January 29, 20188 yr MLBpipeline released their best tools winners out of the top 100. Below are the Sox who were mentioned: Best Power: Jimenez (winner) Best Fastball: Kopech (runner-up) Best Slider: Kopech (runner-up) Best Curve: Cease (runner-up) Best Command: Dunning (runner-up)
January 30, 20188 yr QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 05:18 PM) MLBpipeline released their best tools winners out of the top 100. Below are the Sox who were mentioned: Best Power: Jimenez (winner) Best Fastball: Kopech (runner-up) Best Slider: Kopech (runner-up) Best Curve: Cease (runner-up) Best Command: Dunning (runner-up) By runner-up, do you mean...finished 2nd? Or just "these are the other guys we considered"? Because if that means 2nd....then f***, that's amazing.
January 30, 20188 yr QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 06:39 PM) By runner-up, do you mean...finished 2nd? Or just "these are the other guys we considered"? Because if that means 2nd....then f***, that's amazing. Technically it was “also in the running”, so not necessarily 2nd.
January 30, 20188 yr Author Love the list. This is about what I would have thought for us except I'm shocked Rutherford cracked the top 100. Love the process!
January 31, 20188 yr Love to see all the love that Hansen is getting. Could see him making the Top 30 when the mid-season rankings come out.
February 2, 20188 yr QUOTE (cjgalloway @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 03:54 PM) Any idea when they release the top 30 for each team? They typically make their rounds during training camp if my memory is correct.
February 3, 20188 yr QUOTE (miracleon35th @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 03:08 AM) I cannot get over the Sox losing Tatis Jr. in the Shields trade. I was mad about it when it happened and now it just irks the he11 out of me when I see it come up, like it did at Soxfest. That will turn out to be the worst trade in White Sox history. It's tough to beat the Johnny Callison trade to the Phillies in 1959, but the Tatis trade probably will turn out to be Number One in that category. Edited February 3, 20188 yr by oldsox
February 3, 20188 yr QUOTE (GermanSock @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 12:58 AM) It doesn't work for every guy of course but I think it is no coincidence that we see more late breakout players and almost all of them have gotten input from sources outside the game. Here is s list of guys of that mold -justin Turner -daniel Murphy -josh Donaldson -chris Taylor -aaron judge (he recently credited a guy I know from the internet for his success - the the dude is a giant asshole who insults anyone and got banned from about every forum but apparently he worked with judge, kingery and ian happ who all had great years) Sure it is no guarantee that it works, but conventional hitting coaching basically has a play it save and don't ruin the top guys philosophy. Now that's a guy who Avi needs to talk to or his hitting coach. The guy had 1 career HR before he fixed his swing to get more loft.
February 5, 20188 yr QUOTE (KnightsOnMintSt @ Jan 31, 2018 -> 10:11 AM) Love to see all the love that Hansen is getting. Could see him making the Top 30 when the mid-season rankings come out. I'm happy to see Dane Dunning is starting to get some national recognition as a backend top 100 prospect. I think he absolutely can stick as a starter and develop into a solid #3/4 that eats innings.
February 7, 20188 yr Pipeline now has a schedule for when the team top 30s will be out: Team Top 30 Prospects schedule: Mon., Feb. 19 - AL East Tue., Feb. 20 - NL East Wed., Feb. 21 - AL Central Thu., Feb. 22 - NL Central Fri., Feb. 23 - AL West Mon., Feb. 26 - NL West If a team's list is not posted on the dates above, that team will be in our ranking of MLB's Top 10 farm systems, which will come out according to this schedule: Tue., Feb. 27 - Nos. 9 & 10 Wed., Feb. 28 - Nos. 7 & 8 Thu., March 1 - Nos. 4-6 Fri., March 2 - Nos. 1-3 I'm going to assume we are going to have to wait until at least March 1st for the White Sox list.
February 21, 20188 yr Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN The Astros’ Forrest Whitley, one of baseball’s best pitching prospects, has been suspended 50 games without pay for a violation of the minor-league drug program. Didn't really know where to put this, so feel free to bump.
February 21, 20188 yr QUOTE (Sleepy Harold @ Feb 21, 2018 -> 09:53 AM) Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN The Astros’ Forrest Whitley, one of baseball’s best pitching prospects, has been suspended 50 games without pay for a violation of the minor-league drug program. Didn't really know where to put this, so feel free to bump. He's challenging it. I'm going to assume it's for adderall if that is the case.
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