Sox Draft Craig DeDelow

 

OF Indiana University

 

Big power, 19 home runs.

 

Only hit .258.

 

College senior.

Abbott will sign. The Sox aren't going to draft someone in the 8th round who won't sign. Find the last time the Sox failed to sign a Top 10 pick.

 

Ian Gardeck and Ben O'Shea, 2011.

Abbott will sign. The Sox aren't going to draft someone in the 8th round who won't sign. Find the last time the Sox failed to sign a Top 10 pick.

 

THIS

 

you don't think scouts within the organization have developed a relationship with this kid and his family? Do you really think the kid is shocked that he was picked? I can guarantee these discussions have been going on for many a week between the family and the organization. The White Sox know that he's willing to sign for a certain amount of money or they would NEVER have picked him in this spot. So unless he has a sudden change of heart, my guess is that contract will be signed in short order.

I believe Micah Johnson was also a 9th rounder from Indiana?

CWS going full in on dingers this draft.

Sox Draft Craig DeDelow

 

OF Indiana University

 

Big power, 19 home runs.

 

Only hit .258.

 

College senior.

 

Sounds like the type of pick needed to ensure Abbott is locked up.

5 lefty bats out of the first 9 picks. Love it

5 lefty bats out of the first 9 picks. Love it

 

Lillian...

After a questionable 1st round in my opinion, I am absolutely loving the depth of this draft now.

 

Great job Sox.

9th round is for indiana. Wasn't jackson glines 9th round too?

 

Dedelow is a great name, doubt he gets out of AZ.

I'm going the other way. I can't imagine a water polo player, signed to Long Beach State won't go there. His scholarship is worth more than the slot money. Unless the sox go way overslot, I don't think there's much of a chance.

 

If he was that low a chance of signing, they would have taken him in like the 25th round and rolled the dice. 8th round means they know he'll sign.

 

As...

 

Ian Gardeck and Ben O'Shea, 2011.

 

There ya go. Have to go back 6 years to find an example, and that was like 2 different draft systems ago. It just so rarely happens now.

 

It appears the average water polo scholarship is $5700 at Long Beach State. Maybe he got a full. But I agree, if he was a longshot to sign, drafting him where they did makes no sense, and they seem, even if it doesn't work out, to usually make sense with their decisions.

Love.. LOVE the position talent the sox are accumulating. My only gripe is the lack of left handed pitching in the org. So far, 0 left pitchers have been selected. But that's a small gripe in all of this.

A guy named Abbot may be who's on first?

 

 

Bravo sir.

9th round is for indiana. Wasn't jackson glines 9th round too?

 

Dedelow is a great name, doubt he gets out of AZ.

 

I think it was Buddy Bell who was singing Jackson Glines's praises. Another reason why I would want that man as far away from my organization as possible.

There ya go. Have to go back 6 years to find an example, and that was like 2 different draft systems ago. It just so rarely happens now.

 

Not that I have the pertinent info with regards to how much the Sox were offering versus what they signed for, but considering Gardeck went from an 8th rounder to a 16th rounder with the Giants, and O'Shea went from a 10th rounder to a 35th rounder with St. Louis, probably safe to say those guys screwed themselves out of more money.

Another JB

Olson is the Oklahoma closer. Put up good Big 12 stats p

I'm really digging this draft as well, assuming that we can sign all of these guys

 

Burger

Sheets

Gonzalez

Henzman

Johnson

McClure

Skoug

Abbott?

 

I think we got three interesting arms in Henzman, Johnson and McClure. McClure stands out as a player who could be a late bloomer given his huge size.

 

Burger, Sheets and Skoug certainly add a power element that did not really exist within the organization. Each also helps fill out our organizational depth.

 

They wouldn't be drafting them if they didn't expect to sign them all. You don't draft question marks in the first 10 rounds. Period.

I'm going the other way. I can't imagine a water polo player, signed to Long Beach State won't go there. His scholarship is worth more than the slot money. Unless the sox go way overslot, I don't think there's much of a chance.

 

Typically for HS signings, teams pay their college tuition down the road.

I guarantee he will be the player who is the most physically fit in the organization if he does.

 

Be interested to see a contest between he and Eddy Alvarez.

Ian Gardeck and Ben O'Shea, 2011.

 

Pre-slot rules, no?

I think it was Buddy Bell who was singing Jackson Glines's praises. Another reason why I would want that man as far away from my organization as possible.

 

Find me the first minor league director who will tell us a specific player is going to suck.

Nationals take Trey Turner in the 10th round.

 

Speaking of Buddy Bell... will he die or get fired first?