Jim Margalus joins the show to talk White Sox, Mark DeRosa joins the show to talk Cubs, and PFF left Ben Johnson off their Top 10 coaches list! (HOUR 2)

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What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Right now, your local Toyota dealer has great deals available on some of the most reliable trucks on the market, like the off-road-ready Tacoma, rugged full-size Tundra, and the legendary 4Runner, each with the space, tech, and features to handle it all, from the worksite to the trails. It means driving for less, with efficient hybrid options available, extending your overall driving range, and delivering great MPGs. meaning bigger savings at the pump without sacrificing power. And it means trading for more. The Tacoma and Tundra are ranked number one and number two in resale value over all vehicles according to Kelley Blue Book, which can mean thousands more than average when it's time to trade in.

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That's Toyota affordability. Buy smart, drive for less, and trade for more. Shop toyota.com or your local dealer for deals and details. Vehicles projected resale value is specific to the 2026 model year. For more information, visit kellybluebookskbb.com. Toyota brand average resale value is 53% versus the average vehicle at 45%. Toyota, let's go places.

Rahimi Harrison-Grody 1:01

Sox machine.

Vinny Rotino 1:06

You know what that music means. We want machine. Sox machine. On a Friday, just feels like the right move, especially one day ahead of the MLB first-year player draft. We know just the guy, Jim Margulis. He is the managing editor of SoxMachine.com. He is also at SoxMachine on Twitter. He works with guys like James Feagin, for example, Josh Nelson. They do a fantastic job, and he joins us on Twitch. Twitch.tv slash TheScoreChicago. Jim, how are you today?

Jim Margalus 1:36

I'm good. How are you?

Vinny Rotino 1:38

I'm good, but I'm not the one trying to figure out what's going on in this first year player draft tomorrow. And I feel like the weight of the 1-1 is especially heavy today for the White Sox.

Jim Margalus 1:49

It is and it isn't. I would say that entering the season, there was a big concern that, at least for somebody on a business that's contingent on the White Sox being interesting, that, all right, we have programming through July with the first overall pick and they really need to nail it because... There's so much riding on it. They need this player to be the linchpin of either maybe the finishing piece of this particular stage of what they're building or the linchpin for the next iteration if this one doesn't work. And now they're at a point where we're still trying to figure out exactly how real this team is, but there are enough pieces here to where... they don't necessarily need somebody to come in and be good next year in order for this pick to be successful.

Jim Margalus 2:38

They have the ability to, you know, they could draft Rock Cholowski first and that'd be a good pick and he might be able to help as soon as like late 2027, 2028 seems more realistic. Or they could draft Grady Emerson with the high school timeline and some high school players get into majors faster and faster. But if he's on a typical three, four year timeline, that's also fine because they have infielders to spare. So the picture that they had when they got the first overall pick of the draft lottery is considerably different from what it is now.

Mark Grote 3:08

That's a great point. You're right, because they do. They've got this gluttony of young position players, some young, promising starting pitchers as well. So this would be adding to the party, especially if you were to draft Rock Cholowski. But I'll ask you, Jim, who do you want the White Sox to draft and who do you think the White Sox will draft?

Jim Margalus 3:31

I'm with Josh Nelson. I take a lot of my cues from him because he pays, we pay him to pay attention to the draft. College baseball and prep baseball are so big and wide ranging that it's hard for me to like stay on top of the major league team and the farm system and also try to pay attention to hundreds of schools and hundreds of prospects. So Josh really digs in and pays attention for the months where the regular season is going on, seasons are still proceeding, and then I kind of come in at the end and a little bit of stolen valor riding on his research.