August 28, 20187 yr 9 hours ago, Jose Abreu said: If that were the case then winning a World Series every year would be laughably easy. A team full of 3 WAR players would be the greatest sports team ever assembled. Agreed. 3 WAR players are very valuable. Even producing 2 WAR players from your farm system is a tremendous value.
August 28, 20187 yr Actually the trend is going away from chasing ceiling. In the early to mid 00s teams tried to find the player with the highest upside (99-05 just one college player went first overall), but percentage of prep first rounders has been falling and teams pick more based on floor compared to 10-15 years ago. Maybe this trend will roll back some time in the future but right now it is how it is. Teams are not totally against prep talent but you only take them first if you are sure about them. If there is any doubt about a HS player (position, bat to ball skill, health) the player will drop very quickly. Most only take high schoolers first overall if they believe he is a generational talent.
August 29, 20187 yr On 8/19/2018 at 9:20 AM, flavum said: Draft order through 122 games: Orioles 36-86 Royals 37-85 White Sox 45-77 Padres 48-74 Marlins 48-74 Tigers 50-72 Reds 53-69 Mets 53-69 Rangers 53-69 Blue Jays 55-67 Draft order through 132 games (after Game 132): Orioles 38-94 (1-0) Royals 41-91 Padres 50-82 (1-1) White Sox 52-80 Tigers 53-79 Marlins 53-79 (0-1) Reds 57-75 Mets 58-74 Rangers 58-74 (0-1) Blue Jays 60-72 Edited August 29, 20187 yr by flavum
August 30, 20187 yr 25 minutes ago, flavum said: From 4th to 6th today. Playing good ball though. Worth it. At least it isn't Shields and a bunch of vets leading us to most of these wins. With LaMarre today being an exception
August 30, 20187 yr Author Tied for 5th with the Tigers....still have the tiebreaker due to the season series record.
August 30, 20187 yr 12 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Tied for 5th with the Tigers....still have the tiebreaker due to the season series record. This is incorrect. The tiebreaker is the previous season's standings. Detroit picks before the Sox if they end tied.
August 30, 20187 yr Author 7 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said: This is incorrect. The tiebreaker is the previous season's standings. Detroit picks before the Sox if they end tied. Well, that officially sucks. They get the small market subsidy picks, too, which they'll probably need with the sons running the franchise more carefully from a financial standpoint.
September 1, 20187 yr Probably looking at 6th unless the Reds are four games worse and/or the Rangers are five games worse than the Sox over the final 27. Won’t complain about 6th. It would be a pretty high pick while having a solid starting rotation.
September 1, 20187 yr 45 minutes ago, flavum said: Probably looking at 6th unless the Reds are four games worse and/or the Rangers are five games worse than the Sox over the final 27. Won’t complain about 6th. It would be a pretty high pick while having a solid starting rotation. Try 9th.
September 1, 20187 yr 10 minutes ago, zisk said: Try 9th. Reds play the Pirates six games, Padres four, Marlins four, Royals twice Rangers play the Angels nine, Padres three, Twins two more this weekend Mets play the Marlins seven, Nationals four...the rest is pretty tough As long as the Sox do their part and not go better than 14-13, I think they'll hang on to 6th.
September 2, 20187 yr The sox are "Hurt" by playing in a terrible division, in the AL east they probably would have lost 100 games.
September 2, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, dominik-keul@gmx.de said: The sox are "Hurt" by playing in a terrible division, in the AL east they probably would have lost 100 games. The Sox have the 3rd worst record outside their own division. Royals 18-61 (.228) Orioles 20-51 (.282) White Sox 27-47 (.365) Tigers 28-47 (.373) Mets 32-45 (.416) Padres and Marlins 33-44 (.429)
September 2, 20187 yr Sox finish the week at 6, going into the Tigers series. Not expecting the Sox to be worse than them over the final 25. Reds would have to be five games worse over the final 25 to have a higher pick than the Sox. 6 is good. I like 6.
September 3, 20187 yr Meanwhile Sox rotation is looking so good that a Second Place finish this year, while far flung, is not entirely out of the question.
September 7, 20187 yr Orioles .293 Royals .331 Padres .394 White Sox .400 Marlins .400 Tigers .407 Reds .418
September 7, 20187 yr I think its going to come down to the starting rotation, if the last 2 games against the Tigers becomes a theme then i believe third is a lock.
September 8, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: Well the good run might be over. Good news for the draft. Sigh. The players probably feel alittle disgusted with the Kopech news too.
September 9, 20187 yr White Sox, Padres, and Marlins all 56-86 with 20 games left. (Padres 0-2, 18 games left) Edited September 9, 20187 yr by flavum
September 9, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, flavum said: White Sox, Padres, and Marlins all 56-86 with 20 games left. (Padres 0-2, 18 games left) Padres have 88 losses, not 86.
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