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Appreciate your analysis and enjoyed listening to your draft podcast. I forget if I asked this to you already, but how much do you think a guy like Roch would sign for? Is it likely to be the allotted slot value? Or can they snag him for less because he has no leverage? The last 2 picks were a bit lower than slot. Even Paul Skenes signed for $500k below slot. Edit: Just saw your tweet about how a possible scenario would be them signing him for $10m and having $1.3m extra from the $11.3m slot value. Man that would be awesome.

The White Sox have been known for moving guys to the bullpen while developing. It worked out spectacularly with Sale and Crochet. The Sox showed they are serious about competing this year by signing Murakami. The AL Central is typically a joke, and since this is baseball after all, anything can happen. The team has a plethora of young talent and it wouldn't be surprising if they competed for the division. Should we give Hagen the Sale/Crochet treatment and let him develop while he dominates in the bullpen? That would surely bolster our bullpen. I'm not sure if the new front office is gutsy enough to do it. Maybe with a little pressure from Jerry to try and compete they would do it.

Jerry would never sign a deal like that, especially for a pitcher.

It's going to happen. All signs are pointing towards it. Unfortunately this board has decided to go full-on Parkman and be overly pessimistic about it.

Something that always came to my mind regarding Garrett Guest - is his position as Assistant Director of Amateur Scouting a part time gig or something? How does he have time to run a dealership AND have a big position on a major league team?

I expect some absolute PISS MISSILES from Kelenic.

He was a character alright. The fact that he's still doing the "fake insider" thing after a half decade is hilarious.

Orlando was awesome. I miss that guy.

So is the "Fire to the 78" thing all but a done deal?

Jerry Reinsdorf likes the cut of your jib.

You must be thinking of a guy named John Lennon.

Paging @ChiliIrishHammock24. Your expertise is needed. Get in here and give a nickname or be banned.

Great point. Meidroth is a good defender at 2B and can also play SS. Pretty darn important as a super sub. The Chairman of the Board isn't as good defensively to my knowledge. He doesn't get too much burn at SS, probably for a reason.

Seems like a fair comparison. Being lefty with a tad more power potential is a pretty good advantage over Meidroth, if he develops.

Can I get you thoughts on Antonacci? He had an impressive AFL obviously. Showed his great OBP skills. Will his lack of power really limit his potential offensively? I'm wondering how his great plate discipline will translate given his lack of XBHs and power.

Everybody planning out the middle infield is forgetting one player - The Chairman of the Board (Sam Antonacci). He's an on base MACHINE. He tore up the AFL and continued with his impressive on base skills. You compare the numbers in the minors, and his statline looks awfully similar to Wade Boggs. Mark by words, Sam will be a stud. At very least he will be a strong super sub for the infield.

That was actually for Mirotic and McDermott first

I've been trying to get him to come up with a new nickname or even ACKNOWLEDGE his past as the undisputed king of nicknames on soxtalk. He refuses to even respond to me when I bring up his past as the defacto nicknamer. Its really a shame. He's running from who he is. I think we need to ratchet up the pressure and threaten to ban him unless he gives an honest effort at giving Roch a nickname.

Will Roch command over slot or does he have no leverage?

I volunteer to be the Adopt-A-Prospect father in the future sox section for Rich when we draft him.

He's no Jarred Kelenic

I was almost questioning whether that was Harold or not because he had zero reaction to the pick. Thought it may be the Rays rep.

That's right.

Harold Baines could hardly contain his excitement.

Harold Baines could hardly contain his excitement.