Hopefully we get a surprise or two. Or we play the waiting game where more late Cubans become eligible and sign them on the cheap. 

 

On 1/13/2023 at 12:31 PM, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

Although MLB entered into a new collective bargaining agreement in 2022, the system from the previous CBA carried over for the 2022 and 2023 signing periods.

SO therefore :

Can MLB teams trade international pool money?

 

 Teams are not allowed to trade their pool space during this signing period, which opens on Jan. 15, 2022, and runs through Dec. 15, 2022.Jan 11, 2022.

Interesting. Where is this from? 

Jesse Sanchez reported otherwise: *Teams will be allowed to trade international bonus slots during this signing period starting Jan. 15.

Edited January 15, 20233 yr by Y2Jimmy0

 

 

 

International signing day turns out to be just as exciting as the trade deadline and Winter Meetings for White Sox fans.

22 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Interesting. Where is this from? 

Jesse Sanchez reported otherwise: *Teams will be allowed to trade international bonus slots during this signing period starting Jan. 15.

i'm getting mixed message i saw that jesse Sanchez quote too yesterday but Soxtak has been down so much I couldn't post it, so i guess they can trade pool money ?

8 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

International signing day turns out to be just as exciting as the trade deadline and Winter Meetings for White Sox fans.

All I saw was Uribe and i forget the other guy they signed for 700K. edit Nunez the pitcher .

Edited January 16, 20233 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside

30 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

All I saw was Uribe and i forget the other guy they signed for 700K. edit Nunez the pitcher .

I reported 6 signings. They wanted Luis Morales. They missed. I’ll discuss what it means on the podcast 

17 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

I reported 6 signings. They wanted Luis Morales. They missed. I’ll discuss what it means on the podcast 

Thanks off my game a little bit with the site being down so much. Reyes was the pitcher Nunez SS.

47 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

I reported 6 signings. They wanted Luis Morales. They missed. I’ll discuss what it means on the podcast 

Great. So we have no plans for the rest of the money?

33 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

Great. So we have no plans for the rest of the money?

Everyone’s hoping the large amount of Cubans that just migrated can sign in this class and we can get them.

Do that. And if you can’t, trade the allotment.

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the list of Cuban free agents @Y2Jimmy0 was talking about:

 

Based on nothing but age, I assume the Sox would be in on Salgado and Molina.

Denny Lima for 10k. That isn’t going to do him much good when he’s making 1200 a month for the next few years. 

54 minutes ago, Quin said:

Here's the list of Cuban free agents @Y2Jimmy0 was talking about:

 

I want the guy on the right.. For no other reason than his muscles and dope doo-rag

If you went with one heuristic to judge a bunch of 16 year olds playing baseball, probably their bloodlines would be tops. Despite that, I do get nervous paddy is graduating to a stage of just rewarding friends and former players kids that aren't at the echelon of bidding wars.

Feels like he runs things a lot like ken williams. Likes being hands on in the scouting, but maybe runs a smaller network because of it (like how we clearly don't even bother with Asia). He's a great talent scout so we end up with some huge hits, but smaller volume, and the lack of delegation is maybe why we are so often left with smaller classes?

Just some theories on why things look like this.

1 minute ago, bmags said:

If you went with one heuristic to judge a bunch of 16 year olds playing baseball, probably their bloodlines would be tops. Despite that, I do get nervous paddy is graduating to a stage of just rewarding friends and former players kids that aren't at the echelon of bidding wars.

Feels like he runs things a lot like ken williams. Likes being hands on in the scouting, but maybe runs a smaller network because of it (like how we clearly don't even bother with Asia). He's a great talent scout so we end up with some huge hits, but smaller volume, and the lack of delegation is maybe why we are so often left with smaller classes?

Just some theories on why things look like this.

The Wilder stuff is also still having the effect of the Sox not playing in the extremely young end of the market.

The Sox scooped up all of the best Latin talent I see. Scott Merlin is drooling but then he always does that.

15 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

The Wilder stuff is also still having the effect of the Sox not playing in the extremely young end of the market.

I don't think that's WIlder anymore. I think sox have convinced themselves its a fools game. To some extent, houston has played that game too, but more effectively likely due to superior PD. They have found some gems in that 18+ intl market that fell thru the cracks.

Just now, bmags said:

I don't think that's WIlder anymore. I think sox have convinced themselves its a fools game. To some extent, houston has played that game too, but more effectively likely due to superior PD. They have found some gems in that 18+ intl market that fell thru the cracks.

Oh I am sure they have rationalized how it however they needed to, but that is the roots of it.

Well, this is the time for Paddy's scouting and Jerry's pocketbook to shine.