Chimpton

Even if the White Sox had 2 Golden Bats per innings it would have made little differences last season.

Yes that is a big difference!

I think the current White Sox are more like the Washington Generals!

The high asking price is to try and fool us into thinking he is a hard negotiator, but all the the other GMs know he will fold.

The asking for high returns is similar to what we got last winter about Cease. Other GMs won't offer anything near what Getz is supposedly asking, and when Getz gets deperate he will accept a lower return because Crochet and probably Robert will be gone before Spring Training or at the latest by opening day.

Yes, once on the MLB team they seem incabale of adjusting, or seem not to be coached in a way that helps them adjust, too many prospects who are hitting well at AAA struggle when brought up and face MLB pitching on a consistent basis and are then just sent back down to AAA and yo yo between the two, there seems to be little or no coaching or development after they join the MLB team.

Not so sure what you mean by 'smart hitter', but for a few years he was very good before suddenly falling off the cliff and becoming bad very quickly. But in general White Sox hitting prospects seem to lack the consistency to have a long career, or lack the ability to adjust when they get a poor patch. Also many seem to struggle with the step up from AAA to MLB, so many seem to bounce around that AAAA level and not take the next step.

The only one that sprang to mind was Tim Anderson, that was partly my point, is this a White Sox thing or is developing a hitting prospect harder?

Thank you, that was what I was wondering about. So projecting hitting prospects is harder and as a result riskier.

That is partly what I was asking, is it just harder to identify and develop hitting prospects or is it just a White Sox thing?

Arguably Semien and Tatis only developed fully after leaving the White Sox. Abreu was harly a prospect when signed as he had years of experience, albeit in Cuba. As for Robert I will give you that one, although his 2024 was not MVP calibre.

Is it harder to identify/develop hitting/position players than pitching prospects? I only ask because the White Sox recently have an appaling record both with position players drafted or position player prospects traded for. whereas pitchers seem to be more successful. Going back to 2010 Frirst Round Picks arguably only Tim Anderson has been a success as a position player pick, whereas Sale, Rodon and Crochet have all been good picks as pitchers. So basically is it harder to identify position players who will succeed and even if you pick highly touted prospects, like Vaughan, is it harder for them to develop to MLB level?

Another great first round pick by the White Sox. Those first round picks of Madrigal and Vaughan who were supposed to be can't miss picks are sure looking bad 5/6 years later.

So a 1 game improvement then!

Especially if you are terrible at developing prospects.