February 10, 20251 yr On 2/6/2025 at 12:11 PM, caulfield12 said: Can we please stay away from SEC SS's? Beckham Gonzalez... Swanson, Bregman were SEC shortstops. Witt, Seager, Henderson, Abrams, Volpe were all commits. And since we're reaching all the way back to Beckham, you can throw Ian Kinsler in there. This is such a brain dead take, it's like people deriding Drake Maye because of Mitch Trubisky.
February 10, 20251 yr Anyone have a read on the strengths/weaknesses of the class yet? How about the depth? Can I hope for a tooled up prep player at 10? Edited February 10, 20251 yr by DirtySox
February 10, 20251 yr 9 minutes ago, DirtySox said: Anyone have a read on the strengths/weaknesses of the class yet? How about the depth? Can I hope for a tooled up prep player at 10? HS and college hitting is good. College pitching is (maybe) avg. HS pitching is below avg. All round should be an avg draft. Yes. There are a number of HS hitters who should be in the mix at 1-10 and most are up the middle players. I like SS Brady Ebel and SS Eli Willits. SS Billy Carlson, SS Kayson Cunningham and SS/CF Sean Gamble will hopefully all be in the mix along with 3B/RF Xavier Neyens.
February 10, 20251 yr 3 hours ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: HS and college hitting is good. College pitching is (maybe) avg. HS pitching is below avg. All round should be an avg draft. Yes. There are a number of HS hitters who should be in the mix at 1-10 and most are up the middle players. I like SS Brady Ebel and SS Eli Willits. SS Billy Carlson, SS Kayson Cunningham and SS/CF Sean Gamble will hopefully all be in the mix along with 3B/RF Xavier Neyens. That’s a good potential list. Thanks for doing it. Would be shocked if Neyens makes it to them. My top realistic guys are Willits and Gamble. I think some model team is gonna pop Willits ridiculously high. Hope I’m wrong.
February 10, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, Timmy U said: That’s a good potential list. Thanks for doing it. Would be shocked if Neyens makes it to them. My top realistic guys are Willits and Gamble. I think some model team is gonna pop Willits ridiculously high. Hope I’m wrong. I'm with you on Willits. I didn't like the video of Neyens I posted. He has a deep load and it looks like he bars himself. His balance didn't look good either. We'll see what he looks like in game but that video was not very good.
February 13, 20251 yr So with college baseball starting soon, who should we be following for the 2026 draft, where the Sox should pick very high? I know Burress from GT is a stud.
February 13, 20251 yr Dec 23, 2024 · 2026 Top 50 College Draft Prospects · 1. Drew Burress (OF, Georgia Tech) · 2. A.J. Garcia (OF, Duke) · 3. Chris Hacopian (3B, Maryland) · 4. Gabe ... Gabe Gaeckle, RHP — Arkansas. HOMETOWN: Aptos, California. HEIGHT: 6-0. WEIGHT: 190. BAT/THROW: R-R. Gaeckle has shown the ability to sit 95-96 ... 1. Drew Burress, OF — Georgia Tech HOMETOWN: Perry, Georgia · 2. A.J. Gracia, OF — Duke · 3. Joey Volchko, RHP — Stanford · 4. Liam Peterson, RHP — ... A 5'9" outfielder as #1 overall pick? Hmmm... https://medium.com/@oliver.mitsuo/2026-top-50-college-draft-prospects-b394ca46d6b2 https://futurestarsseries.com/2026-mlb-draft-top-100-college-prospects/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj7xMybo8GLAxWd5ckDHdZnBnUQFnoECAMQAg&usg=AOvVaw0_Bh3xxHC_mN5OV4a8Pv5O Edited February 13, 20251 yr by caulfield12
February 13, 20251 yr https://goduke.com/sports/baseball/roster/aj-gracia/21055 6'3" 195 Sounds more protypical. And it's Gracia. I assumed Garcia was misspelled Oops.
