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White Sox win draft lottery, will pick #1 in 2026

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5 hours ago, Chick Mercedes said:

Reminds me of a young Machado. Manny… is that you???

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    This reads like the kind of careful answer you give when you need to pretend he's not already your guy

  • This is the best news they could have received from these meetings. I do question Getz referring to it as an honor. Dude, it pretty much means your team really sucks.

  • Getz should get drunk tonight and sign an outfielder. 

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15 hours ago, fathom said:

Lebron doing well in the SEC and Roch having some issues makes the choice a bit less obvious IMO

I only read what is on this site about draft choices...is Roch still thought of as the obvious choice? I kind of figured that the guy everyone has talked about being the 1st pick since last season likely would not end up being the #1 pick. Just seems like someone always jumps to the top unless you have a Bobby Witt Jr sitting there? What are the national publications that follow college baseball/the draft saying?

15 hours ago, fathom said:

Lebron doing well in the SEC and Roch having some issues makes the choice a bit less obvious IMO

If Lebron keeps the strikeouts down in SEC play, I don't know how you don't take a deep look.

Vahn Lackey been flying up draft boards as well.

This seems very much like prospect fatigue for many people

13 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

This seems very much like prospect fatigue for many people

Again, these things typically sort themselves out over the course of a season, but please don't Rodon this if you are the White Sox. They seem to be very heavily leaning Roch at this point, but we have almost three months to still go.

Crazy to look at Roch's game log and then hear people acting like he's in a slump

Ultimately, I think if Chris Getz goes against the grain with his pick, it would be very surprising if he went for someone whose key limitation is questionable swing decisions. Seems to me that Getz prioritizes approach very highly in his acquisitions, perhaps because he (rightly) thinks it is hard to develop.

4 hours ago, BrittBurnsFan said:

I only read what is on this site about draft choices...is Roch still thought of as the obvious choice? I kind of figured that the guy everyone has talked about being the 1st pick since last season likely would not end up being the #1 pick. Just seems like someone always jumps to the top unless you have a Bobby Witt Jr sitting there? What are the national publications that follow college baseball/the draft saying?

Roch is the better player, Lebron has way more swing and miss in his game, Roch is the better defender at SS, Roch rarely strikes out. this weekend was not the norm for him

Lebron is the better athlete though, so there's that

1 minute ago, joejoesox said:

Roch is the better player, Lebron has way more swing and miss in his game, Roch is the better defender at SS, Roch rarely strikes out. this weekend was not the norm for him

Lebron is the better athlete though, so there's that

Roch has a higher defensive floor, but Lebron has elite defensive upside so I wouldn't say Roch is a guaranteed better defender.

This is baseball and projection. Lebron has louder tools, period. Lebron is rocking a 16.7% k-rate so far this year. If he stays around that in conference play, his k numbers will be pretty much in line. Agree Roch still in the lead.

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Roch playing in Iowa City, Iowa this weekend against Iowa if anyone is in the area and cares to see him play...

Roch 3 for 4 with a 2B and a BB last night vs Loyola Marymount

.352 / .475 / .747 (1.222), 15BB, 14K in 24g

10HR, 31RBI

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Justin LeBron stats up to date

.289 / .440 / .670 (1.110), 18BB, 22K in 28g

11HR, 26RBI

Sox about to take Thome or Contreras when every other possible first rounder threatens to not sign, even if it means being a senior in next year's draft.

single up the middle for Roch's first AB

very aggressive baserunning for Roch, goes 1st to 3rd on a routine single up the middle by Roman Martin

Roch takes a BB in his second plate appearance on a 3-2 count

Mulevai Levu brings him home with a bomb to RF, 2-0 UCLA

Cholowsky flies out to CF to end the inning

5-0 UCLA

Cholowsky grounds out to short in his 3rd AB

Cholowsky flies out to RF in final AB

1 for 4, Single with a BB today

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Sox fan in the house

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1 hour ago, joejoesox said:

Sox fan in the house

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Gotta be a soxtalker doing some profesh scouting for us all

51 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

Sox fan in the house

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Gotta be a soxtalker doing some profesh scouting for us all

nice to get some professional scouting in the organization

15 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

nice to get some professional scouting in the organization

But does he drive a Jeep Cherokee?

8 hours ago, Quin said:

Sox about to take Thome or Contreras when every other possible first rounder threatens to not sign, even if it means being a senior in next year's draft.

Huh?

Sox will pick #1, then Getz will trade him for 3 prospects who will never make it past AA.

4 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Huh?

Very bad joke that everyone would refuse to sign with the Sox outside of Thome or Contreras, even if it meant they would have to go back to college as a senior.

I listen to FutureSox (Callis episode was A+) and Sox Machine enough to know it's gonna be Roch barring anything crazy.

If Emerson keeps batting like 900 playing against children should we draft him instead?!?!?

(no)

Roch .347 / .472 / .726 (1.198) after yesterday (25GP)

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19 hours ago, DoUEvenShift said:

nice to get some professional scouting in the organization

Getz got him free tickets to the game and a voucher for a free future Sox game (parking not included).

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