July 10, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, bmags said: The rest of the writers don’t hate Gonzalez as much as us, but the write up is tough for the weaknesses. But it’s not like law had this guy in the fifties. He said he’d be top ten most years. Yea. It's not a terrible pick by any means, but just kind of boring. I do love the plate discipline aspect.
July 10, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, bmags said: That said I got extremely excited for Teel This is entirely @DirtySox's fault.
July 10, 20232 yr This board acting like it’s such a terrible pick is so funny. Would venture to guess that most posters have never seen the guy play. Edited July 10, 20232 yr by YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES!
July 10, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: He has zero chance to play SS and he swings the bat like he's underwater. If you hate it then it’s a great pick.
July 10, 20232 yr I was REALLY getting hyped, thinking we had a chance to take Teel there....something this organization desperately needed.
July 10, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said: This board acting like it’s such a terrible pick is so funny. Would venture to guess that most posters have never seen the guy play. Haha true! This board should trust the white Sox blindly!!!!
July 10, 20232 yr Just now, bmags said: Haha true! This board should trust the white Sox blindly!!!! Well no, but people have such strong feelings based on a written scouting report about a guy they have never seen play.
July 10, 20232 yr Just now, baseballgalaly said: What happened to drafting guys like Montgomery and Schultz? They got scared imo. Went safe as can be to protect their jobs
July 10, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, bmags said: Haha true! This board should trust the white Sox blindly!!!! Yeah, their track record is really good at identifying and developing talent. ?
July 10, 20232 yr I like the pick with recent history. This pick in 2020 seems like a business as usual BS. They talk about controlling strike zone as an organization....too bad the MLB doesn't do this but looks like recent drafts focus in this.
July 10, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said: This board acting like it’s such a terrible pick is so funny. Would venture to guess that most posters have never seen the guy play. Tbh I have no idea about him, I was just excited for Teel + I tend to enjoy Shirley's tendency to, as @Y2Jimmy0 puts it, go "big game hunting." So seeing that he's got real, real low grades as a runner at shortstop was a real deflation.
July 10, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said: This board acting like it’s such a terrible pick is so funny. Would venture to guess that most posters have never seen the guy play. Saw him as high as #5 in mocks. Wasn’t expected to slip this far. I don’t know much of anything but I don’t get the hatred.
July 10, 20232 yr Just now, Quin said: Tbh I have no idea about him, I was just excited for Teel + I tend to enjoy Shirley's tendency to, as @Y2Jimmy0 puts it, go "big game hunting." So seeing that he's got real, real low grades as a runner at shortstop was a real deflation. I don't quite understand how one can have a 30 grade run tool and play shortstop. Though I'm just a filthy casual draft fan.
July 10, 20232 yr Hate the Brock Wilken pick for the Brewers. R/R 1st baseman. Hey, at least they didn't pick him 1-3.
July 10, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, DirtySox said: I don't quite understand how one can have a 30 grade run tool and play shortstop. Though I'm just a filthy casual draft fan. He has good hands.
July 10, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, DirtySox said: So are we assuming this was a Hahn pick over a Shirley pick? This screams a safe mediocre replacement for Anderson . This way they can trade him. It’s a mlb 2024/25 roster move not a long term plan. This is a guy playing checkers not chess.
July 10, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, Capn12 said: Same ole 'safe' drafting process....Safe meaning 'we'll sign him easily'. You think Hahn would have realized that “safe” drafting ahead of a rebuild is a bad idea based on how the strategy failed last time and contributed to our competitive window rapidly ending. That being said, at least this kid is a legit SS and not a DH pretending to be a C, a 1B pretending to be a 3B, a DH pretending to be a 1B, or a 5’5”, 150 pound 2B. Still, not a fan of “safe” drafting (ESPN used the word at least five times when describing him) and makes me worry this is a Hahn pick and not Shirley’s. Also, the 30 grade speed is a bit bothersome.
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