Here's a report on the White Sox results of the Rule 5 - one MLB draft pick, who they traded away, and one minor league pickup. See article for details.

 

 

This is good news.

 

Rolling the dice on Guerrero seems to have worked.

Burdi would have been nice but it was a nice surprise not losing any of our guys.

I really wanted Burdi.

I really wanted Burdi.

And we could have had him it seems, for just 500k

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/12/pira...pool-space.html

And we could have had him it seems, for just 500k

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/12/pira...pool-space.html

 

That isn't even real money. That is the right to spend 500K.

Remember when FO was a fool for not protecting Peter/Guerrero? :shrug:

And we could have had him it seems, for just 500k

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/12/pira...pool-space.html

Someone should ask Rick about this at Soxfest.

Remember when FO was a fool for not protecting Peter/Guerrero? :shrug:

I mean, even Rick thought he was going to lose a guy or two.

I mean, even Rick thought he was going to lose a guy or two.

 

True, I think we as fans tend to overvalue our prospects a bit

Remember when FO was a fool for not protecting Peter/Guerrero? :shrug:

 

Seems they were right about that. It's a point for Hahn.

True, I think we as fans tend to overvalue our prospects a bit

This part may be true. At the very least, Hahn wasn’t overly concerned if he lost Guerrero.

Happy CWS didn't lose anyone

 

I like Tocci but bad fit, good he;s gone

 

Wonder who Hahn wanted, Burdi and who

 

Stunned Guerrero didn't go

Don't take it to the bank from what I understand Sox dont have 500K left.

 

 

As in $500k of international slot money I assume you are referring to?

Really surprising they didn't draft an arm. Makes you think they're going to sign some proven big league arms to fill out the bullpen.

Don't take it to the bank from what I understand Sox dont have 500K left.

The number I got indirectly from a pretty reliable source was that the team had $1.1M left in the pool. But it was not a source with the club, so, could be wrong.

 

Really surprising they didn't draft an arm. Makes you think they're going to sign some proven big league arms to fill out the bullpen.

I thought they might too but despite the slow movement in free agency , relievers are getting signed quickly and probably for more than expected. Didn't Swarzak get signed for more than Michael Pineda did ? That was kind of shocking to me but I might be missing something.