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You think they should spend $30 mil on washed up Felix Hernandez? No thanks.

That's real smart. Eliminate yourself from drafting a hall of famer like Frank Thomas. Probably the best Sox draft pick ever.

Don't forget they are still paying paying Bobby Bonilla until 2035.

Not getting my hopes up after the Machado debacle last offseason.

I feel like they should make it a snake draft if they are going to do arbitrarily by division. That would at least allow the bottoms teams to pick first in the 2nd round.

This. If we are looking for salary relief with this payroll we are in trouble.

Another benefit of trading Colome would be that we would be able to see how Bummer would do in that role.

Yolbert was #5 on the 2018 international prospect list. I don't understand why people are upset about this signing other than the fact that he is 22. If he ends up being Yolmer 2.0 that is fine as the majority of these guys in the top 30 will never even make it to the major leagues.

I would be curious to know how Elijah compares to his brother at this age. Sanchez is intriguing as a replacement for Yolmer. Better defensively but not sure about the bat.

How long before we see pitchers wearing face masks ala women's softball? A broken face is bad enough but it could be a lot worse if one of those line drives with 110 + exit velocity hits a pitcher square in the head with no protection.

This game shows exactly why robot jumps are needed to call balls and strikes.

With the payroll so low next year there is no excuse for not going hard after Cole. I have zero faith Hahn and co. can land him after the Manny debacle last offseason

Bumgarner belongs on the royals with the way he reacted to that home run show up the other day. He and Tim wouldn't get along.

Yankees with a lot of cheap hits today.

There is no way they are going to pay Alonso another 9 million even if Abreu is gone. Palka or Skole would be better options.

They need to make sure he doesn't get 550 at bats so his option doesn't vest for next year.

Somebody tell Ricky he is not required to hit the DH in the 4 or 5 spot. Rondon should not be there.

Yonder and Jon Jay at the garage sale selling Machado White Sox jerseys. They'll even sign them.?

Not sure why they gave Soler anything to hit with O'hearn on deck.

Ricky always waits until it's too late.

Ricky is handling the lineups in Charlotte too. ?

https://sabr.org/research/chances-drafted-baseball-player-making-major-leagues-quantitative-study A high school position player drafted in the 4th round has a 6% chance of making the major leagues. I would say making it as a pinch runner is a win even if they are a dime a dozen as you say.

I find it funny that framing is used as s stat to judge catchers. If umpires would do their jobs framing wouldn't matter. Bring on the robot umps.

The Twins have shown you can win without signing premium free agents and finding solid mid tier talent. The problem is Hahn is not good at finding the mid tier talent like the Twins have found.

They should do like the NFL. You get a comp pick if you lose more free agents than gained and nobody loses a pick. Its like an extra round built into the draft.