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QUOTE (Sleepy Harold @ Feb 23, 2018 -> 12:44 PM) Kevin Powell @kpowell720 now Hahn: Micker Adolfo has UCL sprain in throwing arm. #WhiteSox Chris Kuc @ChrisKuc now Another injury setback for White Sox outfield prospect Miker Adolfo. Elbow strains will sideline him at least six weeks. Surgery is possible. Womp womp Maybe he can do like Keston Hiura did and just DH while doing rehab. If he can do that I'm not really too worried. We know he has a big arm and that he is at least passable in RF, what he needs work on is hitting, so if he can DH while rehabbing it shouldn't really hurt his development.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Feb 23, 2018 -> 10:35 AM) Article on Swaggerty (current crush) and Steele Walker (great name) by BA. https://www.baseballamerica.com/college/swa...qQY0OADazfy1.97 They also put out a top 10 College OF list today as well. https://www.baseballamerica.com/college/top...dy9BZOp560Ua.97 I really like Zach Watson from the OF list. There is a chance that he could be available in the second round and even though he is a college guy it seems like he has a higher ceiling. He seems like the type that could be a 2nd round pick this year as a sophomore, but would be in the conversation for top 10 if he went back for another year.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Feb 22, 2018 -> 11:57 PM) https://www.fanragsports.com/mlb/inside-bas...y-for-comeback/ "Carlos Gonzalez is another possibility for the White Sox." Stop trying to make the White Sox happen! Its not going to happen!

This is why I really want us to go HS early and often this coming draft. 83% of the White Sox top 5 round picks in the last 5 years have been college players.

QUOTE (Username @ Feb 21, 2018 -> 03:36 PM) I’d be completely fine with giving Mouse an opt-out after a year or two. We aren’t spending money now. If he’s playing well enough to opt out we just take the comp picks or trade him at the all-star break. You still maintain the payroll flexibility then to upgrade and can likely entice him on a lesser guaranteed commitment. We wouldn't be able to get comp picks. New CBA allows each player to be given a QO once in their career. Moustakas' was this year, so he can't be offered it again.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 06:40 PM) Unfortunately Avi will only have 1 1/2 years of control at that point while Souza has three. Yeah, but he is also younger so signing him to an extension makes even more sense for whatever team acquires him. I'm hoping that, and some team having a bigger need than currently, will make it so they are closer in value.

So the Rays gave up Souza and got back Solak, Banda, and 2 PTBNL? That seems like a great deal for them. That could be a look at what Avi is worth too if he puts up another good first half.

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 02:29 PM) Why would they lose their 45th pick and not their third round pick (I.e. “third highest pick”)? Sox don’t have a sandwich pick this year. Because we paid into revenue sharing but did not exceed the luxury tax we give up our 2nd highest pick and $500k in international money. The other teams only had to give up their third highest pick because they received revenue sharing. It doesn't matter how much we sign him for even if it were $1. The $50mil number that people bring up is what he has to be paid for the Royals to receive a pick after the first. If he signs for less then they receive a pick after the second round instead.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 01:38 AM) I don't think Abreu was allowed to swing at those. I think it was more or less giving Kopech a reference point by having a batter. No idea why that batter needed to be Abreu though. Could be so he gets used to seeing pitches at those speeds again. Let him get his timing down before actually trying to hit real pitches.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Feb 19, 2018 -> 09:04 AM) Trevor Larnach .889/.923/2.111 2 2B. 3 HR, 7 RBI Larnach has already matched his HR total from all of last year

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 19, 2018 -> 08:58 AM) How'd you figure this out? edit: nvm looks like you scoured our transactions, pretty cool. Maybe I can get a question on these guys in a badler chat sometime. That would be awesome to see if he knows anything about them. Also maybe ask about Camilo Quinteiro who is older but I still can't find any info on besides that we signed him back in September. I highly doubt any of these guys amount to anything, but I like keeping tabs on who we got in the lower levels of the system.

If anyone was wondering what we did with our remaining international money, we have signed 5 guys since the beginning of February that I think are all international amateurs. Jose Rodriguez SS 16 years old Johnabiell Laureano CF 17 years old Francisco Benitez RHP 17 years old Luis Rodriguez RHP 17 years old Jesus Rondon RHP 18 years old

