This might have been discussed before, but doesn't it seem like the Sox are always linked to a player before the draft that they don't end up taking? It was Brady Singer last year. I believe it was J.B. Bukauskas the year before that. Maybe Abrams is that guy this year.
Come on Greg. You're better than this. The Sox just played 3 games against the hottest (and maybe best) team in baseball, with 2 of those games being started by Banuelos and Covey. I would've been shocked if they had won even 1 game in this past series. But just because they got swept by the Twins doesn't mean the rest of the season is meaningless.
If they sign him after the draft and give him a handful of starts in the minors to shake off the rust, they could run out a rotation of Giolito/Keuchel/Lopez/Cease/Nova by the beginning of July. I don't expect it to happen but it sure would be nice.
There's no reason not to sign him if he's still around after the draft. All they would have to give up is money. Then again that's a lot to ask for a Reinsdorf owned franchise.
I think you guys are overreacting about a really small sample size. Everyone has a couple bad games and nobody was touching Verlander last night. He'll be fine.