BFirebird Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 With the draft coming up and on espn.com there was an article looking back at this draft, I decided to take a look at the number 1 picks from this draft. The White Sox have 3 players drafted in the 1st round of this draft. I thought that seemed kind of unusual. Danks Anderson Quentin We also used to have AAArdsma. I wish we could get the BA pick over and take Billingsly or even Wood with that pick but oh well. It looks like that draft could turn out some pretty solid players. http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?y...aft_type=junreg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan3530 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 (edited) Cubs picked Ryan Harvey right before Markakis. ouch. Speaking of ouch, the year before, Cole Hamels went right before we took Royce Ring. Edited June 4, 2008 by soxfan3530 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFirebird Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 12:26 PM) Cubs picked Ryan Harvey right before Markakis. ouch. Yeah I noticed that too. Oooooops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangercal Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 (edited) hmmm Pick #26 Athletics Brian Snyder 3B | | |Stetson University (FL) Pick from Giants as compensation for Free Agent Ray Durham Why would we trade Durham for Jon Adkins when we could have just let Durham walk and get compensation?!? I was mad at that trade back then, this does not help matters. I know this happened 5 years ago, but still... I hope Kenny does not plan to operate this way any longer. Edited June 4, 2008 by rangercal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFirebird Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 QUOTE (rangercal @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 01:42 PM) hmmm Pick #26 Why would we trade Durham for Jon Adkins when we could have just let Durham walk and get compensation?!? I was mad at that trade back then, this does not help matters. I know this happened 5 years ago, but still... I hope Kenny does not plan to operate this way any longer. Good catch and memory. Ray Ray was always one of my favorite players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeFabregas Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 White Sox brass haven't shown much interest in the whole compensatory draft pick deal. We'll see how they handle OC this offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangercal Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 02:52 PM) White Sox brass haven't shown much interest in the whole compensatory draft pick deal. We'll see how they handle OC this offseason. Please Kenny! let him walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 01:52 PM) White Sox brass haven't shown much interest in the whole compensatory draft pick deal. We'll see how they handle OC this offseason. I believe Riske was a class A free agent the one year, and we didnt offer him arb missing out on the picks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxbrian Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Up to this point, Rickie Weeks has to be considered a bust, does he not? And I've never heard of that Sleeth dude the Tigers have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 11:26 AM) Cubs picked Ryan Harvey right before Markakis. ouch. Speaking of ouch, the year before, Cole Hamels went right before we took Royce Ring. Joe Blanton was the guy the whole world thought the Sox were going to take instead of Ring. Turns out the rest of the world was right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 QUOTE (rangercal @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 11:42 AM) hmmm Pick #26 Why would we trade Durham for Jon Adkins when we could have just let Durham walk and get compensation?!? I was mad at that trade back then, this does not help matters. I know this happened 5 years ago, but still... I hope Kenny does not plan to operate this way any longer. This is because everyone thought the compensation system was going to be gone as a result of the new collective bargaining agreement. It had been widely reported that was going to be the case, but at the end of the day that was one of the things that didn't make it into the new agreement (just as a refresher, that was a time where many many experts believed there was going to be a lockout or strike and was the same time baseball was talking heavily about contraction). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 4, 2008 -> 11:54 AM) I believe Riske was a class A free agent the one year, and we didnt offer him arb missing out on the picks. Had the Sox offered Riske arb, the Royals wouldn't have signed him to the deal they did and he probably would have accepted arbitration. Its the same reason why we won't offer Juan Uribe arb (as he's still got a chance of qualifying for type B compensation (1 pick). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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