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 18, 2018 -> 09:32 PM) Why would Dickerson be worth considerably more in June or July than he is now? He is going to cost something to acquire. If the cost is next to nothing, why wouldn’t a team in need go after him now? Because he is coming off of a bad second half. so not only would they have to give up something to get him, they would also have to roster him in hopes he rebounds instead of having whoever the first person off was and that opportunity cost might not be worth it. We can feasibly acquire him for cheap because he was DFA'd so the Rays lost a ton of leverage, and we can then trade him later if he does good so a team acquiring him isn't taking as much of a risk on his performance. This is almost a perfect buy low-sell high opportunity.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 09:49 AM) Keith Law top 30 usually looks very different than other publications and it's no different this time: 1. Ethan Hankins RHP HS GA 2. Casey Mize RHP Auburn 3. Travis Swaggerty OF South Florida 4. Nolan Gorman 3B HS AZ 5. Matthew Liberatore LHP HS AZ 6. Griffin Conine OF Duke 7. Logan Gilbert RHP Stetson 8. Kumar Rocker RHP GA 9. Jake McCarthy OF Virginia 10. Ryan Rolison LHP Ole Miss 11. Jackson Kowar RHP Florida 12. Carter Stewart RHP HS FL 13. Shane McClanahan LHP South Florida 14. Nander de Sedas SS HS FL 15. Jarred Kelenic OF HS WI 16. Steele Walker OF Oklahoma 17. Seth Beer OF Clemson 18. Nick Madrigal 2B Oregon State 19. Will Banfield C HS GA 20. Brice Turang SS HS CA 21. Cole Wilcox RHP HS GA 22. Brady Singer RHP Florida 23. Tristan Pompey OF Kentucky 24. Tim Cate LHP UConn 25. Jeremy Eierman SS Missouri State 26. Mason Denaburg RHP HS FL 27. Tristan Casas 1B HS FL 28. Cole Winn RHP HS CA 29. Konnor Pilkington LHP Mississippi State 30. Joey Bart C Georgia Tech This list almost feels more like where these guys will probably rank at draft time instead of where they rank right now. #1 falls, college bats rise, high school talent falls besides the top few. This also encourages me about the perceived top 3 HS guys because if even Law has the same 3, there seems to be a consensus forming. And if there are 3, at least 1 should fall to us.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Feb 14, 2018 -> 03:13 PM) Sounds like a new food option at the Rate. Is it not already?

I feel like Cordell and Tilson have missed so much time that unless they have an amazing spring, they should start out in the minors. I also think that the two guys in this group that really need to play CF almost everyday are Tilson and Engel because that will be their primary position. So that basically sets me up with Engel in CF in the majors with Leury as the super sub and then Tilson in center at AAA with Cordell taking some games there when Tilson needs a break. I could see Leury starting in center for opening day if the plan is to have our best guys out there and to use him in a super sub role where he plays more days than he doesn't, but I think the primary CF to start the year will be Engel.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 13, 2018 -> 03:55 PM) Many top hitters are high school players. Would it be worth the risk? De Sedas already turned down a top 15 selection before. ???

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 12, 2018 -> 10:46 AM) You know what's really interesting is McDaniel and Longehagen made a point to devalue pitching overall in their top 100, and still ranked Burdi in it. They must really really like his stuff. Did they devalue pitching overall or did they devalue starting pitching while also adding value to relievers to better reflect the current game?

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 12, 2018 -> 10:10 AM) Liked this write-up at 20 Xavier Edwards SS North Broward Prep HS FL Vanderbilt Some argue the 5-foot-9 shortstop is better than Turang, but only his size is making scouts hesitate. Either way, the tools are real: an 80 runner with a 60 arm, tools for shortstop, and lots of contact from both sides of the plate. There are a lot of interesting writeups on OFers. It feels like with our situation we may avoid OFers though. Xavier Edwards was a guy I was hoping would stay under the radar and be a second round pick if we didn't go with a SS in the first. I really think the best case scenario at this time is that Singer goes in the top 3 and we take whoever falls to us between Gorman, Hankins, and Liberatore. I like Kelenic, and maybe he can show out with the travel circuit, but his profile reminds me too much of Blake Rutherford for me to be confident in him right now.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Feb 10, 2018 -> 05:27 PM) Sorry if this question has already been answered, but I'd like to know whom most of you prefer, between De Sedas and Turing, if you wanted a H.S. SS? Right now, De Sedas. He has a much higher offensive upside apparently. That said, he's been struggling with switch hitting and the only knock on Turang seems to be power, so if De Sedas struggles and Turang shows power this spring I would probably switch.

I think somewhere it said he'll also advise on potential draft targets

QUOTE (flavum @ Feb 8, 2018 -> 11:43 AM) Sox invite infielder Jake Elmore. ok................but why?

Pipeline now has a schedule for when the team top 30s will be out: I'm going to assume we are going to have to wait until at least March 1st for the White Sox list.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 5, 2018 -> 03:55 PM) Another more hopeful comp could be Kyle Tucker of the Astros. 18 year old out of the draft in 2015 he put up a .647 OPS, 19 year old in 2016 improved to .798, 20 year old in 2017 improved to .874 to make him a major prospect. The home runs went from 3 to 9 to 25 those years. Wow, their numbers look even more similar when you look at just his A ball numbers in his second year compared to Rutherdord's second year. If you take into account the Rutherford was traded and people said it took him some time just to get comfortable on his new team and that could negatively impact his performance, he very well could be on the same track as Tucker. That actually gives me a ton of hope for him this year.

I love that Robert is listed as a CF and still has a 55 for fielding. So not only should he be able to stay in center, but actually be an above average defender there with a plus arm.