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I think it's reasonable to expect around 7 digits. Still weeks to go but as of now the sentiment is Abrams goes 3 or 6

This. I mean Alonso has been unlucky with his batted ball profile but even so, he provides no value whatsoever.

I am really warming to the idea of Abrams because it makes the rest of the draft so much more exciting. That said, holding out hope of the 2% chance Rutschman is available to us.

LOL this is now going on in multiple threads. I've said it in the other and I'll say it here. Anderson cant move behind the plate until Sheets takes over at 3B.

If Sheets is in fact Anthony Rendon and Tim Anderson develops into Johnny Bench it should be expected that Burdi is used as an opener and Renteria stops bunting.

He's never had a bad offensive season but he is also a terrible defender riding a hot wave backed by a 400+ BABIP playing with guys far younger than him. He hits no doubt, but he needs to hit and hit a lot to have any use at the big league level.

If by when the time comes, you mean when Gavin Sheets reaches the bigs, takes over at third which then moves Moncada to 2B and Madrigal to SS then yes. When the time comes.

I am not quitting my day job yet but thank you.

With a slugging percentage smack dab in between Yolmer and Yonder's

The MiLB game threads are like the national parks of SoxTalk. We can't litter or dump in them. Talk is about the daily MiLB activity. Madrigal went 2-4 with a SB on 5/18 so it wouldn't really make sense for 5/18 daily MiLB thread to be the place to be negative towards him.

MiLB game threads are off limits for derails please.

I'd love that but I don't see the Stros picking first. ?

Zion would be a dream. Morant would be exciting. Barrett would be fine. Anything else...meh.

I think with this draft, you have to consider the likelihood of the Sox trading the player they take with this #3 pick. Sox are going to have to trade for some more talent and if it's elite talent you would need a huge prospect. While I think the Sox will take a the player they deem "best", but a high school player that they could use as a trade chip is in the cards.

What's the scenario that happens?

Rodon's team decided on TJ shortly after his injury first came public. I had no idea it wasn't already publicly known that Rodon was going under the knife. Sox are so strange.

Robert was years older than the 16/17 year-olds usually at the top class. Nunez, Tatis Jr., Reyes, Guererro and some of the other leading prospects in recent class haven't really been in that top of tier of spending even if they were the Sox priciest acquisitions.

There is a longterm trend of the White Sox not spending at the top level of the class for 16/17-year-old talent. Micker Adolfo is the one exception.

Nova is clearly the worst move. What the Sox traded was likely insignificant, but the fact that they gave something up in order to pay Nova $9M+ is a really bad look considering how the free agent market played out this offseason. --------------------------- Wade Miley 1 year $4.5M Clay Bucholz 1 year $3.0M Gio Gonzalez 1 year $2M Jeremy Hellickson 1 year $1.3M Tyson Ross 1 year $5.75M Matt Shoemaker 1 year $3.5M Marco Estrada 1 year $4M Drew Pomeranz 1 year $1.5 ------------------------- White Sox pay Nova 1 year $9.1M and gave Santana $4M to walk away from. Any 2 of those pitchers above +1M on their contract too and you spend less than the Sox did on Nova/Santana* (*if Santana wasn't dumb and didn't opt out). Hahn did not give the market time to develop. Those who waited were rewarded. Those who got 4/5 starts in Deceember. Sox & Tigers.

This dude passes the eye test. Love the early trend of him taking walks. He's a plus athlete.

Was going to say this.

Pitching can only improve.

That was a lot of fun. Obviously the walkoff homer will be one of the best moments of the year but I was just mesmerized by that play in top of the inning. He went so deep into the hole and was so smooth to get the leader runner. I don't want to get ahead of myself because it's just a month of baseball and he's way over his career trends but the growth Anderson has had is pretty incredible. He's becoming so natural at short with the same tremendous range and hose he's always had. He's settled in at the plate and is showing a veteran attack staying with the ball and using the whole field again. You can't just put him away with half-cocked breaking balls anymore. And the strength at the plate...he's a far more powerful hitter this year when his improved approach isn't even conducive to power. He's also cut his K% over 5% from last year's rate which was his career best. He's just under 19%. There are improvements all over the place even if he's obviously just starting the year in a hot streak. Again, it's 21 games for him and only 90 plate appearances and I am not going to jump to say he's an All Star or MVP candidate just yet, but you see the improvements year-over-year if you are watching the games. Even if he returns to some bad habits at the plate there's a great player here. He was never going to be a high OBP guy but I see 30-30 in his future. He's developing into a great defensive shortstop who is one of the best in the league on the base paths and is a power/speed threat at the plate. That's a 4 WAR guy. - championship caliber SS.

Meh. I'll take Engel's D over Tilson. At least Engel is good at something.

Tilson's BABIP is .450. He's very unexciting. Jay will back eventually (or will he?).