BA makes the cases for 3 guys at 1-1

10 hours ago, hi8is said:

Far from it

Think he was joking

10 hours ago, Stinky Stanky said:

That Y at the end makes the name Russky or Czech.

Still sounds like it though

4 hours ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Still sounds like it though

Same difference 😁.

Wrong thread.

Edited 12 hours ago12 hr by DirtySox

12 hours ago, Chick Mercedes said:

BA makes the cases for 3 guys at 1-1

this sure makes Emerson the most logical choice IMO. Allows Sox to get the best years of Colson at short and then decide if he moves to 3rd when Grady would be ready. One of Vargas/Colson/Mune potentially wouldn't be with the team in 2-3 years in this scenario (unless Mune becomes a full Time DH and either Vargas/Colson move to first. If they select Roch...I have no idea what they do with the current roster, as I would expect him up next year.

Edited 11 hours ago11 hr by EloyJenkins

2 hours ago, EloyJenkins said:

this sure makes Emerson the most logical choice IMO. Allows Sox to get the best years of Colson at short and then decide if he moves to 3rd when Grady would be ready. One of Vargas/Colson/Mune potentially wouldn't be with the team in 2-3 years in this scenario (unless Mune becomes a full Time DH and either Vargas/Colson move to first. If they select Roch...I have no idea what they do with the current roster, as I would expect him up next year.

Taking a HS player with Lackey and Roch on the board based on a "timeline" would be the dumbest possible decision and one that could set the franchise back 5-6 WAR a season. Emerson is in no way a lock to be a star, in fact of the three at the top he's probably 2x more likely to bust as a HS kid with a long development path ahead. You don't take a HS kid here unless he's like Bryce Harper. He ain't that.

Take Roch, move Colson to 3b, Vargas to 1B when Mune goes elsewhere

16 minutes ago, fathom said:

when Mune goes elsewhere

How dare you.

2 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Taking a HS player with Lackey and Roch on the board based on a "timeline" would be the dumbest possible decision and one that could set the franchise back 5-6 WAR a season. Emerson is in no way a lock to be a star, in fact of the three at the top he's probably 2x more likely to bust as a HS kid with a long development path ahead. You don't take a HS kid here unless he's like Bryce Harper. He ain't that.

I would use ARod as the example. Harper actually played 1 year of Junior College ball. But I agree with your premise.

Hey, I’m totally open to high schoolers after this franchise defaulted to college players forever with little results. You can’t tell a Sox fan that going college just because college is the right thing to do just because college yeah college!

3 hours ago, hi8is said:

How dare you.

Makes me feel better that they have realistic options if he leaves

I've been on the Roch train for the last month or so, for many of the reasons Jimmy has posted.

1. I'd rather draft a SS over a catcher. They're more productive because they play more often and their body doesn't get beaten down like catchers. Catchers also tend to develop slowly.

2. I don't see a big enough gap between Emerson and Roch that would lead me to wanting Emerson. Higher volatility and longer development time for the highschooler.

3. Roch fits the timeline. He could make it up here next season potentially.

He's a really safe pick. His floor is a guy like Dansby Swanson. As others have said, he could be a guy like Tulo. Just pick him.

36 minutes ago, ron883 said:

I've been on the Roch train for the last month or so, for many of the reasons Jimmy has posted.

1. I'd rather draft a SS over a catcher. They're more productive because they play more often and their body doesn't get beaten down like catchers. Catchers also tend to develop slowly.

2. I don't see a big enough gap between Emerson and Roch that would lead me to wanting Emerson. Higher volatility and longer development time for the highschooler.

3. Roch fits the timeline. He could make it up here next season potentially.

He's a really safe pick. His floor is a guy like Dansby Swanson. As others have said, he could be a guy like Tulo. Just pick him.

This has basically been my calculus as well, with some different logic for Lackey since my hope with him would be to see if he could stick in center.

Rock it in on July 11th with Thome hopefully in round 2. Seems to me that Thome and Emerson aren’t too far apart so you’d kind of be able to get near the prospect capital as the consensus top two talents.