Find someone with some upside. No more bums like Kyle McCulloch or Larry Broadway. Can we get either Beckham here?

Always have to go with the best player available with a top 10 pick.

Plus, the White Sox have so many need areas that it doesn’t really matter which position the pick plays. It’s going to be a need area.

Personally, I like the idea of the Sox going with one of the “second-tier” college SP’s… someone like Scheppers or Hunt. That being said, Posey or Skipworth would be very tough to pass up if either one is still sitting there at #8.

is that you can make yourself a little top 8 and know that at least one of those guys will fall to ya there

Posey, Tim Beckham and Alvarez will not be there. If Matusz is there and Smoak isn’t you have to take him IMO but that probably won’t happen. I don’t like G Beckham but that’s up to you. You have to consider Brett Wallace and Alonso if Smoak isn’t available.

There have been a ton of rumors about Wallace and the White Sox. I like Wallace, but I’d only take him if Smoak, GBeckham, Crow, Matusz, and Skipworth were all gone. Also, if you want to be realistic, you can throw out any Boras client.

Probably our biggest need is a big bat with Dye, Thome, and Konerko all past their primes. Someone like Smoak would be the most ideal fit. However, it is tough to resist picking potential top of the rotation guys like Crow and Matusz. If either of those pitchers are there at 8, I say take them. But those are the only 2 pitchers in this draft worth no. 8. Scheppers, maybe, but he’s injured, and Hunt doesn’t really wow me.

My Big Board would be:

1a. Crow/Matusz/Alvarez/TBeckham/Posey
-This is wishful thinking here, as all 5 of these players will likely be gone come no. 8. The one with the best chance of making it to 8 is Crow, but I find it tough to see the Reds passing on him.

1b. Justin Smoak
-Fills a big hole with arguably the best hitter in the draft. Shouldn’t have to spend too much time in the minors, and can replace one of Konerko or Thome, whoever leaves first.

2. Gordon Beckham
-A pick like this might finally put an end to Juan Uribe in a White Sox uniform. I’m not a huge fan of his, but it’s been a long time since the White Sox had a middle infielder worth a damn. Could come up and produce quickly.

3. Kyle Skipworth
-I’d prefer a college bat here, but catcher is a big need as well as a bat for the middle of the lineup, and Skipworth can fill at least one, if not both, of those needs. I think he can stick at catcher.

I would go on, but there’s no need as I have mentioned 8 players, so that means at least one has to be there at 8. If I did go on, I’d rank Wallace ahead of Alonso.