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Tony isn't particularly good at the job anymore and I've been as critical as anyone but they aren't close to a revolt. The players might have to win in spite of the manager but they're perfectly willing and capable of doing so.

Romy Gonzalez could have a big league future though. He plays everywhere and has power. He reminds me of Marwin Gonzalez

I'm thinking prep bats and college pitching. It's tough to get prep pitching with their small bonus pool

I'd lean prep bat for the White Sox if I had to guess right now. They like lots of guys.

None of the position players that matter have played higher than complex league ball. It's going to be a struggle

Kind of reminds me of Juan Uribe. Not body type wise but he has a super aggressive approach. He can really hit and has power but it might get exposed at higher levels

Nope. Must have replaced Krogman

Yeah I believe so

This strategy is tough to do with barely $7 million. I could see Prep bat, prep arm, college pitcher, college pitcher and then really cheap signs in 5-10 or something. If you go prep heavy early on, you'll likely have to overslot to do it.

Ellis interesting. Not really a prospect but he's an athletic CF with plus speed. Signed as an UDFA out of Texas after last year's draft.

Kevin Goldstein of Fangraphs joined Mike Rankin and myself on the podcast. Some good stuff in here. There's a great story about Kevin attending Jose Abreu's workout and sitting next to Ken Williams. Check it out: https://www.futuresox.com/2021/04/28/futuresox-podcast-ft-kevin-goldstein-of-fangraphs/

The Twins aren't dead but they need to go 83-59 to win 90 games. It's a brutal start.

Well that's Oscar Colas basically

It's partly risk mitigation and partly ethics/morals I believe. Jerry Reinsdorf just fundamentally doesn't believe in giving big bonuses to teenagers. It's a huge problem in this market. Paddy is landing some intriguing low dollar signings and they've cornered the market on advanced Cubans obviously. Marco Paddy obviously knows talent because he recommended Jose Abreu and Luis Robert, signed Fernando Tatis and was in the mix for Vlad Jr and Juan Soto. The money has always been an obstacle. I do think that he prefers to spread the money around but the White Sox just aren't at the table often enough when these guys are 13-14 years old for whatever reason. Something is missing with their strategy in the Dominican Republic. The biggest bonus that they've given to an international teenager (16 year old) is $1.5 million for Micker Adolfo and Franklin Reyes (Franmil's brother). Small market clubs all over the league hand out $3-$5 million bonuses to teenagers ever year. The White Sox will be behind in the marketplace until they change.

Bonus pool space can't be traded during this period so it should be fine

I think that an international draft will help them a lot. The scouting isn't the issue. Spending is.

Well they're giving Oscar Colas $2.7 million of it already. I'm sure they'll have multiple $400-$600K signings out of DR and Ven

I don't think they'll take a prep pitcher in round 1. Going to be a prep hitter or college pitcher IMO.

The White Sox have less money to spend on the draft than they've had in previous years. They have just over $5 million to spend internationally. I wrote about the bonus pools and the scouting process for FutureSox: https://www.futuresox.com/2021/04/20/importance-of-scouting-with-limited-amateur-bonus-pools/

I suppose they could have but the manager requested Liam Hendriks

It's not on the front office. It's on Jerry Reinsdorf for not having enough in the budget and Tony La Russa for choosing to not play Andrew Vaughn.

Then he should be at the alternate site and I'd be fine with that decision as well.

Andrew Vaughn has a .400 OBP and Nick Williams should never be playing instead of him.

I think some guys will pop for sure but it's probably still a bottom 10 system after graduations.

He'll throw more than that. They're gonna try to get him between 80-100 IMO