WestEddy

Of course. This entire spring here was one long argument about how the White Sox should take 3 years to ramp up Crochet, and how dangerous what they were attempting was. I seriously believe Crochet's ask is about the risk of this season, and not subsequent seasons.

How? If he pitches a full load through to the end of the year without issue, he's good to go in the off-season.

Bathroom reading: One prospect on each team the Sox should target https://www.soxon35th.com/one-prospect-from-every-team-the-white-sox-should-target/

I think South Side Sox even ranked him like, #8 on their prospect list, when signed.

It's his baby, now, but nobody knows what interference he got from above, what he was allowed to do, and what was funded. As soon as he became decision maker, Bannister was in the door, so it seems to me that was his idea, nobody else really wanted a pitching czar.

I would imagine Getz has rolling tiers of return value he'd accept for Robert and Crochet. A best offer available now that gets him 80% of what he was hoping for might be better than one in December that gets him 90%. The wild card is what faith does he have in his system to develop players at bat and in the field? If they really do think they have a Bannister for hitters they can go more lower ranked toolsy players instead of demanding top ten in the game prospects.

Luis Robert will be the PTBNL

Or do the same thing, half the bullpen is vets building value for the TDL, and the other half is shuttling rookies in and out to see what you have.

Tanner Banks has better numbers. LFG!

Sure he is. We had no starting rotation coming into the season. The gamble was to sign Fedde, Flexen and trade for Soroka, and hope one of them could pop and be flipped. Fedde makes the whole experiment a success.

People have repeated the old false conspiracies so much, they're numb to them. They need new canards to enrage them properly. As if the 10 game losing streak wasn't enough.

Nope. Younger than league average. And he is a legit pitching prospect. We traded garbage for a rehab dream, a couple lotto tix, and more garbage.

And Riley Gowens was a throw-in who has developed into an actual pitching prospect, a bit young for AA.

nevermind. answered.

Robert should have been tapped out between 2nd and 3rd, having a pinch runner finishing his home run trot due to trade.

Well, it is a board for conversation, so I'll shut up about picking nits. I think the Sox knew who they want, and made sure to get them, even to the point of giving in on some negotiation just to solidify their pick. I agree that international scouting kind of sucks right now, and that narrows the margin of error in the draft. I still trust in Shirley and co.

Jonathan Cannon is a big over slot success story. George Wolkow could be.

But I've just shown that a small handful of teams I randomly looked at on MLB.com did over slot some college picks from 3-10. It looks like a pretty common practice this year.

The Yankees went over slot to college selections at #2 and #6. The Reds went over slot to college picks at #4 and #5. The Braves went over slot to HS kids on #5 and #6, then punted 7-10. The Cards went over slot to college kids at #7-9. Those are just the teams I randomly picked who have reported their signings already. I think the Royals didn't go over slot to any college kids. I'm struggling to figure out what your point is, here.

Looks to me the White Sox had productive drafts in 2022 and 2023. Garrett Crochet is an All-Star who is the best pitcher on the market this TDL. Colson Montgomery and Noah Schultz were zigs when everybody else zagged. I'm good trusting Shirley and his team.

James Fegan's interview with Bannister which probably overlaps and covers some other areas. https://soxmachine.com/2024/07/brian-bannister-white-sox-draft/

I also don't want him to have to prove he's an offensive threat in a line up of young kids who are going to go 2-29 to start their careers.