ChiSoxJon Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 15 hours ago, thxfrthmmrs said: Absolutely. And we may not be done if raBBit's math is right from the last page, we still have about $67K left for Trenkle or Britt. Britt I think is a definite no, but I haven't seen solid confirmation Trenkle is going to school. Would $192K be enough to change his decision? When is the deadline for non NCAA seniors to sign? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 The White Sox spent about as much money as they could possibly spend on the draft. Their bonus pool was $11,565,500. They spent an additional $510,700 to take them up to $12,076,200. They will also spend an additional $383,035 for a total close to $12.5 million. I think this type of spending should be expected because it's peanuts to an organization but not every team does this. In looking at the totality of this draft class, it helped them add 8 prep talents. According to bonus amount, these would have been the White Sox's top 10 picks. 1. Andrew Vaughn 1B $7.2 million 2. Matthew Thompson RHP $2.1 million 3. Andrew Dalquist RHP $2 million 4. James Beard OF $350K 5. DJ Gladney 3B $225K 6. Chase Krogman OF $190K 7. Misael Gonzalez OF $185K 8. Victor Torres $175K 9. Logan Glass $170K 10. Caleb Freeman RHP $150K 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackDoorBreach Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: The White Sox spent about as much money as they could possibly spend on the draft. Their bonus pool was $11,565,500. They spent an additional $510,700 to take them up to $12,076,200. They will also spend an additional $383,035 for a total close to $12.5 million. I think this type of spending should be expected because it's peanuts to an organization but not every team does this. In looking at the totality of this draft class, it helped them add 8 prep talents. According to bonus amount, these would have been the White Sox's top 10 picks. 1. Andrew Vaughn 1B $7.2 million 2. Matthew Thompson RHP $2.1 million 3. Andrew Dalquist RHP $2 million 4. James Beard OF $350K 5. DJ Gladney 3B $225K 6. Chase Krogman OF $190K 7. Misael Gonzalez OF $185K 8. Victor Torres $175K 9. Logan Glass $170K 10. Caleb Freeman RHP $150K I am really happy they took so many HS guys regardless if it ends up working out or not. I hope this is the strategy going forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 20 minutes ago, BackDoorBreach said: I am really happy they took so many HS guys regardless if it ends up working out or not. I hope this is the strategy going forward. I think it depends on the status of the team and minor league system. They have a really top heavy system that should produce at least 5 or 6 MLB players to add to the team. This allowed them to draft a bunch of high school players which typically take longer to develop. As opposed to when they didn't have much talent in the system and needed players relatively quickly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Can someone help me understand how Victor Torres has signed, but also tweeted out this today....?? Is it possible that FutureSox and I are both following the wrong prep Puerto-Rican baseball player named Victor Torres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 38 minutes ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said: Can someone help me understand how Victor Torres has signed, but also tweeted out this today....?? Is it possible that FutureSox and I are both following the wrong prep Puerto-Rican baseball player named Victor Torres? Victor Torres already has stats on Baseball-Reference.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MnSoxFan Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 4 hours ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said: Can someone help me understand how Victor Torres has signed, but also tweeted out this today....?? Is it possible that FutureSox and I are both following the wrong prep Puerto-Rican baseball player named Victor Torres? This kid I think played at Holyoke JC and is going on to Fisher College, he is a CF. The kid we drafted is a C from Puerto Rico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 16 hours ago, ptatc said: I think it depends on the status of the team and minor league system. They have a really top heavy system that should produce at least 5 or 6 MLB players to add to the team. This allowed them to draft a bunch of high school players which typically take longer to develop. As opposed to when they didn't have much talent in the system and needed players relatively quickly. They could have still drafted the polished college bats they have while going so overwhelmingly tilted toward college. Dalquist certainly made this a bit more HS heavy due to the need for 5th year seniors and seniors for budget, but they could have easily added a 2nd or 3rd round high schooler in the last few years while still satisfying the need to get upper level depth in play. That and high level high school talent has moved just as quickly as college talent recently. The Beards/Gladneys etc will take a while but they were later or under slot picks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenericUserName Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 7 hours ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said: Can someone help me understand how Victor Torres has signed, but also tweeted out this today....?? Is it possible that FutureSox and I are both following the wrong prep Puerto-Rican baseball player named Victor Torres? Seems like it considering he tweeted about this link https://www.redbaronsathletics.com/sports/bsb/2018-19/releases/20190522hc00lq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 6 hours ago, MnSoxFan said: This kid I think played at Holyoke JC and is going on to Fisher College, he is a CF. The kid we drafted is a C from Puerto Rico. This is correct. It wouldn't make sense anyways considering Torres has been playing games in our affiliate already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominikk85 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 A very early review of early 2019 top10 draft pick performance 1. Rutschmann Still hasn't played due to mononucleosis! They say it is a mild case but I have heard of cases were athletes couldn't really train for half a year and lose a ton of muscle mass. Definitely pretty bad for the Os 2. Witt Has hit 250 with no homers so far. K rate is solid though so not a lot of worry yet but not a great start 3. Vaughn Has raked like expected, over .400 with 2 bombs about 17% Ks and as many walks 4. Bleday Hasn't played yet but due to late signing 5. Greene Has hit 360 with 2 homers and lots of walks but K rate has been a little high at about mid 20s 6. Abrams Has hit 450 with 2 homers and single digit K rate but only rookie ball. Still a promising start for a HS prospect 7. Lodolo 8 ip, 15 Ks no walks, has looked very good so far but only rookie ball 8. Josh jung Has hit over 500 with a bomb but only 4 games so really not telling 9. Langliers Has hit 200 with 1 bomb and 22% Ks at A ball. Not a great start but he was considered a glove first catcher 10. Bishop Just 6 games but 11 Ks in 24 PAs. Also a bomb and 250 BA with lots of walks. Tiny sample but some red flag concerning his hit tool. Of course the only thing with some predictive value after 60-70 PAs is K rate. Most of the top10 had a decent start. So far it seems the sox did a good pick as Vaughn statistically had the best results but this was expected of course. Bishop indeed might be a red flag and the mono thing isn't a great sign too. Still good pick by the sox, I think Vaughn will be at least one of the best 5-6 players of this draft in the long and he is about the surest bet to get there. Abrams looks spectacular though if you combine it with his tools, hit tool seems to be legit with single digit K rate, 400+ average and even two bombs. My bet in a year he is the best ranked prospect of this class. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Good post, and this has been a great thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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