Timmy U Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/21/2024 at 5:15 PM, Autumn Dreamin said: Expand Woof. Reminds me of going over slot to sign Sheets. Clearly NIL money is driving up prices. I can see why Shirley was frustrated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/21/2024 at 5:46 PM, Timmy U said: Woof. Reminds me of going over slot to sign Sheets. Clearly NIL money is driving up prices. I can see why Shirley was frustrated. Expand Was there an interview with Shirley or something I missed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/21/2024 at 6:35 PM, Squirmin' for Yermin said: Was there an interview with Shirley or something I missed? Expand There have been a few where I think he's alluded to high school kids having some unrealistic demands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 My question is, are we seeing other teams having to overpay for collegiate players also? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/21/2024 at 6:43 PM, fathom said: My question is, are we seeing other teams having to overpay for collegiate players also? Expand I’m thru round 4 and saucke is the first over slot college player I’ve seen. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 yeah…I see no other teams struggling with this. Just Sox. Well see if that’s the case after more numbers come in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy U Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/21/2024 at 6:53 PM, bmags said: yeah…I see no other teams struggling with this. Just Sox. Well see if that’s the case after more numbers come in. Expand They'd have to pay more for me to play for the Sox too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/21/2024 at 6:53 PM, bmags said: yeah…I see no other teams struggling with this. Just Sox. Well see if that’s the case after more numbers come in. Expand I know the Sox have always spent the max, but is it possible they’re hurting so much financially that they won’t this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold's Leg Lift Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/21/2024 at 6:43 PM, fathom said: My question is, are we seeing other teams having to overpay for collegiate players also? Expand Brody Brecht was overslot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/21/2024 at 6:55 PM, Timmy U said: They'd have to pay more for me to play for the Sox too. Expand Was just going to post this lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold's Leg Lift Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/21/2024 at 6:43 PM, fathom said: My question is, are we seeing other teams having to overpay for collegiate players also? Expand The Blue Jays went overslot for a college reliever in the 9th. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smellysox Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 So everyone but the first 4 picks and the 20th have signed. Anyone keeping a running tally of where we're at with the draft pool money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/21/2024 at 8:19 PM, smellysox said: So everyone but the first 4 picks and the 20th have signed. Anyone keeping a running tally of where we're at with the draft pool money? Expand If my math is right, we have $1.1M over slot for our first four picks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold's Leg Lift Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 The Royals (3rd), Dbacks (5th) and Cardinals (7th) all over slotted college players. I'm gonna stop now because it seems this was the strategy of a number of teams. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 The White Sox have signed picks 4-20 and committed $2,078,000 against their bonus pool. That means that they still have $13,244,965 with the first four players left to sign. I'm guessing that they are all overslot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Here's my guess on remaining bonuses: Hagen Smith $8 million Caleb Bonemer $2.8 million Blake Larson $1.4 million Nick McLain $1 million That takes them right to $13.2 million. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 7/22/2024 at 1:00 AM, Y2Jimmy0 said: Here's my guess on remaining bonuses: Hagen Smith $8 million Caleb Bonemer $2.8 million Blake Larson $1.4 million Nick McLain $1 million That takes them right to $13.2 million. Expand I guess this year in a bad draft everyone had to pay up if you wanted the few good, quality players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac9001 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 7/22/2024 at 2:14 AM, ptatc said: I guess this year in a bad draft everyone had to pay up if you wanted the few good, quality players. Expand Not really seeing a lot of quality from day 2. But the Sox have been so poor with getting value from the draft it wouldn't take a lot to beat most of the last 10 drafts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 7/22/2024 at 2:18 AM, mac9001 said: Not really seeing a lot of quality from day 2. But the Sox have been so poor with getting value from the draft it wouldn't take a lot to beat most of the last 10 drafts. Expand They really like McLain, Saucke and Antonacci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 7/22/2024 at 2:27 AM, Y2Jimmy0 said: They really like McLain, Saucke and Antonacci Expand How do you feel about those three selections and the price we paid for them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 7/22/2024 at 2:30 AM, Chicago White Sox said: How do you feel about those three selections and the price we paid for them? Expand I don’t know enough about the players. BP had Saucke at 53 overall and Sox scouts felt he really unlocked something with a swing change this year. McLain is a tweener but he’ll definitely hit. I don’t think they absolutely overpaid. I just think players have leverage now and the team wanted these players so they paid them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac9001 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 7/22/2024 at 2:27 AM, Y2Jimmy0 said: They really like McLain, Saucke and Antonacci Expand They clearly paid them like they like them. But I wasn't particularly impressed with any of those picks. Odds on a 3-5rd picks having any meaningful impact on an MLB roster are slim anyway, so I probably should expect a lot. But I feel felt a lot better about our 3-5 round picks the last few years and except for Cannon I don't think they had to go over slot on many of those picks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 7/22/2024 at 3:53 AM, mac9001 said: They clearly paid them like they like them. But I wasn't particularly impressed with any of those picks. Odds on a 3-5rd picks having any meaningful impact on an MLB roster are slim anyway, so I probably should expect a lot. But I feel felt a lot better about our 3-5 round picks the last few years and except for Cannon I don't think they had to go over slot on many of those picks. Expand I’m pretty sure they overslotted Burke, Cannon and Keener in round 3. They definitely overslotted Calvin Harris in round 4, Oppor in 5 and Wolkow in 7. They saved $600K on their first rounder last year though. Doesn’t appear that they did that this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 7/21/2024 at 6:56 PM, fathom said: I know the Sox have always spent the max, but is it possible they’re hurting so much financially that they won’t this year? Expand This was my exact thought while day 2 was happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 7/21/2024 at 6:43 PM, fathom said: My question is, are we seeing other teams having to overpay for collegiate players also? Expand So the only other team that this happened to a bit so far is the Cardinals, who paid overslot for college players in the 7th, 8th and 9th rounds, as well as slightly over on Wetherholt in the 1st. Their biggest overage was Jack Findlay in the 8th who got 400k vs the slotted amount of 229k. That 171k difference is the most comparable to the 165k overage the White Sox gave Saucke. They paid their 8th rounder like a 5th round pick, sox paid their fourth rounder like a third rounder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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