July 21, 20214 yr 5 minutes ago, KrankinSox said: Bold Yeah just my gut feeling after reading articles and the smoke that’s out there. When do you think things will start ramping up? Edited July 21, 20214 yr by maloney.adam
July 21, 20214 yr My gut feeling is Rick Hahn does probably nothing and then we'll hear the food accounts talk about how they were close to trading for Mike Trout. But there was a snag.
July 21, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, KrankinSox said: Wow, things really heated up fast!!!! My post seems to be aging fast! Lmao ?
July 21, 20214 yr https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-trade-deadline-why-front-offices-are-frustrated-with-2021s-late-draft-and-julys-compressed-calendar/ Edited July 21, 20214 yr by maloney.adam
July 21, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, maloney.adam said: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-trade-deadline-why-front-offices-are-frustrated-with-2021s-late-draft-and-julys-compressed-calendar/ Manfred screwed everything up by moving the draft back. Ya don't say. No one could see that coming. No one.
July 21, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: Manfred screwed everything up by moving the draft back. Ya don't say. No one could see that coming. No one. Simple solution: Move the deadline back a at least 2 weeks. Especially without a waiver deadline.
July 21, 20214 yr 9 minutes ago, manbearpuig said: Simple solution: Move the deadline back a at least 2 weeks. Especially without a waiver deadline. No, no, no. It's already torture waiting until 7/31 to find out if the Sox are picking someone up. Don't make us wait longer. Move the draft up. Maybe not to where it used to be but move it to the 3rd Sunday in June. NHL and NBA Finals will be over, can still have prime time with no competition.
July 21, 20214 yr I like the quick peak at guys post-draft, and yeah, it would really make life difficult for college programs... but that last guy is right - November right after the season is great. Gives those drafted players months to prep for living somewhere else and get a training regiment to follow. College players could go play in a wood bat league after the season and show off pro skills. High schoolers can keep doin what they are doing. It seems like it would work way better, and gives the mlb an offseason of World Series - Draft - Winter Meetings - (Jan) - Pitchers and Catchers - ST
July 21, 20214 yr Baseball fans: "I hate the offseason. It's so slow and everything takes months to come together. I want it to be like the NFL or NBA where everything happens together" Baseball: "Puts the all star game, trade deadline, and draft within 3 weeks of each other" Baseball fans: "No not like that".
July 21, 20214 yr 10 minutes ago, WhiteSoxFan1993 said: No, no, no. It's already torture waiting until 7/31 to find out if the Sox are picking someone up. Don't make us wait longer. Move the draft up. Maybe not to where it used to be but move it to the 3rd Sunday in June. NHL and NBA Finals will be over, can still have prime time with no competition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_NBA_draft "The 2019 NBA draft was held on June 20, 2019" The 2020 NBA draft was held on November 18, 2020. The draft was originally scheduled to be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 25..."
July 21, 20214 yr 9 minutes ago, bmags said: I like the quick peak at guys post-draft, and yeah, it would really make life difficult for college programs... but that last guy is right - November right after the season is great. Gives those drafted players months to prep for living somewhere else and get a training regiment to follow. College players could go play in a wood bat league after the season and show off pro skills. High schoolers can keep doin what they are doing. It seems like it would work way better, and gives the mlb an offseason of World Series - Draft - Winter Meetings - (Jan) - Pitchers and Catchers - ST Big problem I see here is that high schoolers would be starting college. They wouldn't be playing actual games yet, but they'd be on campus and hypothetically taking classes.
July 21, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, Balta1701 said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_NBA_draft "The 2019 NBA draft was held on June 20, 2019" That was a Thursday.
July 21, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, WhiteSoxFan1993 said: That was a Thursday. Yup, so 3 or 4 days apart. This will definitely improve interest in the MLB draft.
July 21, 20214 yr A draft in the off season. Oh my god that's even a worse idea. What do the college guys do? Pay and pretend to go to school for two months? Do they sit and and don't get drafted then have to sit out the spring? What do college teams do when their entire weekend rotation gets drafted 2 months before the season starts? And when on earth do you draft the high school guys? Before their senior year of high school baseball or when they are freshman in college? Just move it back to June like it was. It was done then for a reason. Rob Manfred's philosophy: If it ain't broke, break it.
July 21, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: A draft in the off season. Oh my god that's even a worse idea. What do the college guys do? Pay and pretend to go to school for two months? Do they sit and and don't get drafted then have to sit out the spring? What do college teams do when their entire weekend rotation gets drafted 2 months before the season starts? And when on earth do you draft the high school guys? Before their senior year of high school baseball or when they are freshman in college? Just move it back to June like it was. It was done then for a reason. Rob Manfred's philosophy: If it ain't broke, break it. The college students that play baseball can continue going to college and potentially playing baseball, and they can pay for the education they get in the meantime. The high school students could easily be drafted before their senior year of high school baseball, because...nobody already cares about their high school baseball except in 2021. The college coaches can figure it out because I don't know why mlb should care about them.
July 21, 20214 yr there are bad times for everything. "What? You are drafting players in the middle of the college world series? And what are those players supposed to do, just keep playing after being drafted? Oh my god that's terrible whaarhrr"
July 21, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, Baron said: Even then that post is dumb. Rodriguez, no. Ramos, no. Burger, no. Kanny kids, no. Kopech, no. Crochet, no. Cespedes, no. Sanchez, no. Kath, no. Montgomery, no. Sheets is only possible because he’s only a first baseman. Even then I shudder
July 21, 20214 yr I believe the Sox need another reliever, I think many here believe they need two relievers. But how many starters will we likely use in the playoffs? Could they decide to use only 3 starters and move Keuchel and Cease to the bullpen? If so, will Hahn want to trade prospects for any relief help? Cease will be in the bullpen come playoffs, I don’t see trades for two relievers happening. Worth repeating, I think we need another strong 7/8 th inning type. But Hahn may not agree.
July 22, 20214 yr Author Future White Sox Yadi Molina just hit a walk off double against Future White Sox Craig Kimbrel.
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