NESN: White Sox worst minor league system

[Fenway]

http://www.nesn.com/2012/01/orioles-...m-systems.html

Please don't shoot the messenger - just passing it out for debate.

[soxnut1018]

NESN: Water is wet

[DirtySox]

There is no debate. It's awful and has been for a while.

You probably should have posted this in the minor league section.

[Tragg]

Didn't we get 3 of the Marlins' top 10 prospects for Ozzie - and we're still the worst?

[Fenway]

Originally Posted by Tragg

Didn't we get 3 of the Marlins' top 10 prospects for Ozzie - and we're still the worst?

The Marlins system wasn't so hot either.

[Fenway]

Originally Posted by DirtySox

There is no debate. It's awful and has been for a while.

You probably should have posted this in the minor league section.

Tough call - as the Sox are possibly in rebuilding mode, but with what?

The damage Dave Wilder did to the White Sox is almost impossible to calculate - and the baseball people I have talked to do not understand how KW has escaped the scandal.

[thomas35forever]

We have to prepare to be in for a long wait for success because that's exactly what we're in for.

[LoveYourSuit]

Originally Posted by thomas35forever

We have to prepare to be in for a long wait for success because that's exactly what we're in for.

I disagree. It's still a very winnable division every year.

[DirtySox]

Originally Posted by Fenway

Tough call - as the Sox are possibly in rebuilding mode, but with what?

The damage Dave Wilder did to the White Sox is almost impossible to calculate - and the baseball people I have talked to do not understand how KW has escaped the scandal.

It's not just the lack of presence and spending on international talent. Jerry doesn't let Kenny spend on the draft. The Sox routinely stick to slot recommendations and thus end up completely avoiding a huge portion of talent in the draft. Go look at total draft, and bonus expenditure spending. The Sox have been in the bottom routinely for some years now. Couple all this with a dearth of effective scouts, an inability to churn out major leaguers from what talent they do end up drafting, and Kenny's propensity to trade prospects to "win now!" and you have the current situation the Sox are in. The CBA changes to the draft with effectively instituting hard slotting without calling it hard slotting should rectify some of these issues.

[Hitmen77]

Originally Posted by DirtySox

It's not just the lack of presence and spending on international talent. Jerry doesn't let Kenny spend on the draft. The Sox routinely stick to slot recommendations and thus end up completely avoiding a huge portion of talent in the draft. Go look at total draft, and bonus expenditure spending. The Sox have been in the bottom routinely for some years now. Couple all this with a dearth of effective scouts, an inability to churn out major leaguers from what talent they do end up drafting, and Kenny's propensity to trade prospects to "win now!" and you have the current situation the Sox are in. The CBA changes to the draft with effectively instituting hard slotting without calling it hard slotting should rectify some of these issues.

Who was the last player to come up through the Sox system to become a decent MLB starting player for the Sox? Nevermind any all-stars, how about even just a passable MLB starting player?

I'm having a hard time thinking of anyone in the last 10 years. This last 10 years has brought us the likes of Brian Anderson and Josh Fields. Beckham was supposed to be our one homegrown success thanks to our #8 overall pick in 2008, but he's looking more and more like another bust.

Chris Sale looks promising. We'll see what Brent Morel does after his rookie season. Also, it sounds like Addison Reed might be someone to look forward to.

KW has had success in picking up talent from other farms systems via trades (Danks, Floyd, Quentin) but we're several years removed from those successes. That's probably the closest we've come in the last 10 years to developing our own talent.

Aside from the new CBA helping the Sox, is there anything that we can hope current Sox ownership will do improve this organization's lack of talent? I seem to recall that they supposedly had a "shakeup" around 2008 (when they brought in Buddy Bell). It's 3 or 4 years later and things still look pretty bad.

It's not very likely to build a consistently winning organization without having a good farm system as part of the mix.

[Viva Medias B's]

Originally Posted by Fenway

http://www.nesn.com/2012/01/orioles-...m-systems.html

Please don't shoot the messenger - just passing it out for debate.

The No. 1 reason KW should be fired.

[SoxSpeed22]

Chicken or the egg. Yes, KW has overpaid for average or above average players, Gio and Hudson (I'm sure I'm missing some more) would be nice for our team right now. Then again, when you give him jack**** to work with (lack of scouts, both domestic and international, low budget to spend on draft picks), what's he supposed to do?

[WhiteSox5187]

Originally Posted by SoxSpeed22

Chicken or the egg. Yes, KW has overpaid for average or above average players, Gio and Hudson (I'm sure I'm missing some more) would be nice for our team right now. Then again, when you give him jack**** to work with (lack of scouts, both domestic and international, low budget to spend on draft picks), what's he supposed to do?

You can blame Jerry for the lack of money spent on the draft but Kenny is the guy who is supposed to assemble good domestic and international scouts.

[Daver]

Originally Posted by WhiteSox5187

You can blame Jerry for the lack of money spent on the draft but Kenny is the guy who is supposed to assemble good domestic and international scouts.

No, the minor league director does that, when KW held that position the farm system was rather highly rated.