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Makes me like it even more if they gained some savings to sign someone over slot later on.

I have zero faith in the Sox ability to scout and develop hitting, so I’m not upset with the pick of a pitcher. But I 100% agree that acquiring hitting must be a focus in later rounds and at the deadline.

Can’t wait for Getz to f*** up his first draft ?

Unless they intend to use him in the pen for the rest of the year, the M’s aren’t a good fit. They desperately need multiple offensive pieces, and burning trade assets elsewhere doesn’t make sense.

San Diego is a fringe Wild Card team *with* Arraez and a hell of a lot more talent than anywhere in the White Sox org.

Neither of whom would have moved the needle when the rest of the roster is this bad.

That's a big IF

I see no reason or need to apologize.

Oh, Getzy is waiting to pounce on that claim. You can never have too many Ex-Royals!

Fewer chances to get hurt and or crater his trade value.

Simply more opportunity. When you're good at drafting, extra picks will go a long way. The White Sox on the other hand, wouldn't get it right if they had 5 first round picks.

Tongue in cheek as I intended that, you're not wrong. Not to mention the question of whether that would be attempting to circumvent draft rules.

Yup. Baltimore hit on so many of their high picks durning their rebuilding years. Meanwhile the White Sox picked Andrew Vaughn and Nick Madrigal in the first round during their "tanking" years.

No way they are smart or savvy enough to pull that off.

The last thing the Mariners need is another physically maxed out low power low average 1B. Houston I could see out of desperation, but i don't think they are that desperate.

None of these guys start on a contending team. If fringe Major Leaguers are the barometer for success, oh boy...

Are you competing for the best minor league system, or trying to build a playoff caliber team? Dominating A-ball is great, but it's still A-ball. There's a damn long way to go from good in A-ball to manifesting success at the Major League level.

In what realm is topping out at a .700 OPS out of 1st and 2nd round picks a win. Holy s%*# the delusion...

The White Sox do neither, which is why they are in the mess they are in.

I think we would all love to build around Robert and Crochet. Just like we all would have loved to build around Sale and Quintana. It is the build part that is the issue. The Chairman refuses to actually build. Which is to say he refuses to build in a manner that equates to winning in the era we are in. He refuses to pay for top tier talent in free agency despite the large market, he refuses to invest in building a minor league system that produces MLB regulars, and he refuses to invest/build a talent pipeline in Latin America. Things that all good teams do in one facet or another. The build around X player arguments are hollow and toothless when they refuse to acknowledge very entity that prohibits this org from actually building a winner.

I have my doubts he even makes it out of AZ.

It's my porch now. F off. ?

If that was an act for all of those years, bravo, it was convincing.

100%

Towards the end, he was repetitive catch phrases and sound bites. But in his prime he was as authentic as could be IMO.