July 18, 20232 yr 9 hours ago, DirtySox said: I think I'm the only one that likes the Keener pick. Why would you be the only one?
July 18, 20232 yr I like the Keener pick. Has 3 average to above average pitches. Arm is fresh and Wake Forest has good track record with producing and keeping their pitchers healthy.
July 18, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, oldsox said: Why would you be the only one? Just judging from the initial responses in the draft thread. Folks didn't seem thrilled.
July 18, 20232 yr Wolkow is practically an international signing - $1 million, 17 years old. Gonna take a lot of development and may never get out of complex league, but I think it's an interesting upside play. Will be fascinating regardless of outcome.
July 18, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Timmy U said: Wolkow is practically an international signing - $1 million, 17 years old. Gonna take a lot of development and may never get out of complex league, but I think it's an interesting upside play. Will be fascinating regardless of outcome. Didn't James say he's in Kannapolis? Which feels wild. It'd be exciting if he succeeds, but would be wild.
July 18, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, Quin said: Didn't James say he's in Kannapolis? Which feels wild. It'd be exciting if he succeeds, but would be wild. He did. Maybe they're hosting a rookie mini-camp there. They have done that in previous years at Birmingham. There's no way he starts his career in A ball.
July 18, 20232 yr He's in Kannapolis because that's where everyone is going to sign. My bad, guys. He'll be in ACL
July 18, 20232 yr 16 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: He's in Kannapolis because that's where everyone is going to sign. My bad, guys. He'll be in ACL Oh is this like that Birmingham camp they had last year? Guess they rotate
July 18, 20232 yr 18 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: He's in Kannapolis because that's where everyone is going to sign. My bad, guys. He'll be in ACL I really wanted them to get wild.
July 18, 20232 yr 36 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: He's in Kannapolis because that's where everyone is going to sign. My bad, guys. He'll be in ACL This year?
July 18, 20232 yr Wolkow is 17 and hit most of these balls over 100 mph, including one at 109.9, with a wood bat. Nice short swing, too. He’s gonna be a monster if he can work out the swing and miss issues. Edited July 18, 20232 yr by almagest
July 19, 20232 yr Sox are going to have left over money. Could have went after another tough signing in the draft.
July 19, 20232 yr Right now, the White Sox are around $8.9 million spent. They can go to like $9.5 million. They've spent over every year but may not utilize it this season very much. Still need bonus for Lucas Gordon and Franklin plus any overages on day 3.
July 19, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: Right now, the White Sox are around $8.9 million spent. They can go to like $9.5 million. They've spent over every year but may not utilize it this season very much. Still need bonus for Lucas Gordon and Franklin plus any overages on day 3. Not leveraging the full potential spend is pretty frustrating.
July 19, 20232 yr Lucas Gordon is getting $300K. That puts the White Sox at $9,207,800 before the totals for Franklin, LaCombe and any other overages on day three. They can go to $9,526,000. They won't do that but they're definitely over the pool.
July 19, 20232 yr The #WhiteSox signed 10th rounder Zach Franklin to a $10,000 deal. Slot value for the 299th pick is $167,600. Senior sign from Carlos Collazo Edited July 19, 20232 yr by PolishPrince34
July 19, 20232 yr 32 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: Lucas Gordon is getting $300K. That puts the White Sox at $9,207,800 before the totals for Franklin, LaCombe and any other overages on day three. They can go to $9,526,000. They won't do that but they're definitely over the pool. Franklin got $10k so Lacombe is the only wild card and it’s doubtful he gets anything too crazy if Nishada only got $170k.
July 19, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Quin said: @Y2Jimmy0 enjoyed the pod with Callis, especially the part about Oppur. Thanks. It was interesting for sure.
July 19, 20232 yr I'm not that perturbed at the whether they go over or not. The cost for HS talent may be increasing, not sure what the breakdown was this year. The depth of this class was college position players, and I don't think they chose Gonzalez from a budget perspective. There was a ton of top 100 high school talent that didn't sign, maybe they had their eye on one and it didn't work out. Nonetheless, we've seen that even going over can come with lots of budget cuts on individual picks. I like that this is a pretty well-rounded class.
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