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Gotta save $ somewhere. Would like for them to nab a closer EDIT: I meant Catcher, not closer. My bad

A FUCKING PLUS DRAFT

Loved Peyton Stovall. He’s going to be a top 10/15 pick 2024

Hope the Sox go with a prep bat in Round 2. I know there’s smoke about them going after some prep arm there. Praying that Peyton Stovall (who can rake) or Wes Kath is there in Round 2.

Look around baseball, high upside prep players are high valuable. The pieces the Cubs got back from SD aren’t bad, it’s been reported that a lot of the team analytics models really like Owen Cassie for example. The Dads drafted him in 2020 and were able to move him quickly. Look at another SD trade, the Joe Musgrove deal was headlined by Hudson Head. If the Sox had more of a prep focus in recent years, they would’ve have an easier time making trades now. Their farm system is old, it lacks upside across the board and that has to change.

If you want to extend the window and keep things going long term, prep guys help you do that. They might not be ready a quickly but they generally offer more upside.

No, Grandal is the most valuable player and the most irreplaceable player in the org by far. He's the only guy on the tea that you can count on to always consistently get on base. He's the only quality MLB catcher in the org, I'm talking about catching and receiving here only. There's no Andrew Vaughn, or Mendick, Garcia that can come up and adequately fill in. The drop off is tremendous.

The most valuable player on the team. The one dude who couldn't get hurt.

A win for the Sox PD staff. They've gotten so much better there.

The Sox have a pretty undesirable farm system and they lack a lot of any real exciting prospects, outside of Jared Kelley. Hopefully, they rethink their approach to amateurs, in the draft and in Latin America to be more like the Padres, who are loaded with a lot of high upside, up the middle types.

If the Sox passed on Harry Ford, Gavin Williams, Wes Kath and Peyton Stovall to select Jud Fabian everyone here should be furious. I would be if that happens.

And the bad knee

Why is Grandal playing this game?

Fabian is such a weird case study because he was a projected top 5 pick to open draft seasons and then he wasn’t even considered to be a first round guy by mid season but he’s played his way back into first round consideration. Weird season.

If I’m a veteran on the team, someone who’s been on the team for the rebuild years, I’m getting the guys together trying to convince everyone to not play the game and forfeit till TLR and Reaindorf publicly apologizes for this bullshit.

This is stupid.

I agree with you on about the young arms, they’re definitely players to dream on and to be excited about but that’s not enough. Even when they had a top 5 farm during the rebuild, the system wasn’t very deep. They need to start stockpiling young talent

FYI the Sox certainly have a bottom 5 farm now with Crochet, Vaughn and Madrigal all graduated from prospect status. If you want sustained success, this is a crucial draft. It should provide some window of how the time will approach talent acquisition with lower picks and less bonus money.

The only other guy who I want batting second is Grandal. He gets on base, he sees a lot of pitches and would create RBI opportunities for the middle of the order.

Vaughn should be batting second everyday from now on... Anderson Vaughn Moncada Abreu Mercedes Grandal Eaton Hamilton Madrigal

I’m of the opinion that Burdi would’ve been called up to the big soon after they drafted him. If the Sox took Jud Fabian at 22, Is be very upset.

I either want a college pitcher who can help the ML team soon, if not now or I want a high upside prep player. If they take the college pitcher then I hope they go with a heavy prep focus in rounds 2-10.

The game was very winnable despite the offense not showing up

Say you’re joking