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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 11, 2017 -> 10:33 AM) The problem is he already has like 30 days of service from last year, so you have to add to that. May 14th is the date for Yoan Moncada.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Apr 11, 2017 -> 09:58 AM) I don't have time to listen to this right now. Would anyone be kind enough to tell me if Hahn said anything about Robert? Hinted towards them being clearly in the mix while not really mentioning the player by name

QUOTE (oldsox @ Apr 11, 2017 -> 07:03 AM) Same here, but Rox will then try to make Hoffman the centerpiece of the Q trade. I don't like that. When Dahl and Desmond get off the DL, they should be interesting team to watch. Remember, Rockies made a horrible trade when they sent Tulo to Toronto, and all they have left is Hoffman. They got lucky when Story emerged as ML quality SS, but they still made a horrible deal. All I'm saying is, they might be gun shy to pull off a major trade, but they do have some interesting pieces. Different people in charge now though.

Barstool Dave and Barstool Carl have the RedLine Radio podcast accessible on iTunes. They had Rick Hahn on last night and the GM was as good as always. This is a fun listen. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/red-lin...1210156055?mt=2

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 10:15 PM) Striking out too much is a huge deal. He walks a ton though. The strikeouts aren't ideal but I don't believe he strikes out "too much". Even if it's like a 25% clip, what else is he doing? Is he on base like almsot 40% of the time? I expect to him to always be a pretty high strikeout guy.

I think people still care way too much about strikeouts.

I wrote this about Trading Quintana if anyone is interested: https://www.bagadonutssports.com/blog/2017/...lding-white-sox

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 01:37 PM) How so? Epstein went over slot amounts in the draft for years but teams weren't technically penalized for doing so. In this case, I believe it's a lot different.

Alex: Top 10 for Kopech seems high considering (iirc) you saying he has a legitimate chance to be a reliever. Is the upside just so enormous that that outweighs the risk? Keith Law: Correct. It’s potentially a top 5 starter in baseball. Keith Law: He’s, not it’s.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 10:46 AM) There are ways to be creative. A team can give Otani $8M upfront on a signing bonus, and then have a handshake deal in place for a long term contract after the season. The Sox just set a precedent with this by giving Anderson an extension before he had even reached one full year of service time. So essentially he would make $8M next season (about twice what he would in Japan) and then have an extension in place that would likely pay him at least $15M over the next six years. That gives the team 7 years of control and allows Otani to be a FA again in his age 29 season where he could pull in another large contract. That's a direct violation of the international rules though. I doubt any team does that. You are basically circumventing the CBA. I guess it could happen but I think it would be heavily frowned upon.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 09:49 AM) There's like 6 posters that regularly post back here, so if anyone of them gets a crush it becomes disproportional. You can already see the soxtalk push happening for Delmonico. Delmonico was actually a real prospect before though.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 09:43 AM) I said as of today. Of course things change. The 2018 draft isn't for another year + a couple months. But like I said, I don't think there's any reason why Beer wouldn't be a top 15 pick in 2018 as of today. He leads the nation in walks, has 9 homers in 30 games, and isn't in the top 50 in the country in OBP or SLG. He also doesn't play a premium position on defense or play that spot at an elite level. If they made him eligible today, I don't think he goes top 15 in this current draft.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 09:32 AM) I would bet any amount of money that Beer would be a top 15 pick in the 2018 draft as of today. Could happen. I wouldn't be making the same bet with other people if I were you though. You need to go study up on draft history and how teams think before making blanket statements. If Seth Beer were named Eric Martin, there wouldn't be Sox fans wanting to tank for him. There's a chance that the Sox get a better player at #11 this year than Beer will even end up being but nobody is talking about the 2017 draft due to a catchy hashtag.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 09:14 AM) There's been a lot of buzz lately about Mississippi State's Brent Rooker lately. Admittedly I don't know a ton about him but his stats are eye-popping. I hope the Sox are considering him at pick #11. Rooker isn't even on top 100 draft prospect lists. I reached out to Callis, Crawford, and Manuel about it this weekend. They all were in agreement that he'll move up because teams love college bats but it won't be some meteoric rise to the level of Andrew Benintendi. Rooker could be a 1st rounder. Probably won't be a top half of the draft guy though.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 09:12 AM) I read somewhere that the Sox have been scouting Beer since has was 14 years old. How high will he be drafted? I really don't know. I do know that the Sox should and would consider him if he's still on the board at their pick in the 2018 draft. At Soxfest, Hostetler said that they have reports about Beer going all the way back to when he was 14 years old. They weren't scouting him then. At this point, Beer looks like a mid-late 1st round pick in the 2018 draft. He still has a full college season after this one. This isn't even like the 5th most important topic that pertains to the Sox right now.

Beer isn't even a consensus top 5 pick at the moment. The campaign is funny and relevant. I want them to be terrible and then take the BPA in 2018. When talking about Beer though, there are way too many references to his batting average. I know it factors into his low BABIP but batting average really isn't that relevant of a measure, especially for someone that walks as much as he does. Batting average doesn't come close to telling the whole story.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 9, 2017 -> 04:41 PM) The fact that he's a good story is part of the reason why he's overrated. Go ahead and cheer for him all you want, but I hear way more about him than other prospects in our system who also have backup ceilings. He's routinely on these sleeper lists and I'm pretty sure a certain poster here predicted Alvarez would develop into a top 100 prospect at one point. If it weren't for his interesting background, he'd just be another organizational guy IMO. I kind of agree here. He's an older prospect and while that's not really his fault, it's tough to see him having much of an impact on the next good White Sox team.

Worrying about Giolito is totally warranted but Fulmer was throwing 90-91 last night and Lopez 92-93 on Thursday according to that Charlotte gun.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 8, 2017 -> 05:11 PM) Pirates pro scouts are at the W-S game Is this unusual? They are playing the Astros affiliate. Kyle Tucker in CF.

Zack Collins hit a bomb for Winston-SAlem

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Apr 8, 2017 -> 03:29 PM) Charlotte is stacked right now though. He literally has nowhere to play even in Triple-A unless someone got hurt. It's a head scratcher IMO. Rymer Liriano went on the DL at Charlotte.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Apr 8, 2017 -> 12:28 PM) Anyone have any idea where Jack Charleston is? Solid reliever I thought he'd be in Winston-Salem based on initial reports but he isn't on the roster.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 03:57 PM) I don't think LA will move Bellinger either, but it would take a heck of a depth package for LA to be able to get a deal doen without him I think they can get it done fairly easily using Verdugo, Alvarez, and Calhoun

I really doubt that Otani comes over after the season. He could but the new CBA severely limits the amount of $$ he can make. He'd get a contract around $150-$200 million if he were a true free agent and he'd get it if he waited until he were 25. Let's pretend that Otani decides to come over after the season. The following teams can't sign him: Houston, Oakland, Atlanta, St. Louis, Cubs, Dodgers, San Francisco, Washington, San Diego, Cincinnati, and Kansas City. Small market teams could pay him $10 million and would control his rights for 6 years. Large market teams could pay him $8.3 million and control his rights for 6 years. Yankees have been speculative fit. They could give him $8.3 million. That's it. People have wondered whether a team could sign him and then rip up the arb years and extend him for huge $$. I guess they could but it'd be a deliberate skirting of the current international rules put in place. This situation should be fascinating.

QUOTE (Blackout Friday @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 03:12 PM) I don't think a blister is going to be the reason they trade Bellinger and others. Q won't be bringing back Bellinger