steveno89

Madrigal is going to be just fine. Give him some time to adjust to minor league baseball and I think Sox fans will be satisfied by his progress by end of 2019. He has stolen 17 bases in 49 games, and has played excellent defense as far as I have heard. Do not discount those things.

Way too soon to give up on Lopez. Just look at how far Giolito has come from last year to now.

Giolito is an example to keeping faith with a guy, and letting him find himself over time. Really goes to show that players can turn things around and not to give up too soon,

If you draft a guy in the top 5 rounds, you better be 95% sure he's going to sign with you.

I could see that. Can only splurge on high upside prep lottery tickets so much at the top and still be able to not exceed bonus pool. Yet another reason why the league must do away with competitive balance picks.

5th round senior pick was a must, likely to help sign Dalquist. I'd bet they look to the college ranks in round 6

A high school player refusing to sign would mean he has opted to honor his college commitment. They are typically draft eligible again after their junior season of college. Most players selected in the high rounds end up signing, they forego a ton of money by not

It would be pretty humorous if Metzdorf actually turned into something decent. A lefty pen arm?

Believe me, the Sox called the kid first and asked if he's willing to take $10,000. No way they risk losing $390,000 of valuable bonus pool They will need it to sign Thompson, definitely Dalquist, and possibly Beard

Seniors like Metzdorf have zero leverage against taking a drastically lower bonus amount. Sox can likely get him signed for $10-20,000 vs. slot of $390,000.00 = big savings

Sox probably ended up saving over $350,000 by picking Metzdorf there

Metzdorf??? WTF? Here comes the cheap senior signing

I like this draft so far as well. Our system really needed to get deeper and younger. Vaughn was obvious BPA, but Thompson/Dalquist/Beard are talented prep lottery tickets. I'm really happy they have shifted away from being so college heavy, our low minors needed this injection of talent.

Pretty much, yeah. Allan is going to be expensive.

Beard has high upside, I'm digging it Huge speed

Annoying how good of an organization they have

Hope the Sox go Doughty. They don't have a young player like him in the system.

Damn, Astros got Brewer. Really good pick there.

Meh, not all that impressed by Dyson

That would be an ideal scenario. I'd love them to grab another high upside player in the fourth, like Brewer or Doughty

You make up the difference by selecting cheap seniors with no leverage in rounds 5-10. That adds up to massive savings when you sign guys for $10k instead of slot.

$4 million asking price is sky high. They would have to majorly sacrifice the rest of the draft to meet that.

Will they meet his giant asking price though?

Sox definitely know HS players draft demands to select them this high. Holy crap, the Mets just selected Allan...his rumored asking price was $4 million!

I'm actually surprised as well. They may have to go substantially overslot to end up signing him.