Sox 2019 Mock:

3. 1B Andrew Vaughn, CAL

44. SS Will Holland, Auburn

74. LHP Matt Cronin, Arkansas

104. RHP Luca Dalatri, UNC

I completely understand why the Sox would focus on Vaughn.  Just wish he was performing better in conference. He 's not hitting below .300 in Pac 12 games and is 6th on the team in homers hit in conference.  I'm going to trust guys like KLaw though, who generally aren't very high on 1B only prospects.

This is in regards to Sox and Abrams:

 

6 minutes ago, fathom said:

This is in regards to Sox and Abrams:

 

So it could be the White Sox, Royals, or Tigers?

Edited May 4, 20196 yr by DirtySox

Just now, DirtySox said:

So it could be the White Sox, Royals, or Tigers?

Oh, he clarifies in another tweet that it is indeed the Sox.

Edited May 4, 20196 yr by DirtySox

2 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

Oh, he clarifies in another tweet that it is indeed the Sox.

Yeah he does. And the Royals seem to be all in on Witt for shortstop. 

That team that I saw last Wednesday is now picking CJ Abrams over Andrew Vaughn in the latest Pipeline mock. It’s not a coincidence as they seemed very high on him(speaking from standing right next to them to tape an AB or two) https://t.co/PUikuCt1MB

— Matt Powers (@MattPowers31) May 3, 2019

If this is true and he heard them, I wonder if the other sites will start connecting us to him too.

4 hours ago, DirtySox said:

Oh, he clarifies in another tweet that it is indeed the Sox.

Callis did have the Sox taking Abrams in his most recent mock.

I'd love to believe it but at this point I can't.  If they're gonna take a HS guy over Vaughn I think it would have to be Jr.  

10 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

I'd love to believe it but at this point I can't.  If they're gonna take a HS guy over Vaughn I think it would have to be Jr.  

Nah. Abrams fits the KW prototype to a T. Mr. Williams is likely all over this kid. 

Actually Vaughn fits Kenny's prototype. He loves 1B/middle of the order bats.

Hoese hit another one tonight....but it won't be in the stat sheets because the umps inexplicably called a ball hit off the scoreboard a double. As an aside, it would have tied the game.

I wonder if the Sox could get a small discount on Abrams. Maybe $6 million or so. Then try to slide a guy like Hoese to 45

Edited May 5, 20196 yr by Y2Jimmy0

10 hours ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

Actually Vaughn fits Kenny's prototype. He loves 1B/middle of the order bats.

That's the Hostetler, if we're saying he has a prototype.

Kenny's prototype was always athletes.

52 minutes ago, Quin said:

That's the Hostetler, if we're saying he has a prototype.

Kenny's prototype was always athletes.

Yep. If the Sox are really  in on Abrams then you know KW is still lurking around the scouting department. 

Abrams can probably do back flips all the way down to first base but is he a baseball player? 

1 hour ago, OneDog847 said:

Yep. If the Sox are really  in on Abrams then you know KW is still lurking around the scouting department. 

Abrams can probably do back flips all the way down to first base but is he a baseball player? 

I don’t get this post at all.

Kenny Williams was a black athlete so all he does is draft other black athletes.  It's a lazy uniformed narrative that isn't worth responding to.  

30 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I don’t get this post at all.

Courtney Hawkins. 

Athleticism is good.

Also Sox worst tendencies are spending way too much draft capital on college pitchers with low velo repertoires.

 

35 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

Kenny Williams was a black athlete so all he does is draft other black athletes.  It's a lazy uniformed narrative that isn't worth responding to.  

I'd describe Borchard and Fields as many things, but black is not one of them.

He liked super toolsy athletes. I still think Mitchell would have been a good pick if not for the spring training injury.

If the Sox pass on Vaughn for Abrams, they will regret it.

Can someone give a quick scouting report on Abrams?

5 minutes ago, soxfan49 said:

Can someone give a quick scouting report on Abrams?

CJ Abrams is a 2019 SS/MIF with a 6-2 182 lb. frame from Alpharetta, GA who attends Blessed Trinity Catholic HS. Long and slender athletic build, very projectable physically. Outstanding runner, 6.29 in the sixty, 4.19 on a turn on a triple, runs sub-4.0's home to first with little obvious effort, gliding easy runner. Left handed hitter, efficient load and trigger with a smooth and fluid swing, very good barrel control with loose hands, line drive contact middle of the field to pull side, gap power, going to lead some leagues in triples. Smooth footwork in the middle infield, very quick transfers, lots of athleticism, throws from a lower arm slot, has the tools for shortstop but actions might fit very well at second base. Good student, verbal commitment to Alabama. 

Again, if the Sox interest in this guy is legit than you know that KW is still lurking around the scouting department.  Hostetler's draft philosophy has been college guys with high OBP and advanced hit tools since he took over (Collins, Burger, Sheets, Madrigal). Abrams is a total 180 of that.

 

 

2 hours ago, Whitesox27 said:

If the Sox pass on Vaughn for Abrams, they will regret it.

They switched off Vaughn once they realized they can extend Jose for another 5 years ?