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With those 3 at the top then Thorpe and one of Iriarte, Ky Bush, or Burke as the 4 and 5 starters that could be a damn formidable rotation.

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=08/16/2024 https://www.milb.com/scores/all/all/whitesox for your reading pleasure

https://www.milb.com/scores/all/all/whitesox

Every sport drafts players based on how good they will be down the road. Very few athletes come out of college (or HS obviously) a finished product. Some are high floor/low ceiling and vice versa. They’re all about figuring out how good this 19-21 year old will be when they’re 27-28 and in their prime. My complaint about the mlb draft is the crazy way teams pick people to sign them underslot/overslot then draft college seniors 5 rounds in a row and pay them $10k so they can draft a HS kid in round 17 and pay him $1mil etc…. It is just such an ass backwards way of going about business. Why not just have hard slot values and pick whomever you think best fits the value of that slot? The way it’s done now is so over the top convoluted it’s insane to me. Just my two cents

The MLB draft system is crazy to me. NFL/NBA drafts are so much more straight forward i.e. teams pick whomever they think is the best player for them and move on. I get that in the MLB they can draft HS players and this changes the algebra a bit but I still think that the MLB could simplify the system dramatically by implementing an actual slot system instead of the suggested slot system they use now. I feel like MLB keeps their outdated and overly convoluted draft system simply because “that’s how we’ve always done it”.

Got squeezed by the ump on what should’ve been strike 3 on leadoff batter in the 4th. Ends up singling and scoring for the only ER

Another day, another walk for Zavala whose OPS is now almost .700. That’s impressive for a guy with a BABIP in the low .200’s. I expect him to have a strong 2nd half.

Excellent pull. 10/10

Burger is not exactly lighting the world on fire this year so I doubt he’s that worried about the return on that trade looking bad.

That’s a surprise with his k rate hovering around 50%. Maybe he was working on something specific???

He’s had some bad bibp luck this year. I would expect some it to average out eventually

Riley Gowens, a throw in from the Bummer trade, is performing very well at high-a this so far. Sounds like he has a plus, low to mid 90’s FB with lots of movement and quality secondary pitches. Even if he end up a reliever to maximize his FB that should be considered a win for us. Someone to watch. I expect him to move up to AA sooner than later

His K rate is about 50%. Maybe pump the brakes on that promotion for a bit.

I wonder how duke ellis is in the OF defensively because he’s dynamic on the basepaths. Could end up making it to the bigs as a defensive/baserunner bench guy.

I don’t know much about swing mechanics but that looks like a huge leg kick for Zavala. What does that mean for his hitting profile moving forward? Also, I think Brooks Baldwin is a sleeper prospect, good bat with decent pop and he has been aggressively promoted this year at a premium position. Interested to see how he performs this season.