February 13, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, fathom said: So with college baseball starting soon, who should we be following for the 2026 draft, where the Sox should pick very high? I know Burress from GT is a stud. This is from BA's top 100 2026 College Draft prospects. Will share the top 30. Though this list is from April 4, 2024. Perhaps we will get an updated ranking sometime soon. Quote 1. Drew Burress - OF - School: Georgia Tech. 2. AJ Gracia - OF - School: Duke. 3. Justin Lebron - SS - School: Alabama 4. Roch Cholowsky - SS - School: UCLA. 5. Daniel Cuvet - 3B - School: Miami. 6. Gavin Grahovac - 3B - Texas A&M. 7. Ethan McElvain - LHP - School: Vanderbilt. 8. Kyle Johnson - LHP / OF - School: Duke. 9. TJ Pompey - SS - School: Texas Tech. 10. Ryne Farber - OF - School: Texas State 11. Liam Peterson - RHP - School: Florida. 12. Camden Kozeal - 2B - School: Vanderbilt 13. Nolan Souza - SS - School: Arkansas. 14. Joey Volchko - RHP - School: Stanford. 15. P.J. Moutzouridis - SS - School: California. 16. Gabe Gaeckle - RHP - School: Arkansas. 17. Will Gasparino - OF - School: Texas. 18. Gavin Gallaher - 3B - School: North Carolina. 19. Cameron Johnson - LHP - School: LSU. 20. Alex Sosa - C - School: N.C. State. 21. Chase Brunson - OF - School: TCU 22. Cameron Flukey - RHP - School: Coastal Carolina. 23. Jake Brown - OF - School: LSU. 24. Jason DeCaro - RHP - School: North Carolina. 25. Eric Becker - 3B - School: Virginia. 26. Tyler Pitzer - RHP - School: South Carolina. 27. Zion Rose - C / OF - School: Louisville. 28. Brett Renfrow - RHP - School: Virginia Tech. 29. Hunter Dietz - LHP - School: Arkansas. 30. Ryder Helfrick - C - School: Arkansas. Edited February 13, 20251 yr by DirtySox
February 13, 20251 yr On 2/11/2025 at 1:44 AM, Quin said: Swanson, Bregman were SEC shortstops. Witt, Seager, Henderson, Abrams, Volpe were all commits. And since we're reaching all the way back to Beckham, you can throw Ian Kinsler in there. This is such a brain dead take, it's like people deriding Drake Maye because of Mitch Trubisky. I wasn't really being serious. Just not a big fan of the SEC in general. Yes I know Frank Thomas Bo Herschel Walker pre-politics etc. At least nothing about the greatness of Todd Helton Waffle House and NASCAR. Edited February 13, 20251 yr by caulfield12
February 14, 20251 yr 41 minutes ago, fathom said: Fangraphs has updated their draft board. They are quite low on Holiday Longenhagen is an odd duck. Edited February 14, 20251 yr by Harold's Leg Lift
February 15, 20251 yr 6 hours ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: Longenhagen is an odd duck. He doesn’t like players. Kevin Briand taught me about guys like him.
February 15, 20251 yr Corona (Ca) High needs to broadcast their games haha I received a couple of texts from trusted folks covering college baseball and MLB Draft this morning. Josh Nelson SoxMachine 1) If Billy Carlson falls to #10, either something is wrong with him or this draft class is a lot better than expected (A LOT of love for Carlson) 2) I should add OK State OF Nolan Schubart to the Watch Board. To finally answer your question, I would rank my Watch Board as likeliest White Sox picks: 1) Brendan Summerhill, OF 2) Luke Stevenson, C 3) Cameron Appenzeller, Edited February 15, 20251 yr by caulfield12
February 15, 20251 yr 7 hours ago, Lyle Moooton said: He doesn’t like players. Kevin Briand taught me about guys like him. You're absolutely right. He doesn't like players. Can't respect guys like that.
February 15, 20251 yr Robert: Did you get a chance to see Grant Taylor in the AFL? If so, what are your thoughts on what you saw? 12:30 Eric A Longenhagen: Buncha times. Raw but understandably so given how little he’s pitched. Flashed three plus pitches, I’m in, he’ll be a top 100 guy. mas: Locally Sourced Arizona Fall League Notes: Grant Taylor and Connor Phillips Are Nasty | FanGraphs Baseball
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