ERA over the last four seasons in just 46 total starts — won’t pitch for the Dodgers. As a condition to waive his no-trade clause, Bailey was granted his release and is now a free agent. The Dodgers owe him $23 million in 2019 plus a $5 million buyout of his 2020 option. Even in taking on Bailey’s $28 million in guaranteed money, the Dodgers from a cash standpoint saved about $7 million in this trade. From a competitive balance tax standpoint, the Dodgers’ 2019 payroll decreased by roughly $16 million.

Last time it occured for a prospect was with the Braves and the Diamondbacks, but that was back when idiot Dave Stewart was the GM. Braves got Touki Toussiant for Bronson Arroyo $9.5 million contract and 4.5 million buyout. Looks like it will End up working really well for the Braves.

That's the least of your worry. Try to trade Zimmerman, Abreu, or Alonso and eat their contracts. You might be stuck with the 3 for a couple months, but injuries will occur and people will be calling. So in the mean time rotate 1B and DH between the 3 players.

I would be on the phone talking with the Washington Nationals about taking Zimmerman off their hands. Nationals want to sign Kimbrel, but have no desire going over the luxury tax. Take on Ryan Zimmerman's $18 million last year of contract, Luis Garcia SS/18 years old/Top 100 Prospect and oozes tools and Israel Pineda C/18 year old high ceiling catcher who needs time to develop, but has a good chance down the road of becoming a quality starter. for Nicky Delmonico or Daniel Palka. Both players have no future and will be in the way of our prospects coming up shortly, This is the type of move Hahn needs to make when your rebuilding and have such a low salary. This will help with the White Sox goal to continue having a strong farm system that sustains when we graduate many of our prospects in Triple and Double A by adding a couple high ceiling prospects in A ball who are 2-3 away.

Sox weren't willing to go 10 years. No way they are going to be dealing with Boras trying to break Stanton's record contract. Sorry the say this, but the only way out of this mess is for Reinsdorf to keel over and to get new ownership. It's sad that are highest contract ever dished out is Abreu 6 year/$68 million. How MLB considers the Sox a big market team is a joke.

This has nothing to do with Hahn. This falls on Reinsdorf!!!!!

Micker Adolfo was a tough omission from the main list because I like the player he is and how much progress he's made to get to this point from when he signed as a workout phenom with virtually no baseball skills. He has huge raw power, moves well for a guy his size and has gone from having no idea at the plate to showing real selectivity, to the point where I think he has a chance to be a regular even if he ends up at DH, probably a low-average slugger with OBP skills and a lot of strikeouts. He had his best season to date in 2018, but he couldn't play the field and eventually was shut down to have Tommy John surgery in August. The hope is that he'll be back in the outfield in May. The White Sox acquired Luis Basabe in the Chris Sale trade, and they've made some minor tweaks to quiet his approach, minimizing the small hitch in his swing to keep his contact rates up. He's always had a good plan at the plate and kept his OBP up in Double-A last year, even when he was struggling with making quality contact. He's an above-average runner who should stay in center field and could end up a 15-homer/20-steal guy along with those OBP skills -- another guy who had a case for the top 100. Luiz Gonzalez, the team's third-round pick in 2018, started in Low-A last year, as the team thought he was a little behind most college products. But his performance last year showed that he was more advanced than we realized, as he raked in low-A and high-A and finished fourth in the minors last year with 40 doubles. He has some sneaky power, probably worth 16-20 homers a year when he sees the majors, and above-average speed that hasn't translated into base-stealing yet. He plays center now, although he may be a better asset in right field, where he should have above-average to plus range; he already has a plus arm. Blake Rutherford was the Yankees' first-round pick in 2016 as a premium high school hitter who was expected to hit for average and power, but he hasn't produced near expectations so far. He went to the White Sox in the David Robertson/Tommy Kahnle trade in July 2017. He makes plenty of contact but doesn't use his lower half well, so the ball seems to go nowhere off his bat -- it's noticeably quiet even when he squares something up -- and he hasn't hit lefties well at all. His swing path is good and he has a decent approach, but the White Sox have a challenge to try to unlock some of that power in his hips and legs. Jake Burger (11) missed his first full pro season after a very unfortunate injury at the start of spring training when he ruptured an Achilles tendon; he should be back by June. He was the Sox's first-round pick in 2017, a bat-first prospect who was a work in progress at third base but made consistently hard contact in college with above-average power. Catcher Zack Collins (12) has had one of the most bizarre pro careers of any recent first-rounder I can remember. He does a few things well but some more important things not very well at all, and so I can neither dismiss him nor think of him as more than an up-and-down bench guy. His career line in pro ball sits at .232/.379/.425; he's drawn 188 walks in the last two years, with 34 homers; he has a big hitch in his swing that has prevented him from hitting for average; and he can throw and calls a good game but is a below-average receiver. Steele Walker (13), the White Sox's second-round pick in 2018, was banged up when he reported and didn't get on the field for five weeks after the draft, after which he spent about a month with low-A Kannapolis. He has a long history of hitting for contact and high averages with average-ish power, and is limited defensively to a corner, which puts more pressure on his bat.