April 27, 201114 yr White Sox All-Draft Pick Team A 25-man roster from the last ten Sox drafts. Thoughts?
April 28, 201114 yr Totally forgot about Cunningham. So we had two of the Haren trade pieces? The f***.
April 28, 201114 yr Author QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 27, 2011 -> 08:22 PM) That'd be one terrible baseball team. In fairness a Major League team has players from more than 10 years in the draft as well as foreign signings, so it's unfair to expect a competitive Major League team. If you include all active players you get Jon Rauch, Matt Guerrier, Aaron Rowand and Mark Buehrle. That becomes a pretty solid pitching staff and Rowand fills out the outfield nicely. Still lacking with the lineup though.
April 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 27, 2011 -> 08:32 PM) Kenny Williams needs to stop trading away our young talent. And we should totally not trade our stars who won't resign with us so that we get the draft picks.
April 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 27, 2011 -> 08:32 PM) Kenny Williams needs to stop trading away our young talent. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 07:42 AM) And we should totally not trade our stars who won't resign with us so that we get the draft picks. Or... we could just start drafting/signing better?
April 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (gatnom @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 02:05 PM) Or... we could just start drafting/signing better? Yeah that it's it. Why didn't I think of that. I think I am going to start having a million dollars in my bank account to while I am at it.
April 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 02:07 PM) Yeah that it's it. Why didn't I think of that. I think I am going to start having a million dollars in my bank account to while I am at it. Well if you have no faith in your team's drafting, maybe you should try to fix the actual problem instead of trying to circumvent it is all I'm saying. I don't really understand your metaphor.
April 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (gatnom @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 02:12 PM) Well if you have no faith in your team's drafting, maybe you should try to fix the actual problem instead of trying to circumvent it is all I'm saying. I don't really understand your metaphor. They have tried. I am saying that it isn't as easy as just "drafting better". For my money, I'd rather not gamble the teams future at something they have failed at pretty consistantly.
April 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 02:14 PM) They have tried. I am saying that it isn't as easy as just "drafting better". For my money, I'd rather not gamble the teams future at something they have failed at pretty consistantly. I understand that they've tried. I also understand that they have a ways to go. They haven't had a lot of success trading away veteran talent either, and really just trades in general have been bad lately in my opinion. The returns on the Swisher and Vazquez trades have been... not so good. This isn't exactly relevant to the thread, but who do you replace Danks with presuming you trade him in the offseason? You only have Floyd, Peavy, and Sale under contract next year.
April 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (gatnom @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 02:25 PM) I understand that they've tried. I also understand that they have a ways to go. They haven't had a lot of success trading away veteran talent either, and really just trades in general have been bad lately in my opinion. The returns on the Swisher and Vazquez trades have been... not so good. This isn't exactly relevant to the thread, but who do you replace Danks with presuming you trade him in the offseason? You only have Floyd, Peavy, and Sale under contract next year. How do you replace Danks if you let him walk away from draft picks? You have even less to replace him then.
April 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 02:27 PM) How do you replace Danks if you let him walk away from draft picks? You have even less to replace him then. I'm perfectly fine with trading Danks if we can't re-sign him as well as letting him walk if that's our best option. I'm also fine with dealing with a down year every once and awhile. You're the one who mentions how Soxtalk would go crazy if the Sox did anything in the vein of spending on the draft or rebuilding, correct?
April 30, 201114 yr Drafting/scouting/development is key for any organization's future, even if you succeed without it, it would help you preserve your success or give you pieces to trade at the deadline. If an organization isn't doing well in that area, giving up on it is not the right thing to do. Go hire the right people to get the job done. If your company is having terrible IT problems, a good company wouldn't just give up on it and not change anything, they would go out and hire the right people to take care of the problems.
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