You're forgetting Charlie ZinkRight in front of Bob Zupcic and behind Yaz when they line up the whole team alphabetically
In the city they won it in no less.You want to feel old?
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There is a Russian girl (Andreeva) in the fourth round at Wimbledon who was born in April 2007.You want to feel old?
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Who had four doubles in a game once, and not for the Browns or the White Sox.I wouldn’t say I forgot him. Or Masa or our own @Al Zarilla .
Great way to think about the drafting strategy.We'll see if it continues today but 3+ drafts in it's hard not to like Chaim's strategy—and the fact that there clearly is a strategy in the first place. Teel looks like an outlier (i.e. not a high school MIF) but it's an obvious pick given his slide and while he is NCAA, he fits a lot of the profile they have gone for. Up the middle guys with good hit tool, good athletes, positional flexibility. Zanetello fits the mold as well.
Spend the money on bats and offensive upside, then take a shotgun approach for easy sign college pitchers who can move quickly through the system and surprise if they can add some velo, unlock a new pitch, etc. Simultaneously, shotgun approach the IFA market and grab your raw upside pitchers there in bulk for less than the slot value of a 10th round pick. If even one or two of the college cheap sign guys hits more than expected, that's some insane value especially if the savings lets you go for more Roman Anthonys. A few of these guys look interesting right now (Rogers, Isaac Coffey) so we'll see.
I don't know enough to know if/what the strategy may have been in the mid-2010s but we really did not get enough out of those drafts in a way that could have helped ease the post-2018 landing a bit. Maybe it was just a matter of picking the wrong guys, maybe it's just random (it is a small sample after all), or maybe we're overrating the current crop of prospects. I don't fault any of those Sox teams for not having a Mayer fall in their laps at 4, but I also don't get the feeling this group would make a Trey Ball-level mistake. Get the hit tool now, develop the stuff that's easier to develop than a hit tool, and avoid all the business that comes with young pitchers, whether it's injury, injury, injury, control issues, injury, or just plain ineffectiveness.
The system is having a great season so maybe there is some recency bias in play but I continue to be on board for this approach.
Worked out great for me. Right after the Sox picked at #14, I went over to the LV Summer League just in time to see my son's friend check into the game and get dunked over by Wemby. Not dunked on, dunked over.......It started at 7:00ET. That's not particularly late.
Oops, my bad. Apparently I get a bit aggressive translating my Pacific Time off of things.It’s 2 PM, right?
And joins Bob Zupcic, Bob Montgomery, John Hannah, et al. on the list of Palindromic Boston athletes.Right in front of Bob Zupcic and behind Yaz when they line up the whole team alphabetically
Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog.And joins Bob Zupcic, Bob Montgomery, John Hannah, et al. on the list of Palindromic Boston athletes.
Yeah he had an ERA of over 4 playing in the MAAC. Minor league roster filler type pick.Yep. Here comes the money saving. They have two more picks coming at the end of this round.
There's often more to these drastically underslot picks than initially meets the eye the last couple years.Yeah he had an ERA of over 4 playing in the MAAC. Minor league roster filler type pick.
A player who is willing to sign for below the contract value of the spot he's picked in.I apologize for a dumb question... what does below slot mean? Picking a player who isn't slated to go as high as picked? Thank you.
There is incremental savings in taking a lower bonus guy at the higher slot, no?Why not pick the under slot guy in your third pick in a short time and not the first? Do they think their other two preferred choices won’t be picked in between?
Each draft slot is assigned a bonus value. A below slot pick is someone expected to sign for less than that assigned value, freeing up money for the team to spend elsewhere.I apologize for a dumb question... what does below slot mean? Picking a player who isn't slated to go as high as picked? Thank you.
They get a certain amount of $$ to spend based on the picks they have. The Duffy pick was "worth" 580K. But if they sign him for 200K, that's 380K they can spend on someone who wants a little more than their draft slot allotment. There is already speculation that Antonio Anderson, their 3rd round pick, will require a little more than the 847K slotted for the 83rd pick.I apologize for a dumb question... what does below slot mean? Picking a player who isn't slated to go as high as picked? Thank you.
Generally it is used for signing purposes. Each team gets assigned a certain amount of money to spend based off of the draft slots they have. If they go over that, they incur penalties, so drafting a guy like Duffy, he will (hopefully) sign for well under the slot that a normal slot 4th round pick would sign for, allowing them to go "above slot" in other rounds (which they kind of did in round 3).I apologize for a dumb question... what does below slot mean? Picking a player who isn't slated to go as high as picked? Thank you.
Also that he throws strikes which, if you're going after a not studly prospect, is a pretty good base to build on.Mayo and Callis said his FB isn’t impressive but he’s a deceptive pitcher.
They also already went slightly above in round 1 and 3, too, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a few below slot picks here.There is incremental savings in taking a lower bonus guy at the higher slot, no?
I'm guessing he'll get more like the Hoppe $32,500 deal. Although the Isaac Coffey $7,500 deal would be nice.They get a certain amount of $$ to spend based on the picks they have. The Duffy pick was "worth" 580K. But if they sign him for 200K, that's 380K they can spend on someone who wants a little more than their draft slot allotment. There is already speculation that Antonio Anderson, their 3rd round pick, will require a little more than the 847K slotted for the 83rd pick.
I thought you meant Homer Bailey at first and nearly had a panic attack. Then again it's really only a few years before the players in my age cohort start seeing their kids drafted. Bleak.OMG Homer Bush's kid just got drafted. We are so damn old.