54 minutes ago, tray said:

Grady Emerson might be the next Bobby Witt Jr.

I'm one of, if not Emerson's biggest fan on this site. No, he ain't nor ever will be Bobby Witt Jr. BUT.. I am a big believer in his hit tool. Kid is gonna be an absolute stud. Just a different player.

14 minutes ago, SoxAce said:

I'm one of, if not Emerson's biggest fan on this site. No, he ain't nor ever will be Bobby Witt Jr. BUT.. I am a big believer in his hit tool. Kid is gonna be an absolute stud. Just a different player.

I was attempting to make an analogy to two current mlb players with the key word "might" attached to it. Read my post again.

4 hours ago, tray said:

Grady Emerson might be the next Bobby Witt Jr. . Chowlowsy profiles more like Dansby Swanson. Good players with different qualities and potential. If you can see that analogy a bit, take it one step further...who would you rather have right now if you could choose between Dansby Swanson and BobbyWitt Jr.?

I like Grady Emerson, hands down and his timeline fits much better within the White Sox current system.

They aren't good comps though. What if I said Roch Cholowsky was Carlos Correa and Grady Emerson would be Kevin McGonigle but Roch gets to majors at least 1 year sooner?

Edited Friday at 01:34 AM2 days by Chick Mercedes

6 hours ago, tray said:

Grady Emerson might be the next Bobby Witt Jr. . Chowlowsy profiles more like Dansby Swanson. Good players with different qualities and potential. If you can see that analogy a bit, take it one step further...who would you rather have right now if you could choose between Dansby Swanson and BobbyWitt Jr.?

I like Grady Emerson, hands down and his timeline fits much better within the White Sox current system.

The timeline is irrelevant to me. Who is the SS that in 10 years you’re remembering for picking rather than the SS you’re remembered for passing up ignominiously. That’s the relevant question

22 hours ago, DirtySox said:

Good.

In a wacky world/scenario where the Sox go outside of the big 3 to cut a deal, give me Tyler Bell or Drew Burress.

Man, I hope they don't act like they're the smartest guy in the room and do something like that. Because they will just outsmart themselves.

If we get a dude who turns out to be on the line with Carlos Correa ( I hate that name ) - I would be stoked.

Can’t think of us having a first rounder who gave us that much production since the 90s. We are due.

Cholowsky to Correa isn't a very good comp either.

Pre injury Correa was a border line superstar, especially in the post season.

5 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Cholowsky to Correa isn't a very good comp either.

Pre injury Correa was a border line superstar, especially in the post season.

I think of Roch’s ceiling as being there.

11 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Cholowsky to Correa isn't a very good comp either.

Pre injury Correa was a border line superstar, especially in the post season.

Correct. I think they're very similar.

24 minutes ago, hi8is said:

I think of Roch’s ceiling as being there.

".366 career on-base percentage is the highest by an AL shorstop in MLB history through his first three seasons..."

That's just a BIT higher than Swanson/Brandon Crawford or even Tulo.

And Correa could at least get 12-15 steals per season when he first entered the league.

Edited Friday at 04:21 AM2 days by caulfield12

3 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

".366 career on-base percentage is the highest by an AL shorstop in MLB history through his first three seasons..."

That's just a BIT higher than Swanson/Brandon Crawford or even Tulo.

And Correa could at least get 12-15 steals per season when he first entered the league.

I guess that asshole douchebag b**** hole was better than I remembered.

That dickhead.

My vote is for Emerson. We have a shortstop now. We have an imediate back up (JaGon) in case of injury.

I think the Sox should look for tomorrow's star shortstop. Bonemer hit 2 more homers last night. He'll be

here soon. Keep the minor league pipeline stocked. I'd probably look for pitching in rounds 2-5.

On 7/2/2026 at 1:16 PM, SoxAce said:

I'm one of, if not Emerson's biggest fan on this site. No, he ain't nor ever will be Bobby Witt Jr. BUT.. I am a big believer in his hit tool. Kid is gonna be an absolute stud. Just a different player.

Hit tool is the hardest skill to project and as a carrying tool I hate it. This kid is facing mediocre HS pitching and even on the summer circuit he's facing what is basically ASL at best. At best. Other games it's just more mediocre HS pitching.

Just pick Roch or Lackey and do not outsmart yourselves. Let someone else take on that downside risk. You have the #1 pick, no need.

15 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Hit tool is the hardest skill to project and as a carrying tool I hate it. This kid is facing mediocre HS pitching and even on the summer circuit he's facing what is basically ASL at best. At best. Other games it's just more mediocre HS pitching.

Just pick Roch or Lackey and do not outsmart yourselves. Let someone else take on that downside risk. You have the #1 pick, no need.

This is what sways me off Emerson exactly but I acknowledge that I don’t know about the kid as much as others here do.

33 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Hit tool is the hardest skill to project and as a carrying tool I hate it. This kid is facing mediocre HS pitching and even on the summer circuit he's facing what is basically ASL at best. At best. Other games it's just more mediocre HS pitching.

Just pick Roch or Lackey and do not outsmart yourselves. Let someone else take on that downside risk. You have the #1 pick, no need.

If Roch did what he has done in the SEC that would be one thing, but he put up his numbers in the weak Big Ten. I don't think Roch is the sure thing everyone thinks he is.