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https://theathletic.com/59993/2017/05/12/ex...x-gm-rick-hahn/ This is excellent. Hahn talks about how much they loved Dane Dunning and that there were some other players they asked for from Washington but couldn't get. He reiterated that the deal doesn't get done without Dunning though. At the end, Hahn mentions that his oldest son is playing a computer baseball game. He said he's in the 2018 season already and has drafted Seth Beer and signed Luis Robert and Hahn wants to know when they win the World Series so he has a better timeline for when people ask. Quality stuff.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/229743034/ji...2017-mlb-draft/ Jim Callis mock draft for MLB.com. Has Sox taking Haseley.

Speaking of the Vegas draft, Pierre LeBrun was tweeting about some crazy rule yesterday. He said that Vegas' window to sign UFA's is earlier than everyone else's. He speculated that they could sign a UFA to a big deal for another team and then trade that player contract and all to a team for different assets. It's crazy but LeBrun said he checked with the league and it'd be legal. So let's say for example that the Hawks wanted Shattenkirk and had the money to afford him. Vegas could sign him to a 5 year deal and then trade him to the Hawks when free agency starts for a 2nd round pick or something. I wonder if we see this happen.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ May 11, 2017 -> 10:21 AM) Soto or Kieboom would be great targets for the White Sox My ask would be Kieboom and Luzardo

QUOTE (fathom @ May 11, 2017 -> 08:51 AM) Are there any success stories with hitters who struck out as much as Kendall has in college turning it around in the pros? No idea. Good CF defense though and 80 grade speed. I think it's worth finding out. I'm just not a big fan of Smith. I don't like 1B that don't hit for big power. He's got a great hit tool. He's a 1B only prospect though that might have 20 home run power. There are other guys I'd rather have.

Here's Keith Law's 1st Mock Draft: http://www.espn.com/blog/keith-law/insider/post?id=7049 He has the Sox taking Pavin Smith at #11 with Faedo and Kendall on the board. I'm not sure they'd do that.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 10, 2017 -> 11:26 AM) I did derail to be fair. A little too much coffee this morning. You had a radio spot at 6:50 am. The coffee was probably necessary haha

QUOTE (miracleon35th @ May 10, 2017 -> 02:03 PM) Giolito needs to let his performance speak for itself. What?

I wrote an article about this if anyone is interested: https://www.bagadonutssports.com/blog/2017/...7oke6vwkq88ttth

Good stuff here.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ May 9, 2017 -> 09:52 AM) I agree Hiura will not be the BPA at 11 regardless of who goes in front of him, but while I am typically not a fan of the underslot type picks, I think it would be worth looking into if the Sox believe in Hiura's bat. That is all assuming, of course, Smith, Haseley, Beck and Kendall are all gone, and the Sox agree a high floor hitter is more valuable in their circumstance than arms like Gore or Faedo. I don't think Sox would pass on Gore under any circumstances and I could see Faedo as well honestly. Pitcher, hitter, doesn't matter. Take the best player.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ May 9, 2017 -> 08:52 AM) BA article on Keston Hiura. If Haseley, Smith, Lewis and Beck are all off the board at 11, what would you think about reaching for Hiura instead of taking a pitcher? He may not technically be the BPA at that point, but he's about as sure of a thing as there is as a hitter, and I'm not overly concerned that he won't be able to play competent defense when healthy. I think he might be more valuable to the organization at that point than a projectable arm. I have no idea what position Hiura will play. There's also not really a scenario in which he's the BPA. Lets pretend that Hunter Greene, Brendan McKay, Kyle Wright, Royce Lewis and JB Bukauskus will be gone no matter what. That still leaves 2 of: Mackenzie Gore, Pavin Smith, Adam Haseley, Austin Beck, Jeren kendall, Jordon Adell, and Alex Faedo for the Sox to choose from. I didn't even mention HS LHP DL Hall or RHP Shane Baz either and both would be legit options. Sox are in pretty good shape.

It's still way too early to make determinations on Giolito. Fegan, Bilek, and multiple others had good stuff on him last night but I can't tweet right now. Giolito said the results are trash basically but he's trying to figure things out and feels positively about the changes made. From watching his starts this year, it's all command. His stuff is plenty good enough. The Curveball and changeup are still good. He can live 93-95 MPH but he's having issues commanding everything and he's struggling to repeat his delivery. He's 22 years old. Writing him off is very short-sighted. He will be probably be in Charlotte for the rest of the year and that's fine. https://theathletic.com/59236/2017/05/09/lu...e-yoan-moncada/

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 5, 2017 -> 10:27 AM) It is hard to quantify what dollars mean this year until we see the new system in action. There are going to be teams who have to turn away former agreements because they won't be able to sign the class they had thought they were going to be able to sign. Others will be able to sign more people than they thought. 27/30 of the perceived top guys have agreements. If the Sox weren't in on Robert, I would expect to see their name attached to some of that top 30. Especially while rebuilding and being giving the ability to spend more $$.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ May 5, 2017 -> 08:54 AM) On Footlocker's website Lebron's go for $100-175. It would be so awesome if this Kardashian-clone goes undrafted. Lonzo Ball? He's going top 3.

QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ May 5, 2017 -> 10:16 AM) This is the White Sox we're talking about. They'd just as happy to sign a bunch of kids in the top 30-100 range and hope more than a few of them breakout. In fact I'd say 70% chance they go that route, 20% go all out for Robert, and 10% for Otani. They are going all out for Robert. This has been reported by multiple outlets.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 5, 2017 -> 10:17 AM) I think last year they signed #31, #35, and #38, or something like that. They did spend all but about a million dollars during that. They didn't have $4.75 million to spend last year though. They also didn't have the capabilities of spending $8 million like they do now.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 5, 2017 -> 09:45 AM) I think he could be pretty good, he does tend to mumble and trail off a bit thought so we'll see how that works. But 3 man booths are not my favorite. Spiegel said this morning that he nailed his audition at FOX. Watched every Lynch/Burkhardt game from last year and knew all of the players on every team. Was very insightful and prepared apparently.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ May 5, 2017 -> 08:11 AM) Cutler seems like he would be awful in the booth. Hey Jay what did you think of that play? Uh, I don't know. Whatever. He'll be fantastic at it. His radio show was always great. The real Cutler and the out of town narrative of the Opinionless DBag couldn't be further from truth. I think he's more likely to be honest than a lot of recent former players as well.

27 of the top 30 are committed already. None of them are committed to White Sox and that's another sign that Luis Robert is a very real possibility. If they miss on him, they are pretty much out of the market in 2017-2018. It would be really disappointing.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 4, 2017 -> 01:50 PM) Look at Durant's rookie year numbers. Not related, but PG's usually struggle (even the best) their rookie year. It is why if I were the Bulls I'd be hounding the Lakers to grab Russell and see if you can make him work. His numbers (compared to other good / young PG's) are really really good. Heck, look how long it took Wall to really emerge. Russell in a trade for Butler you mean, right?

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 3, 2017 -> 12:48 PM) At the risk of being quoted out of context and being buried by different groups, I was intrigued by this and would like to say Christians and especially Catholics are the only group that everybody is comfortable ridiculing/bashing. Guys like Maher will rail against believers for an entire episode and comics make fun of the idea of God. But it's the Christians/Catholics who get made fun of. The other religions that believe in deities are off the hook. You criticize certain religions you'd be booed/heckled, maybe fired. Catholics? Go for it. I remind everybody that Obama believed in God; Hillary believed in God, but Democrats don't want to talk about that. I even had one person say Hillary knows there is no God but acted like she was a believer to get votes. Some of the more vocal non God people who happen to be liberals don't even like to think their beloved Hillary/Obama/others believe in something so ridiculous as God. So they don't even want to think about it. So I think the Republicans that are believers do take offense at the ridicule. You say Dems "embrace diversity," yeah, but many of them don't embrace those of us who are believers. They mock us freely, the idea that there is a God and priest jokes. p.s. Now in a couple weeks somebody will say I was complaining about Catholics being mocked when in truth I'm merely giving my take on somebody's post. I didn't start this, I'm responding. Maher makes fun of all religions quite equally. He's an atheist. He thinks they are all complete bulls***.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 4, 2017 -> 12:05 PM) There were a couple reports yesterday that Gar might be fired. I think WhiteSoxDave might have been the source of it. Either way, it seems that Paxson is winning back the power struggle from Gar (if it did exist), with his brother becoming more involved (which isn't a bad thing). I wonder if we'll see them bring in some new blood? That said, as we all know, they are in a pretty unique position, you either kind of take it one year at a time, while biding time for young players to develop (hoping you get a bit lucky) and tackling free agency, or you blow it all up. I don't really know that one is much better then the other, although it is probably more frustrating for many fans to be caught "in limbo". They are like choosing to be in basketball hell. It's quite fascinating the way they spin this all the time. They try to make the playoffs but then complain that picks in the 16-20 range don't produce difference makers.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 4, 2017 -> 11:15 AM) Will the last healthy White Sox player please turn off the clubhouse lights before leaving to go on the DL? 7th Sox player (6th pitcher) currently on the DL. It's 2000-2001 all over again. So much for these guys staying healthy so they can be traded for something. Hahn today said it's "minor" and he should be pitching again "in a few weeks." Where have we heard THAT before this year? LOL. Rodon was moved to the 60 day DL because the report said the Sox feel it'll be at least June 1 before he can do a rehab assignment. Mark This isn't true. Hahn said he wouldn't be finished with rehab assignment by then. He's throwing off a mound. I think it's likely he goes on one in the next 10 days. He's eligible to return to Sox on 5/29.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 4, 2017 -> 11:14 AM) Yeah, Hinrich was fine. But I think they were less willing to make that reasonable trade up for Wade knowing that they didn't really have a point guard (Crawford was pretty injury plagued at the time, it is amazing, I'd never have pegged him of all those players to be a 18 something year vet) Yep. I want to say it was Toronto at 4? Theyw anted Bulls pick at 7 plus Donyell Marshall and some other stuff. Bulls stood pat and thought they could get Wade at 7.