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I like that the Kiley McDaniel thought there was a clear frontrunner last week and then mentioned the Sox interest yesterday. It's tough to put a percentage on it though because they may have to acquire more space to land him.

I wonder if they were targeting these Cubans and got thwarted when Trump nixed that plan? It seems crazy but what they did this year just doesn’t seem like Paddy.

I believe so

Would've been the top pitcher in the 2019 international class. Valued in 2nd range in the MLB draft. Very similar to Matthew Thompson and Andrew Dalquist

It shouldn't. Bonus amounts aren't know yet. Sox should have close to $6 million. This deal is $1.5 million and I have them on 6 more signings at $1.8 million. That should leave them close to $3 million more

It's not much so far. I'm hoping for something bigger but they have the funds and it's their typical playbook.

My BA handbook came in the mail today. It's a very interesting that will look much different than other lists. BA didn't rank: Jake Burger, Lenyn Sosa, Zack Burdi, Tyler Johnson, Bernardo Flores or Cabera Weaver. The list is very young. Luis Robert 1. Luis Robert 2. Andrew Vaughn 3. Michael Kopech 4. Nick Madrigal 5. Matthew Thompson 6. Jonathan Stiever 7. Andrew Dalquist 8. Dane Dunning 9. Blake Rutherford 10. Luis Gonzalez 11. Micker Adolfo 12. Jimmy Lambert 13. Bryce Bush 14. Gavin Sheets 15. Zack Collins 16. Luis Alexander Basabe 17. Konnor Pilkington 18. Yolbert Sanchez 19. James Beard 20. Luis Mieses 21. Bryan Ramos 22. Benyamin Bailey 23. Anderson Comas 24. Damon Gladney 25. Victor Torres 26. Codi Heuer 27. Danny Mendick 28. Jose Rodriguez 29. Ian Hamilton 30. Jefferson Mendoza

Close this thread. It's one of the dumbest arguments ever. Kenny Williams and Rick Hahn won a championship. John Paxson's reign of terror is going on year #18 with 5 playoff series wins and 7 head coaches. It's not even close to the same.

My guess is Kyren Paris is the prospect and Ross Stripling is headed to the Angels

Passan is reporting that there's more to the deal.

Yes. I heard that Bummer was the asking price this year.

I've heard that the Dodgers wanted Bummer in return for Joc Pederson. They couldn't match up. Dodgers priorities changed.

I think they'll be a little better than that. Something like 85-77

I included the section on Matt Lisle because there was a lack of "buy in" last year. This is the reason for the change though IMO. Everett Teaford and Ben Broussard will both work closely with Hansen. Ryan Johansen is the assistant hitting coordinator. Multiple others have biomechanics experience. Mike Shirley uses it in scouting too. The Sox might be behind the great orgs still but at least they've recognized it.

I recently interviewed Ben Hansen, the new Senior Biomechanical Engineer for the White Sox. Interesting stuff. The article dropped at FutureSox today. http://futuresox.com/index.php/2020/02/03/brave-new-world-white-sox-enter-the-realm-of-biomechanics/

All of the White Sox personnel has first initial, last name @ Chisox dot com as their e-mail. I'd try Brooks Boyer personally.

I bet the Dodgers take back David Price as well and send salary to Boston

Good points here. He also struggled with injuries and had trouble with his vision last year which is corrected. If he stays healthy, I think he has a better year.

I thought Yolbert would start at Winston-Salem so I'm not really sure

I've heard that Yolbert, Thompson and Dalquist are slated to start in Kanny.

1. Robert- Chicago 2. Kopech- Charlotte 3. Madrigal- Charlotte 4. Vaughn- Birmingham 5. Dunning- Birmingham (June) 6. Stiever- Birmingham 7. Basabe- Charlotte 8. Rutherford- Birmingham 9. Adolfo- Charlotte 10. Gonzalez- Birmingham 11. Sheets- Charlotte 12. Thompson- Kannapolis 13. Dalquist- Kannapolis 14. Pilkington- Birmingham 15. Johnson- Birmingham 16. Yolbert Sanchez- Kannapolis

Chaim Bloom was also in Tampa Bay when they acquired Wil Myers FWIW.

It still saves them $13 million for this year though.

There is no chance that Boston gets that type of prospect package for 1 year of Mookie Betts. He'd be gone already if they could. Maybe one of those plus lower ranked prospects.

Sterling write-up on Luis Robert as the #2 overall prospect. Andrew Vaughn is #30, Michael Kopech is #33 and Nick Madrigal is #48. They gave Robert 70 grades for power, speed and defense as a 70 overall.